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Area code 850

Area code 850 serves Florida, including Tallahassee, Pensacola and Panama City (Eastern and Central time). It has been in service since June 23, 1997 and shares its area with 448.

Numbers starting with 850 drew 3,088 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 800 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so an 850 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
Florida
Time zone
Eastern and Central
In service since
June 23, 1997Created from 904
Overlay
Same area as 448
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
786 of 792held by 47 carriers
Projected to run out
2Q 2061NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 850 numbers

Reports where the number on the consumer's caller ID (or, for the FCC, the number the caller asked them to call back) starts with 850. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

FTC reports, Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026

3,088

FCC complaints since November 2023

800

Different 850 numbers reported

3,534

FCC complaints naming an 850 number, by month

November 2023 to October 2026. Source: FCC Consumer Complaints Data.

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MonthComplaints
November 202312
December 202317
January 202413
February 20248
March 20245
April 202415
May 20249
June 202410
July 202415
August 202427
September 202416
October 202432
November 202438
December 202431
January 202524
February 202525
March 202524
April 202529
May 202520
June 202516
July 202522
August 202520
September 202518
October 20250
November 20258
December 202513
January 202632
February 202638
March 202616
April 202620
May 20269
June 202626
July 202640
August 202636
September 202641
October 202654

What people said 850 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,742 of 3,088 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other1,093
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)450
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends334
Medical and prescriptions298
Dropped call or no message149
Warranties and protection plans54

Most reported 850 numbers

Numbers with at least five reports from three or more places in the last twelve months. Many of them are likely spoofed.

Places served by 850

NANPA lists 64 rate centers for 850. A rate center is the town or district a block of numbers is tied to for billing; sorted here by how many exchanges each holds.
  • Tallahassee156
  • Pensacola143
  • Panama City63
  • Fort Walton Beach61
  • Destin25
  • Crestview20
  • Panama City Beach16
  • Milton14
  • Pace14
  • Chipley12
  • Marianna12
  • De Funiak Springs10
  • Gulf Breeze10
  • Holley Navarre9
  • Lynn Haven9
  • Cantonment8
  • Crawfordville8
  • Madison8
  • Cherry Lake7
  • Greenwood7
  • Havana7
  • Perry7
  • Port Saint Joe7
  • Saint Marks7
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Seagrove Beach, Century, Molino, Quincy, Santa Rosa Beach, Bonifay, Graceville, Greenville, Jay, Monticello, Munson, Shalimar, Tyndall Air Force Base, East Point, Freeport, Paxton, Ponce De Leon, Sunny Hills, The Beaches, Vernon, Walnut Hill, Youngstown-Fountain, Alligator Point, Apalachicola, Blountstown, Carrabelle, Glendale, Greensboro, Gretna, Wewahitchka, Altha, Bristol, Chattahoochee, Cottondale, Keaton Beach, Hosford, Laurel Hill, Reynolds Hill, Sneads, Westville.

Phone companies holding 850 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 62% of these exchanges are pooled: their numbers are handed out in blocks of 1,000 to other carriers, so the holder below is not always the company serving a given number.

Exchanges held, top 8 of 47 carriers

NANPA central office code assignments, file of November 11, 2026.

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Centurylink of Florida, Inc. (central)136
Bellsouth Telecomm Inc dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel90
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - FL87
Onvoy, LLC - FL61
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - GA52
Level 3 Communications, LLC - FL41
Paetec Itel, LLC41
Powertel Jacksonville Licenses, Inc.29

When today's 850 exchanges were assigned

Exchanges still assigned, by year of assignment. Exchanges returned since are not counted.

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YearExchanges
200139
200241
200327
200429
200521
200613
200712
200811
200911
201027
20118
20125
20134
20146
20154
20164
20174
201832
201914
202019
202115
20221
20233
20261

Check an 850 number

A check shows the carrier and rate center of the number's exchange and every FTC and FCC report about that exact number. Why the number on screen can be fake.

Other area codes in Florida

NANPA area code database and central office code file of November 11, 2026; FCC complaints November 1, 2023 to November 11, 2026; FTC reports August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. How the data is used.

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