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Area code 854

Area code 854 serves South Carolina, including Charleston, Hilton Head and Florence (Eastern time). It has been in service since October 19, 2015 and shares its area with 843.

Numbers starting with 854 drew 311 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 166 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so an 854 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
South CarolinaCharleston-North Charleston, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area and Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
October 19, 2015Created from 843
Overlay
Same area as 843
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
182 of 792held by 37 carriers
Projected to run out
4Q 2055NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 854 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 854. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

311

FCC complaints since November 2023

166

Different 854 numbers reported

455

FCC complaints naming an 854 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 20237
December 20233
January 20248
February 20245
March 20240
April 20244
May 202410
June 20248
July 20244
August 20243
September 202411
October 20245
November 20248
December 20243
January 20256
February 20255
March 20253
April 20252
May 20252
June 20251
July 20254
August 20256
September 20251
October 20252
November 20251
December 20252
January 20265
February 20264
March 20262
April 20262
May 20265
June 20262
July 20264
August 20267
September 20266
October 202615

What people said 854 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 211 of 311 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other117
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)103
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends27
Dropped call or no message16
Vacation and timeshares8
Lotteries, prizes, and sweepstakes6

Places served by 854

NANPA lists 65 rate centers for 854. 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.
  • Charleston32
  • Hilton Head16
  • Florence11
  • Beaufort10
  • Myrtle Beach9
  • Summerville9
  • Mount Pleasant6
  • Moncks Corner5
  • Walterboro4
  • Bluffton3
  • Georgetown3
  • Ridgeland3
  • Cheraw2
  • Dillon2
  • East Conway2
  • Edisto Island2
  • Hartsville2
  • Isle of Palms2
  • Kingstree2
  • Lake City2
  • Lake View2
  • Lamar2
  • Laurel Bay2
  • Low Country2
Show all 65 rate centers

Marion, Mullins, North Myrtle Beach, Saint George, Timmonsville, West Myrtle Beach, Andrews, Awendaw, Bennettsville, Bethune, Blenheim, Bonneau, Clio, Conway, Cross, Darlington, Folly Beach, Hardeeville, Hemingway, Hollywood, Jamestown, Johnsonville, Loris, Macedonia, Mcbee, Mcclellanville, Mccoll, Newtonville, Nichols, Olanta, Pageland, Pamplico, Patrick, Pawleys Island, Pineville, Rowland, Saint Stephen, Scranton, Sullivans Island, Williams, Yemassee.

Phone companies holding 854 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 100% 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 37 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Onvoy, LLC - SC43
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - GA21
Fractel, LLC16
Onvoy Spectrum, LLC14
Ton80 Communications, LLC11
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - SC7
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - SC6
Powertel Atlanta Licenses, Inc.6

When today's 854 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
20155
20161
20174
20185
201913
202019
202130
202218
202326
202430
202517
202613

Check an 854 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 South Carolina

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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