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Area code 861

Area code 861 serves Illinois, including Peoria, Danvers and Moline (Central time). It has been in service since February 24, 2023 and shares its area with 309.

Numbers starting with 861 drew 2 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 2 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so an 861 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
Illinois
Time zone
Central
In service since
February 24, 2023Created from 309
Overlay
Same area as 309
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
9 of 792held by 7 carriers
Projected to run out
1Q 2112NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 861 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 861. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

2

FCC complaints since November 2023

2

Different 861 numbers reported

4

FCC complaints naming an 861 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 20230
December 20230
January 20240
February 20241
March 20240
April 20240
May 20240
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July 20240
August 20240
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October 20240
November 20240
December 20240
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May 20261
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September 20260
October 20260

What people said 861 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 2 of 2 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Dropped call or no message1
Other1

Places served by 861

NANPA lists 6 rate centers for 861. 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.
  • Peoria4
  • Danvers1
  • Moline1
  • Pekin1
  • Rock Island1
  • Summum1

Phone companies holding 861 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 7 of 7 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Exiant Communications LLC3
8x8, Inc.1
Ahoi LLC1
Intrado Communications, LLC1
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL1
Onvoy, LLC1
Opentact Inc.1

Check an 861 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 Illinois

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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