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Area code 862

Area code 862 serves New Jersey, including Newark, Passaic and Orange (Eastern time). It has been in service since December 29, 2001 and shares its area with 973.

Numbers starting with 862 drew 951 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 354 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so an 862 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
New JerseyNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
December 29, 2001Created from 973
Overlay
Same area as 973
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
392 of 792held by 50 carriers
Projected to run out
1Q 2047NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 862 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 862. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

951

FCC complaints since November 2023

354

Different 862 numbers reported

1,208

FCC complaints naming an 862 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 20239
December 20236
January 20243
February 20243
March 20243
April 20245
May 20247
June 20248
July 20249
August 202417
September 20247
October 202416
November 20245
December 20245
January 20259
February 20256
March 20259
April 202518
May 202510
June 202510
July 202514
August 202515
September 202513
October 20250
November 20254
December 202512
January 20269
February 202620
March 20269
April 20268
May 20269
June 20267
July 202617
August 202615
September 202619
October 202616

What people said 862 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 675 of 951 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other386
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)295
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends89
Dropped call or no message58
Warranties and protection plans23
Medical and prescriptions17

Places served by 862

NANPA lists 40 rate centers for 862. 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.
  • Newark85
  • Passaic40
  • Orange26
  • Paterson24
  • Bloomfield22
  • Morristown22
  • Caldwell13
  • Pompton Lakes12
  • Succasunna12
  • Chatham8
  • Livingston8
  • Mountain View8
  • Newton8
  • Boonton7
  • Dover7
  • Hopatcong7
  • Netcong7
  • Butler6
  • Madison6
  • Belleville5
  • Hawthorne5
  • Whippany5
  • Franklin Boro4
  • Little Falls4
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Mount Freedom, Nutley, South Orange, Verona, Mendham, Millburn, Newfoundland, Rockaway, West Milford, Andover, Branchville, Erskine Lakes, Lake Mohawk, Sussex, Vernon, Xxxxxxxxxx.

Phone companies holding 862 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 98% 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 50 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Omnipoint Communications, Inc. - NJ70
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - DC59
Onvoy, LLC - NJ59
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - NJ36
Metropcs, Inc.25
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - NJ18
Csc Voice, LLC14
Fractel, LLC12

When today's 862 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
20019
200231
20031
20042
20055
200615
20075
200812
20098
20106
201117
201210
20139
20148
201515
20169
201712
201812
201914
202026
202145
202228
202321
202416
20256
202628

Check an 862 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 New Jersey

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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