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Area code 863

Area code 863 serves Florida, including Lakeland, Winter Haven and Avon Park (Eastern time). It has been in service since September 20, 1999.

Numbers starting with 863 drew 2,316 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 709 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so an 863 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
FloridaLakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
September 20, 1999Created from 941
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 7 digits
Exchanges in use
472 of 792held by 41 carriers
Projected to run out
2Q 2053NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 863 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 863. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

2,316

FCC complaints since November 2023

709

Different 863 numbers reported

2,783

FCC complaints naming an 863 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202311
December 20239
January 20248
February 20246
March 20249
April 202417
May 202410
June 20247
July 20249
August 202415
September 202411
October 202419
November 202416
December 20246
January 202514
February 202510
March 20258
April 202510
May 202516
June 202515
July 202517
August 202523
September 202514
October 20251
November 202526
December 202532
January 202628
February 202620
March 202615
April 202633
May 202623
June 202654
July 202648
August 202647
September 202650
October 202642

What people said 863 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,666 of 2,316 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other859
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)672
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends283
Medical and prescriptions162
Dropped call or no message96
Vacation and timeshares18

Most reported 863 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 863

NANPA lists 22 rate centers for 863. 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.
  • Lakeland115
  • Winter Haven77
  • Avon Park29
  • Haines City27
  • Lake Wales27
  • Sebring23
  • Bartow22
  • Arcadia18
  • Okeechobee17
  • Lake Placid15
  • Clewiston14
  • Labelle14
  • Mulberry13
  • Wauchula13
  • Polk City9
  • Poinciana8
  • Frostproof7
  • Moore Haven6
  • Fort Meade5
  • Indian Lake5
  • Bowling Green4
  • Zolfo Springs4

Phone companies holding 863 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 79% 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 41 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Frontier Florida LLC dba Frontier Comm of Florida78
Centurylink of Florida, Inc. (united)46
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - FL45
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - GA36
Aerial Communications, Inc.31
Onvoy, LLC - FL26
Paetec Itel, LLC21
Metropcs Networks, LLC18

When today's 863 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200123
200228
200318
20041
20056
20065
20081
20093
20112
20122
20133
20146
20154
20163
20174
20187
20198
20207
202123
202216
202314
20248
202513
20267

Check an 863 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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