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Area code 864

Area code 864 serves South Carolina, including Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson (Eastern time). It has been in service since December 3, 1995 and shares its area with 821.

Numbers starting with 864 drew 1,852 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 599 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so an 864 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
South Carolina(greenville--Spartanburg--Anderson, SC Msa) and Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
December 3, 1995Created from 803
Overlay
Same area as 821
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
784 of 792held by 50 carriers
Projected to run out
1Q 2055NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 864 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 864. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

1,852

FCC complaints since November 2023

599

Different 864 numbers reported

2,248

FCC complaints naming an 864 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202310
December 202313
January 202422
February 202416
March 202417
April 202425
May 202426
June 202419
July 202426
August 202415
September 202410
October 202416
November 202417
December 20248
January 202521
February 202522
March 202511
April 202520
May 202518
June 202514
July 202523
August 202516
September 202518
October 20251
November 20257
December 20259
January 202613
February 202611
March 202610
April 202611
May 20269
June 202621
July 202620
August 202625
September 202619
October 202631

What people said 864 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,120 of 1,852 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other791
Medical and prescriptions233
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends230
Dropped call or no message175
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)160
Warranties and protection plans26

Most reported 864 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 864

NANPA lists 66 rate centers for 864. 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.
  • Greenville209
  • Spartanburg88
  • Anderson61
  • Greenwood44
  • Seneca26
  • Greer18
  • Laurens17
  • Clemson16
  • Gaffney16
  • Easley14
  • Simpsonville13
  • Union13
  • Lyman12
  • Blacksburg11
  • Central10
  • Clinton10
  • Fountain Inn10
  • Pickens8
  • Travelers Rest8
  • Laurens Rural7
  • Belton6
  • Blue Ridge6
  • Honea Path6
  • Pendleton6
Show all 66 rate centers

Piedmont, Salem, Walhalla, Westminster, Abbeville, Cowpens, Inman, Liberty, Pelzer, Six Mile, Williamston, Antioch, Calhoun Falls, Due West, Joanna, Jonesville, Mccormick, Mount Carmel, Pacolet, Woodruff, Chesnee, Clarks Hill, Gray Court, Hodges, Landrum, Mountville, Plum Branch, Saluda, Ware Shoals, West Abbeville, Campobello, Chappells, Cross Hill, Enoree, Hickory Tavern, Iva, Lockhart, Ninety Six, Starr, Troy, Waterloo, West End.

Phone companies holding 864 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 73% 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
Bellsouth Telecomm Inc dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel172
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - SC95
Paetec Itel, LLC78
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - GA70
Suncom dba T-Mobile USA63
Onvoy, LLC - SC48
Level 3 Communications, LLC - SC30
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - SC22

When today's 864 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200115
200223
200310
20048
200517
20068
200713
200816
20099
20109
20118
20128
20138
201414
20159
201617
201719
201816
20197
202022
202130
202231
202325
202426

Check an 864 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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