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Area code 903

Area code 903 serves Texas, including Tyler, Longview and Texarkana (Central time). It has been in service since November 4, 1990 and shares its area with 430.

Numbers starting with 903 drew 3,711 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 633 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 903 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
Texas(dallas, TX Pmsa) and (dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area)
Time zone
Central
In service since
November 4, 1990Created from 214
Overlay
Same area as 430
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
771 of 792held by 50 carriers
Projected to run out
1Q 2050NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 903 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 903. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

3,711

FCC complaints since November 2023

633

Different 903 numbers reported

3,993

FCC complaints naming a 903 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 20238
December 20239
January 202413
February 202411
March 202413
April 202418
May 202415
June 20249
July 202412
August 202417
September 20245
October 202412
November 202411
December 202414
January 202517
February 202515
March 20256
April 202514
May 202512
June 202517
July 20256
August 202513
September 202510
October 20251
November 20257
December 202518
January 202613
February 202611
March 20269
April 202623
May 202621
June 202622
July 202641
August 202664
September 202648
October 202652

What people said 903 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 2,857 of 3,711 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other1,417
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)1,081
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends366
Medical and prescriptions338
Dropped call or no message104
Warranties and protection plans46

Most reported 903 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 903

NANPA lists 194 rate centers for 903. 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.
  • Tyler75
  • Longview72
  • Texarkana39
  • Sherman31
  • Greenville28
  • Paris19
  • Athens15
  • Corsicana15
  • Marshall15
  • Denison14
  • Palestine14
  • Kilgore13
  • Sulphur Springs13
  • Mount Pleasant11
  • Bonham10
  • Jacksonville10
  • Carthage8
  • Henderson8
  • Pittsburg8
  • Mabank7
  • Gunter6
  • Ben Wheeler5
  • Canton5
  • Fairfield5
Show all 194 rate centers

Mineola, Wills Point, Alba, Bullard, Clarksville, Commerce, Emory, Gilmer, Gladewater, Jewett, Mount Vernon, New Boston, Roane, Atlanta, Bells Savoy, Caddo Mills, Cash, Centerville, Chandler, Collinsville, Como, Daingerfield, Detroit, Edgewood, Emhouse, Frankston, Howe, Hughes Springs, Jefferson, Kerens, Lake Palestine East, Leonard, Lone Star, Murchison, Neches, Owentown, Pine Acres, Point, Quitman, Trenton, Van Alstyne, Waskom, Whitehouse, Whitesboro, Windom, Bagwell, Birthright, Blooming Grove, Blossom, Bogata, Brashear, Brownsboro, Buffalo (leon), Cooper, De Berry, De Kalb, Dry Creek, Elkhart, Elysian Fields, Frost, Gary, Golden, Grand Saline, Hallsville, Hawkins, Honey Grove, Hooks, Kemp, Ladonia, Laneville, Lindale Swan, Lone Oak, Martins Mills, Merit, Miller Grove, Mims, New Summerfield, Oakland, Oakwood, Ore City, Pottsboro, Quinlan, Red Springs (smith), Rice, Sandy Creek, Shirley, Slocum, Tawakoni, Tom Bean, Tool Seven Points, Troup, Weaver, Whitewright, Winnsboro, Xxxxxxxxxx, Annona, Arp, Avery, Avinger, Beckville, Ben Franklin, Bettie, Big Sandy, Bloomburg, Campbell, Cayuga, Celeste, Cumby, Cypress Springs, Deadwood, Deport, Dorchester, Douglassville, Ector, Eustace, Gladebranch, Good Springs, Gordonville, Harleton, Hudson (cherokee), Jackson, Jim Hogg, Karnack, Koon Kreek, Leona, Linden, Malakoff, Marietta, Marquez, Maud, Maydelle, Minden, Montalba, Mount Enterprise, Myrtle Springs, Naples, Negley, New London, Oak Hill, Omaha, Overton, Payne Springs, Pecan Gap, Pickton, Pine Hill, Pine Mills, Price, Pritchett, Purdon, Redwater, Richland, Rosewood, Roxton, Rusk, Simms, Streetman, Talco, Tatum, Telephone, Tennessee Colony, Trinidad, Tucker, Turnertown, Uncertain, Van, Vivian, Winfield, Wolfe City, Wynne, Yantis.

Phone companies holding 903 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 68% 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
Southwestern Bell126
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - TX96
Frontier Southwest Inc dba Frontier Comm of Texas89
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL70
Level 3 Communications, LLC - TX64
Brightspeed of Eastern Texas, Inc.42
T-Mobile USA, Inc.35
Valor Telecomm TX, LP-TX #1 dba Windstream Comm SW34

When today's 903 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200148
200231
200311
200411
200510
200613
20079
200824
200912
20108
20118
20125
201318
201410
20155
20207
20216
20223
20239
20243
20251
20261

Check a 903 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 Texas

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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