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Area code 906

Area code 906 serves Michigan, including Marquette, Iron Mountain and Escanaba (Eastern and Central time). It has been in service since March 19, 1961.

Numbers starting with 906 drew 297 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 110 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 906 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
Michigan
Time zone
Eastern and Central
In service since
March 19, 1961
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
360 of 792held by 43 carriers
Projected to run out
2Q 2111NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 906 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 906. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

297

FCC complaints since November 2023

110

Different 906 numbers reported

370

FCC complaints naming a 906 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 20232
December 20232
January 20240
February 20242
March 202414
April 202419
May 20241
June 20242
July 20240
August 20242
September 20243
October 20244
November 20241
December 20241
January 20254
February 20252
March 20251
April 20252
May 20253
June 20252
July 20250
August 20251
September 20255
October 20250
November 20252
December 20254
January 20262
February 20264
March 20261
April 20263
May 20261
June 20262
July 20263
August 20262
September 20262
October 20264

What people said 906 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 166 of 297 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other167
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)27
Medical and prescriptions23
Dropped call or no message21
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends19
Warranties and protection plans3

Places served by 906

NANPA lists 93 rate centers for 906. 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.
  • Marquette39
  • Iron Mountain15
  • Escanaba13
  • Houghton13
  • Sault Ste Marie13
  • Menominee10
  • Ironwood7
  • Iron River6
  • Ishpeming6
  • Manistique6
  • Saint Ignace6
  • Calumet5
  • Cedarville5
  • Crystal Falls5
  • Newberry5
  • Powers5
  • Rudyard5
  • Stephenson5
  • Bergland4
  • Brimley4
  • Engadine4
  • Gladstone4
  • Gwinn4
  • Kinross4
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Munising, Rock, Watersmeet, Au Train, Baraga, Bruce Crossing, Carney, Chatham, Curtis, De Tour, Deer Park, Felch, Fence River, Keweenaw, Mackinac Island, Marenisco, Michigamme, Negaunee, Norway, Ontonagon, Pickford, Republic, Rexton, Seney, Smokey Lakes, Trout Lake, Wakefield, Watton, Alston, Amasa, Bark River, Bessemer, Big Bay, Brevort, Champion, Channing, Donken, Drummond Island, Eckerman, Ewen, Faithorn, Garden, Golden Lake, Grand Marais, Gulliver, Hermansville, Hiawatha Forest, Hulbert, L'anse, Lake Gogebic, Lake Linden, Mass, North Land O Lakes, Paradise, Perkins, Rapid River, Rockland, Sand River, Scott Point, Shingleton, Skandia, Tapiola, Trenary, Trout Creek, Wallace, Watson, White Pine, Cornell, Michigamme Forest.

Phone companies holding 906 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 61% 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 43 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Up Fiber, Inc.67
Peninsula Fiber Network, LLC - MI42
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL32
Range Telecommunications30
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - MI28
Interactive Services Network, Inc.28
Onvoy, Llcv - MI20
Upper Peninsula Tel. CO.15

When today's 906 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200120
20022
200318
200413
20054
20073
20081
20091
20102
20126
201341
20141
20151
20171
20186
20202
202110
20221
20235
20244
20251
20267

Check a 906 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 Michigan

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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