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Area code 917

Area code 917 serves New York, including New York City Zone 01, New York City Zone 06 and New York City Zone 10 (Eastern time). It has been in service since January 1, 1992.

Numbers starting with 917 drew 1,218 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 808 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 917 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
New YorkNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
January 1, 1992Created from 212
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 1 + 10 digits
Exchanges in use
784 of 792held by 34 carriers
Projected to run out
2Q 2041NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 917 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 917. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

1,218

FCC complaints since November 2023

808

Different 917 numbers reported

1,736

FCC complaints naming a 917 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202330
December 202316
January 202426
February 202418
March 202412
April 202415
May 202411
June 202420
July 202419
August 202425
September 202417
October 202423
November 202426
December 202426
January 202518
February 202533
March 202524
April 202522
May 202517
June 202518
July 202519
August 202523
September 202521
October 20251
November 202512
December 202515
January 202625
February 202627
March 202617
April 202623
May 202614
June 202623
July 202640
August 202623
September 202627
October 202646

What people said 917 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 728 of 1,218 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other452
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends287
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)203
Dropped call or no message72
Lotteries, prizes, and sweepstakes62
Medical and prescriptions32

Most reported 917 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 917

NANPA lists 14 rate centers for 917. 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.
  • New York City Zone 01487
  • New York City Zone 0687
  • New York City Zone 1041
  • New York City Zone 0328
  • New York City Zone 0828
  • New York City Zone 0424
  • New York City Zone 0721
  • New York City Zone 1118
  • New York City Zone 1416
  • New York City Zone 0914
  • New York City Zone 129
  • New York City Zone 157
  • New York City Zone 133
  • New York City Zone 051

Phone companies holding 917 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 45% 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 34 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Omnipoint Communications, Inc. - NY142
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - DC136
Spok, Inc.133
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - NY124
Verizon New York, Inc.64
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - NY27
Onvoy, LLC- NY21
Metropcs, Inc.18

When today's 917 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200128
20023
20061
20075
20086
20093
201017
201119
201236
201317
20152
20161
20172
20188
20196
20214
202214
20238
202413
20254
20266

Check a 917 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 York

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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