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Area code 929

Area code 929 serves New York, including New York City Zone 06, New York City Zone 03 and New York City Zone 07 (Eastern time). It has been in service since April 16, 2011 and shares its area with 347, 465, 718 and 917.

Numbers starting with 929 drew 1,819 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 1,045 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 929 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
April 16, 2011Created from 347
Overlay
Same area as 347, 465, 718, 917
Local calls
Dial 1 + 10 digits
Exchanges in use
709 of 792held by 39 carriers
Projected to run out
2Q 2041NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 929 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 929. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

1,819

FCC complaints since November 2023

1,045

Different 929 numbers reported

2,575

FCC complaints naming a 929 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202312
December 202311
January 202419
February 202413
March 202417
April 202415
May 202420
June 202422
July 202423
August 202423
September 202418
October 202428
November 202433
December 202429
January 202532
February 202534
March 202536
April 202528
May 202540
June 202549
July 202552
August 202557
September 202537
October 20254
November 202527
December 202539
January 202649
February 202632
March 202638
April 202621
May 202619
June 202624
July 202618
August 202617
September 202626
October 202659

What people said 929 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,145 of 1,819 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other675
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)480
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends240
Dropped call or no message116
Lotteries, prizes, and sweepstakes102
Medical and prescriptions28

Most reported 929 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 929

NANPA lists 13 rate centers for 929. 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 0690
  • New York City Zone 0381
  • New York City Zone 0779
  • New York City Zone 1076
  • New York City Zone 0862
  • New York City Zone 0454
  • New York City Zone 0548
  • New York City Zone 1448
  • New York City Zone 0937
  • New York City Zone 1235
  • New York City Zone 1335
  • New York City Zone 1133
  • New York City Zone 1531

Phone companies holding 929 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 100% 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 39 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Omnipoint Communications, Inc. - NY261
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - NY89
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - DC67
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - NY54
Fractel, LLC44
Onvoy, LLC- NY39
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC - NY27
Metropcs, Inc.15

When today's 929 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
20116
20126
201332
201464
201553
201652
201735
201840
201935
202042
202156
202257
202361
202459
202529
202636

Check a 929 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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