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Area code 936

Area code 936 serves Texas, including Conroe, Lufkin and Huntsville (Central time). It has been in service since February 19, 2000.

Numbers starting with 936 drew 905 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 332 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 936 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
TexasHouston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Central
In service since
February 19, 2000Created from 409
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 7 digits
Exchanges in use
422 of 792held by 40 carriers
Projected to run out
3Q 2077NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 936 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 936. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

905

FCC complaints since November 2023

332

Different 936 numbers reported

1,138

FCC complaints naming a 936 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 20237
December 20233
January 20248
February 20242
March 20246
April 20248
May 20248
June 20243
July 20243
August 202412
September 20247
October 202444
November 202415
December 20248
January 20256
February 202510
March 20255
April 20259
May 20253
June 202510
July 202513
August 20255
September 20254
October 20250
November 20256
December 20255
January 20263
February 20267
March 202623
April 202622
May 202612
June 20265
July 20266
August 202612
September 202614
October 202615

What people said 936 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 591 of 905 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other411
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)158
Medical and prescriptions103
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends97
Dropped call or no message43
Warranties and protection plans22

Most reported 936 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 936

NANPA lists 72 rate centers for 936. 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.
  • Conroe76
  • Lufkin30
  • Huntsville29
  • Nacogdoches28
  • Livingston13
  • Dayton12
  • Liberty11
  • Center10
  • Willis10
  • Crockett9
  • Montgomery (montgomery)9
  • Corrigan8
  • Navasota8
  • Waller8
  • Madisonville7
  • San Augustine6
  • New Waverly5
  • Prairie View5
  • Batson4
  • Chireno4
  • Diboll4
  • Hardin4
  • Huntington4
  • Plantersville4
Show all 72 rate centers

Shepherd, Timpson, Trinity, Alto, Bedias, Broaddus, Cushing, Devers, Garrison, Grapeland, Groveton, Hudson (angelina), Hull, Joaquin, Normangee, Raywood, Saratoga, Shiro, Zavalla, Anderson, Apple Springs, Austonio, Central, Chester, Coldspring, Etoile, Evergreen, Fuller Springs, Goodrich, Hilltop Lakes, Huxley, Iola, Kennard, Lovelady, North Zulch, Oakhurst, Onalaska, Pennington, Reklaw, Segno, Tenaha, Washington, Waterwood, Wells, Blanchard, Memorial Point, Richards, Ruby.

Phone companies holding 936 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 81% 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 40 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Consolidated Communications of Texas Company56
Southwestern Bell42
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL41
Onvoy, LLC - TX33
Valor Telecomm TX, Ld-TX #2 dba Windstream Comm SW30
Aerial Communications, Inc.26
Level 3 Communications, LLC - TX26
Fractel, LLC20

When today's 936 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200110
200210
20035
200414
20055
200611
20075
20081
20095
20105
20113
20123
20133
20144
201522
20165
20175
20187
201910
202012
202123
202212
202315
20244
20257
20264

Check a 936 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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