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Area code 940

Area code 940 serves Texas, including Wichita Falls, Denton and Decatur (Central time). It has been in service since May 25, 1997.

Numbers starting with 940 drew 1,455 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 339 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 940 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
TexasDallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Central
In service since
May 25, 1997Created from 817
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
506 of 792held by 63 carriers
Projected to run out
1Q 2051NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 940 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 940. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

1,455

FCC complaints since November 2023

339

Different 940 numbers reported

1,697

FCC complaints naming a 940 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 20232
December 202316
January 20248
February 20249
March 20246
April 202411
May 202414
June 20244
July 202414
August 20247
September 20249
October 20248
November 20248
December 20245
January 202514
February 20256
March 20258
April 20257
May 20259
June 20257
July 20256
August 20257
September 20256
October 20250
November 20255
December 20254
January 20264
February 20268
March 20267
April 20268
May 202611
June 20265
July 202613
August 202617
September 202616
October 202636

What people said 940 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 948 of 1,455 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other573
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)421
Medical and prescriptions174
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends97
Dropped call or no message47
Warranties and protection plans14

Most reported 940 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 940

NANPA lists 96 rate centers for 940. 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.
  • Wichita Falls84
  • Denton79
  • Decatur15
  • Gainesville14
  • Mineral Wells14
  • Aubrey13
  • Bowie11
  • Lake Dallas11
  • Bartonville10
  • Burkburnett10
  • Argyle9
  • Graham9
  • Justin9
  • Vernon9
  • Henrietta7
  • Jacksboro7
  • Childress6
  • Iowa Park6
  • Seymour6
  • Tioga6
  • Munday5
  • Myra5
  • Bellevue4
  • Haskell4
Show all 96 rate centers

Holliday, Kamay, Palo Pinto, Pilot Point, Aspermont, Benjamin, Bridgeport, Chillicothe, Graford, Knox City, Krum, Medicine Mound, Megargel, Millsap, Nocona, Olney, Petrolia, Possum Kingdom Lake, Quanah, Rochester, Rule, Saint Jo, Sanger, Santo, Weinert, Alvord, Archer City, Bonita, Boyd, Bryson, Cee Vee, Chico, Elbert, Forestburg, Goodlett, Joplin, Kirkland, Lake Kemp, Montague, Oklaunion, Ponder, Ringgold, Rosston, Runaway Bay, Slidell, Spanish Fort, Thalia, Throckmorton, Truscott, Valley View East, White City Odell, Woodson, Blue Grove, Boonsville, Charlie, Crowell, Electra, Eliasville, Jermyn, Joy, Lake Arrowhead, Lake Kickapoo, Loving, Muenster, Newcastle, Orth, Paradise, Perrin, Scotland, Sunset, Valley View, Windthorst.

Phone companies holding 940 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 73% 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 63 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Southwestern Bell47
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL45
Onvoy, LLC - TX31
Frontier Southwest Inc dba Frontier Comm of Texas29
Level 3 Communications, LLC - TX28
T-Mobile USA, Inc.26
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - TX24
Grande Communications Networks, Inc. - TX22

When today's 940 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200113
200216
200312
200413
20055
200610
20073
20088
20091
20109
201110
20121
201316
20142
20155
201612
20173
201812
201918
202017
202118
202215
202312
20248
202515
20266

Check a 940 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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