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Area code 952

Area code 952 serves Minnesota, including Twin Cities, Norwood and New Prague (Central time). It has been in service since February 27, 2000.

Numbers starting with 952 drew 360 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 270 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 952 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
MinnesotaMinneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Central
In service since
February 27, 2000Created from 612
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
340 of 792held by 34 carriers

Complaints about 952 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 952. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

360

FCC complaints since November 2023

270

Different 952 numbers reported

564

FCC complaints naming a 952 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202331
December 20234
January 20240
February 20242
March 20242
April 20246
May 20246
June 20245
July 202411
August 202412
September 20242
October 20245
November 20242
December 20244
January 20257
February 20258
March 20257
April 20256
May 20256
June 20257
July 20256
August 20258
September 20259
October 20250
November 20250
December 20259
January 202614
February 202610
March 20265
April 20266
May 20267
June 20265
July 20267
August 202617
September 202611
October 202616

What people said 952 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 203 of 360 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other170
Dropped call or no message54
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)29
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends24
Medical and prescriptions12
Warranties and protection plans11

Most reported 952 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 952

NANPA lists 3 rate centers for 952. 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.
  • Twin Cities329
  • Norwood8
  • New Prague3

Phone companies holding 952 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 53% 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
Qwest Corporation155
Onvoy, LLC - MN23
Aerial Communications, Inc.18
Frontier Communications of Minnesota, Inc.17
Level 3 Communications, LLC - MN15
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC15
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - MN10
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL9

When today's 952 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200111
20024
20032
20041
20064
20082
20091
20101
20112
20124
20133
20142
20155
20161
20172
20184
20193
20208
20213
20225
20233
20253
20261

Check a 952 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 Minnesota

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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