Skip to content
Before You Call Back

Area code 954

Area code 954 serves Florida, including Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood and Deerfield Beach (Eastern time). It has been in service since September 11, 1995 and shares its area with 754.

Numbers starting with 954 drew 2,348 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 964 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 954 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
FloridaMiami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
September 11, 1995Created from 305
Overlay
Same area as 754
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
776 of 792held by 35 carriers
Projected to run out
3Q 2071NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 954 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 954. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

2,348

FCC complaints since November 2023

964

Different 954 numbers reported

3,037

FCC complaints naming a 954 number, by month

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

Show as a table
MonthComplaints
November 202332
December 202329
January 202420
February 202414
March 202411
April 202421
May 202424
June 202418
July 202441
August 202418
September 202427
October 202439
November 202429
December 202419
January 202535
February 202545
March 202529
April 202529
May 202525
June 202534
July 202536
August 202534
September 202524
October 20252
November 202515
December 202523
January 202639
February 202625
March 202612
April 202615
May 202623
June 202629
July 202634
August 202618
September 202635
October 202642

What people said 954 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,435 of 2,348 reports were robocalls.

Show as a table
SubjectReports
Other1,135
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends296
Medical and prescriptions293
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)124
Dropped call or no message111
Warranties and protection plans46

Most reported 954 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 954

NANPA lists 6 rate centers for 954. 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.
  • Fort Lauderdale466
  • Hollywood122
  • Deerfield Beach74
  • Pompano Beach74
  • Coral Springs39
  • Xxxxxxxxxx1

Phone companies holding 954 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 58% 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 35 carriers

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

Show as a table
Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Bellsouth Telecomm Inc dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel273
Omnipoint Miami E License, LLC81
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - GA74
Paetec Itel, LLC57
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - FL36
Teleport Communications America, LLC - FL32
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC - FL31
Metropcs, Inc.29

When today's 954 exchanges were assigned

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

Show as a table
YearExchanges
200127
20021
20034
20042
200518
200612
20075
20084
20092
20109
201112
201211
201311
20149
201512
20167
20174
20185
20198
202012
20218
20228
20236
20243
20263

Check a 954 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 Florida

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.

Official sources (7)Show