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Area code 971

Area code 971 serves Oregon, including Portland, Beaverton and Salem (Pacific time). It has been in service since October 1, 2000 and shares its area with 503.

Numbers starting with 971 drew 1,409 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 508 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 971 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
OregonPortland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Pacific
In service since
October 1, 2000Created from 503
Overlay
Same area as 503
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
444 of 792held by 48 carriers
Projected to run out
3Q 2041NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 971 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 971. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

1,409

FCC complaints since November 2023

508

Different 971 numbers reported

1,730

FCC complaints naming a 971 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202327
December 20239
January 202410
February 20246
March 20247
April 202416
May 20249
June 202414
July 202410
August 202425
September 20248
October 202418
November 202413
December 202427
January 202516
February 202517
March 20256
April 202515
May 202512
June 20256
July 202512
August 202518
September 202517
October 20251
November 20254
December 20257
January 202611
February 202613
March 20265
April 202618
May 202620
June 202616
July 202614
August 202624
September 202619
October 202631

What people said 971 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 771 of 1,409 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other595
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)200
Home improvement and cleaning175
Dropped call or no message146
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends104
Warranties and protection plans28

Most reported 971 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 971

NANPA lists 55 rate centers for 971. 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.
  • Portland155
  • Beaverton71
  • Salem36
  • Clackamas21
  • Mcminnville13
  • Tillamook11
  • Gresham10
  • Woodburn9
  • Newberg8
  • Stafford-Sandy8
  • Saint Helens7
  • Astoria5
  • Dallas5
  • Seaside5
  • Clatskanie4
  • Rainier4
  • Silverton4
  • Amity3
  • North Plains3
  • Sherwood3
  • Vernonia3
  • Warrenton3
  • Aumsville Turner2
  • Aurora2
Show all 55 rate centers

Beaver, Beaver Creek, Cannon Beach, Cloverdale, Dayton, Falls City, Garibaldi, Government Camp, Grand Island, Grand Ronde, Hood Land, Mill City, Pacific City, Rockaway, Scappoose, Stayton, Westport, Yamhill, Bay City, Canby Needy, Carlton, Charbonneau, Detroit, Estacada, Jewell, Knappa, Monitor, Nehalem, Saint Paul, Sheridan, Willamina.

Phone companies holding 971 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 98% 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 48 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC64
T-Mobile USA, Inc.60
Onvoy, LLC - OR57
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - OR52
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - OR42
Level 3 Communications, LLC - OR15
Electric Lightwave LLC dba Allstream14
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC13

When today's 971 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200118
200210
20032
20043
20055
20062
20072
20083
20093
201015
201117
201218
201313
201431
201518
201614
201714
201819
201914
202027
202128
202232
202333
202429
202516
202620

Check a 971 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 Oregon

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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