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Area code 972

Area code 972 serves Texas, including Dallas, Grand Prairie and Plano (Central time). It has been in service since September 14, 1996 and shares its area with 214, 469 and 945.

Numbers starting with 972 drew 2,354 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 741 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 972 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
TexasDallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Central
In service since
September 14, 1996Created from 214
Overlay
Same area as 214, 469, 945
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
785 of 792held by 32 carriers
Projected to run out
2Q 2036NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 972 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 972. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

2,354

FCC complaints since November 2023

741

Different 972 numbers reported

2,881

FCC complaints naming a 972 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202332
December 202316
January 202422
February 202417
March 202415
April 202417
May 202416
June 202410
July 202419
August 202414
September 202412
October 202416
November 202422
December 202413
January 202522
February 202519
March 202513
April 202520
May 202520
June 202526
July 202524
August 202531
September 202524
October 20250
November 202517
December 202515
January 202628
February 202627
March 202620
April 202615
May 202624
June 202613
July 202646
August 202626
September 202619
October 202643

What people said 972 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,165 of 2,354 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other1,263
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends442
Dropped call or no message155
Medical and prescriptions146
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)94
Home improvement and cleaning33

Most reported 972 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 972

NANPA lists 43 rate centers for 972. 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.
  • Dallas247
  • Grand Prairie134
  • Plano92
  • Irving90
  • Lewisville30
  • Carrollton28
  • Mckinney22
  • Frisco21
  • Allen14
  • Dallas Fort Worth Airport10
  • Waxahachie9
  • Cedar Hill7
  • Terrell7
  • De Soto6
  • Ennis5
  • Prosper5
  • Rockwall5
  • Bristol3
  • Ferris3
  • Forney3
  • Italy3
  • Nevada3
  • Red Oak3
  • Seagoville3
Show all 43 rate centers

Wilmer, Blue Ridge (collin), Combine, Crandall, Farmersville, Josephine, Kaufman, Midlothian, Palmer, Princeton, Royse City, Scurry, Anna, Avalon, Bardwell, Celina, Maypearl, Milford, Venus.

Phone companies holding 972 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 56% 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 32 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Southwestern Bell306
Frontier Southwest Inc dba Frontier Comm of Texas183
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL58
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC55
Onvoy, LLC - TX24
Spok, Inc.20
Grande Communications Networks, Inc. - TX19
Teleport Communications America, LLC - TX18

When today's 972 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
20016
20022
20031
20049
200511
20062
20071
20101
20112
20125
20141
20164
20177
20186
20192
20203
20211
20226
20232
20251

Check a 972 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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