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Area code 975

Area code 975 serves Missouri, including Kansas City, Blue Springs and Adrian (Central time). It has been in service since October 13, 2023 and shares its area with 816.

Numbers starting with 975 drew 21 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 1 complaint to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 975 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
Missouri(kansas City, MO--KS Msa) and Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Central
In service since
October 13, 2023Created from 816
Overlay
Same area as 816
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
30 of 792held by 8 carriers
Projected to run out
2Q 2069NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 975 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 975. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

21

FCC complaints since November 2023

1

Different 975 numbers reported

21

FCC complaints naming a 975 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 20230
December 20230
January 20240
February 20240
March 20240
April 20240
May 20240
June 20240
July 20240
August 20240
September 20240
October 20240
November 20240
December 20240
January 20250
February 20250
March 20250
April 20250
May 20250
June 20250
July 20250
August 20250
September 20250
October 20250
November 20250
December 20250
January 20260
February 20260
March 20260
April 20260
May 20260
June 20261
July 20260
August 20260
September 20260
October 20260

What people said 975 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 8 of 21 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other10
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends4
Medical and prescriptions2
Dropped call or no message2
Home improvement and cleaning1
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)1

Places served by 975

NANPA lists 17 rate centers for 975. 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.
  • Kansas City13
  • Blue Springs2
  • Adrian1
  • Belton1
  • Camden Point1
  • Cameron1
  • Dearborn1
  • Grain Valley1
  • Greenwood1
  • Harrisonville1
  • Leavenworth Lansing1
  • Lees Summit1
  • Lonejack1
  • Oak Grove1
  • Platte City1
  • Saint Joseph1
  • Trimble1

Phone companies holding 975 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 97% 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 8 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Onvoy, LLC - MO16
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL7
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - MO2
8x8, Inc.1
AT&T - Local1
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - MO1
Shelcomm1
U.S. Telepacific Corp. dba Tpx Communications1

Check a 975 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 Missouri

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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