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Area code 984

Area code 984 serves North Carolina, including Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill (Eastern time). It has been in service since April 30, 2012 and shares its area with 919.

Numbers starting with 984 drew 1,182 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 351 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 984 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
North Carolina(durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area) and (raleigh-Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area)
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
April 30, 2012Created from 919
Overlay
Same area as 919
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
297 of 792held by 44 carriers
Projected to run out
3Q 2048NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 984 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 984. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

1,182

FCC complaints since November 2023

351

Different 984 numbers reported

1,343

FCC complaints naming a 984 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 20232
December 20238
January 202411
February 20245
March 20245
April 202410
May 202411
June 202412
July 20246
August 20246
September 20247
October 202416
November 20246
December 20244
January 20257
February 20255
March 20259
April 20255
May 202510
June 20257
July 20257
August 20258
September 202511
October 20250
November 20251
December 20258
January 20267
February 202618
March 202613
April 20269
May 202615
June 20268
July 202618
August 202614
September 202620
October 202631

What people said 984 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 668 of 1,182 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other503
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)323
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends107
Dropped call or no message68
Medical and prescriptions38
Computer and technical support12

Places served by 984

NANPA lists 38 rate centers for 984. 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.
  • Raleigh86
  • Durham35
  • Chapel Hill24
  • Apex13
  • Cary13
  • Goldsboro11
  • Oxford7
  • Wake Forest7
  • Benson6
  • Sanford6
  • Clayton5
  • Raleigh Durham Airport5
  • Selma5
  • Siler City5
  • Angier4
  • Fuquay Varina4
  • Hillsborough4
  • Kenly4
  • Mebane4
  • Pittsboro4
  • Smithfield4
  • Cary-Research Triangle Park3
  • Creedmoor3
  • Knightdale3
Show all 38 rate centers

Louisburg, Mount Olive, Olivia, Wendell, Zebulon, Bonlee, Broadway, Four Oaks, Fremont, Goldston, Grantham, Princeton, Virgilina, Franklinton.

Phone companies holding 984 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 100% 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 44 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Onvoy, LLC - NC61
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - NC38
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - NC25
Suncom dba T-Mobile USA23
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - GA20
Onvoy Spectrum, LLC11
Ton80 Communications, LLC11
Fractel, LLC10

When today's 984 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
20122
20135
201419
201522
201612
201717
201812
201918
202023
202132
202227
202334
202425
202517
202617

Check a 984 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 North Carolina

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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