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Area code 989

Area code 989 serves Michigan, including Saginaw, Midland and Bay City (Eastern time). It has been in service since April 7, 2001.

Numbers starting with 989 drew 1,777 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 404 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 989 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
MichiganDetroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area and Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
April 7, 2001Created from 517
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
723 of 792held by 59 carriers
Projected to run out
3Q 2039NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 989 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 989. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

1,777

FCC complaints since November 2023

404

Different 989 numbers reported

1,914

FCC complaints naming a 989 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 20236
December 20236
January 20249
February 20245
March 20244
April 20249
May 202417
June 202413
July 202412
August 20249
September 20248
October 202412
November 202416
December 20246
January 20259
February 20257
March 20257
April 202512
May 20259
June 202511
July 20258
August 20259
September 202525
October 20250
November 20259
December 20258
January 202612
February 20265
March 202615
April 20268
May 202611
June 202615
July 202620
August 202625
September 202615
October 202626

What people said 989 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,339 of 1,777 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other625
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)485
Dropped call or no message283
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends130
Medical and prescriptions96
Vacation and timeshares16

Most reported 989 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 989

NANPA lists 135 rate centers for 989. 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.
  • Saginaw114
  • Midland37
  • Bay City29
  • Mount Pleasant27
  • Owosso18
  • Alma16
  • Gaylord16
  • Alpena15
  • Clare11
  • Gladwin11
  • Saint Johns11
  • West Branch10
  • Bad Axe9
  • East Tawas9
  • Grayling9
  • Caro8
  • Ithaca8
  • Oscoda8
  • Houghton Lake7
  • Pinconning7
  • Standish7
  • Freeland6
  • Harrison6
  • Maple Rapids6
Show all 135 rate centers

Pigeon, Vassar, Akron, Auburn, Birch Run, Cass City, Farwell, Fowler Pewamo, Roscommon, Ashley, Atlanta, Au Gres, Beaverton, Chesaning, Clifford, Crystal, Durand, Elsie, Frankenmuth, Hale, Higgins Lake, Hope, Hubbardston, Lakeview, Mayville, Ovid, Prescott, Reese, Remus, Rogers City, Saint Helen, Sebewaing, Stanton, Vickeryville, Alger, Barryton, Breckenridge, Carson City, Caseville, Coleman, Edmore, Fairview, Fenwick, Gaines, Glennie, Hemlock, Kinde, Lewiston, Linwood, Lupton, Mcbrides, Merrill, Minden City, Omer, Onaway, Port Austin, Port Hope, Rose City, Rosebush, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Shepherd, Sixty Lakes, Sterling, Ubly, Weidman, Whittemore, Bay Port, Blanchard, Chapin, Chester, Elkton, Fairgrove, Gagetown, Grace Harbor, Harbor Beach, Kingston, Lincoln, Marlette, Middleton, Millington, Mio, Muir, Owendale, Pompeii, Riverdale, Sand Lake Heights, Sanford, Sheridan, Sidney, Six Lakes, Twining, Unionville, Vanderbilt, Vestaburg, Bancroft, Brant, Fostoria, Harrisville, Hillman, Hubbard Lake, Lachine, Long Lake (alpena), Manistee River, Munger, Ossineke, Palo, Posen, Robbs Creek, Westphalia, Winn.

Phone companies holding 989 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 70% 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 59 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Frontier North, Inc. - MI91
Michigan Bell Tel CO86
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL82
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - MI72
Interactive Services Network, Inc.63
Onvoy, Llcv - MI46
Omnipoint Communications Midwest Operations, LLC35
Level 3 Communications, LLC - MI33

When today's 989 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200169
200266
200320
200439
200514
20068
20077
20088
20095
20109
20126
20132
20149
20158
20164
20173
201812
20194
202010
202128
202217
20239
20242
20254
20263

Check a 989 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 Michigan

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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