About PhoneLookup

PhoneLookup documents the world's telephone numbering plans the way a developer needs them: how numbers are formatted and dialled in each country, how long they are, which ranges belong to which line type, and which carrier each prefix block was allocated to. The reference tables are here for people and for the programs that read the web; the tools make the same facts quick to explore.

It is published by Epic Grove Ltd. Write tocontact@epicgrove.ltd about an error on a page, a missing country, or anything else; every correction is checked against the published plan before it goes live.

Where the facts come from

The numbering plans are compiled from what the national regulators publish (for example NANPA and CNAC for North America, Ofcom for the United Kingdom, the Bundesnetzagentur for Germany, ARCEP for France, the Department of Telecommunications for India) and from the ITU's register of national numbering plans under Recommendation E.164. Each page cites its sources and the date the data was last checked. Carrier blocks are the original allocations: in a country with number portability they say who a block was given to, not who serves a particular number today.

What the site does not do

It sells nothing and recommends no product. It does not tell you whether a given number is in service or who currently serves it; that is a question for the networks, not for a numbering plan. It sets no cookies and loads nothing from third parties.