Area code 252

At a glance

Country code

+1

State

NC

Exchanges on record

717

Carriers on record

38

Most exchanges: Lumen 266, Verizon 98, Onvoy 49.

The exchange map

Formats and patterns

Any 252 number, in E.164

^\+1252[2-9]\d{6}$

+1, the area code, a central office code that does not start with 0 or 1, then four digits.

^\+1252(?:2(?:0[2-57]|1[3467]|29|30|41|5[3689]|6[36-9]|7[23]|8[25-9]|9[029])|3(?:0[15]|1[0245]|2[04-7]|39|4[0-379]|50|6[1-79]|7[01358]|8[23]|9[45])|4(?:0[26]|1[247]|2[0-35]|3[24]|5[25]|6[89]|7[04]|8[78]|9[4578])|5(?:03|2[1589]|3[12]|4[28]|5[034]|6[047]|7[0-368]|8[018]|99)|6(?:1[79]|2[0-6]|30|4[35-7]|5[89]|6[458]|7[013569]|86)|7(?:0[26]|1[047]|2[13-5]|3[24]|41|[579]0|6[78]|8[01])|8(?:0[124]|1[235]|[25]0|37|64|8[035])|9(?:0[3478]|1[5-7]|2[14]|33|4[57]|55|82|96))\d{4}$

^\+1252(?:2(?:0[01689]|1[02589]|2[0-7]|3[1-9]|4[03-9]|5[0157]|6[1245]|7[1478]|8[14]|9[13-8])|3(?:0[2-47-9]|1[37-9]|2[1-389]|3[0-8]|4[4-68]|5[1-9]|6[08]|7[79]|8[14-9]|9[1-3689])|4(?:0[1579]|1[0368]|2[6-9]|3[0135-9]|4[1-9]|5[01346-9]|6[02-7]|7[1-3578]|8[0-24-69]|9[1-39])|5(?:0[014-9]|1[3-79]|2[02-467]|3[3-9]|4[3-57]|5[17-9]|6[1-35689]|7[479]|8[235-79]|9[0-8])|6(?:0[1-9]|1[03-5]|2[7-9]|3[13-9]|4[0-2489]|5[0-7]|6[0-2]|7[2478]|8[0359]|9[4-68])|7(?:0[1578]|1[235]|2[026-9]|3[578]|4[03-9]|5[1-8]|6[24-6]|7[1-7]|8[29]|9[1-9])|8(?:0[5-9]|[14][48]|2[3-7]|3[038]|6[23]|7[69]|86)|9(?:[05]2|2[0235-8]|3[1579]|4[03468]|6[246]|7[2-57-9]|8[4-7]|9[15]))\d{4}$

^\+1252(?:2(?:28|42|54|60|7[0569]|8[03])|3(?:0[06]|16|7[246]|80|9[07])|4(?:0[0348]|1[59]|24|40|61|7[69]|83|9[06])|5(?:02|1[028]|30|4[0169]|5[26]|75|84)|6(?:00|1[268]|32|6[3679]|8[12478]|9[0-379])|7(?:0[39]|1[689]|3[01369]|42|59|6[039]|8[6-8])|8(?:0[03]|1[067]|[23]2|4[237]|5[458]|6[679]|77|8[189]|9[59])|9(?:[03]0|[68]9|9[79]))\d{4}$

The exchange patterns follow the original allocations; a number ported since keeps its digits but not necessarily its carrier or its line type.

Carriers and their exchanges

Every carrier holding exchanges in 252, with the exchanges allocated to it (the three digits after the area code).

Questions developers ask

Where is area code 252?

Area code 252 is in North Carolina, in the United States: all 717 of its exchanges on record are there. From abroad it is dialled +1 252, then the seven-digit number.

Is a 252 number mobile or landline?

Either: in the North American Numbering Plan the line type belongs to the exchange (the three digits after the area code), not to the area code. Of the 717 exchanges on record in 252, 190 (26%) were allocated as mobile, 394 (55%) as fixed line, 112 (16%) as VoIP and 21 (3%) have no line type on record. A number can have been ported since, to another carrier and even to another line type.

Which carriers have numbers in area code 252?

38 carriers hold exchanges in 252 on record; the most: Lumen (266), Verizon (98) and Onvoy (49). These are the original allocations: with number portability, a number may be served by another carrier today, which only a live carrier lookup (an HLR or MNP query) can tell.

How do I validate a 252 phone number?

In E.164 a 252 number matches ^\+1252[2-9]\d{6}$: +1, the area code, a central office code that does not start with 0 or 1, then four digits. Written nationally it reads (252) 555-0123. The exchange patterns on this page narrow it to the exchanges allocated as mobile, fixed line or VoIP.