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"^\\+1253(?:2(?:0[0357]|1[02468]|3[14-9]|4[689]|5[0-246]|6[259]|7[245]|8[0468]|99)|3(?:05|10|21|3[36]|4[3-5]|5[149]|7[1-5]|8[23]|9[3-68])|4(?:0[34]|14|2[689]|3[579]|4[124-69]|5[89]|6[056]|7\\d|8[07]|99)|5(?:0[1-38]|1[278]|2[0589]|3[0-24-9]|4[589]|52|6[14-68]|7[1-39]|8[1-47-9]|9[0-467])|6(?:04|17|2[057]|3[0189]|42|5[25-7]|6[16]|71|8[0-3]|9[237])|7(?:19|22|3[35-7]|5[1269]|6[156]|7[0379]|9[268])|8(?:04|1[35]|26|3[03589]|4[013-8]|5[0-46-9]|6[2-47]|7[24-69]|8[0-467]|9[136])|9(?:04|12|2[24-9]|3[149]|4[1-68]|5[24]|6[46-8]|8[1-47]))\\d{4}$", "mobile": "^\\+1253(?:2(?:0[289]|1[379]|2[1-9]|3[023]|4[0-247]|5[57-9]|6[01346]|7[389]|8[1-37]|9[0136-8])|3(?:0[246-9]|1[24-8]|2[04-9]|3[0-2457-9]|4[0-26-9]|5[0358]|6[13-578]|7[06-8]|8[014689]|9[127])|4(?:0[125-8]|1[035-9]|2[0-247]|3[0-36]|4[038]|5[057]|68|86|95)|5(?:[02]7|14|69|76)|6(?:06|32|40|5[13]|7[078]|8[67]|91)|7(?:09|[24]0|32|5[34]|78|97)|8(?:20|[36]1|78)|9(?:0[356]|[256]1|7[03]|8[58]|93))\\d{4}$", "voip": "^\\+1253(?:2(?:0[14]|15|20|4[35]|6[78]|7[0167]|8[59]|9[245])|3(?:0[013]|1[39]|2[23]|5[267]|6[269]|79|8[57]|9[09])|4(?:0[09]|12|23|[38]4|47|5[23]|61|98)|5(?:0[09]|[236]3|4[014]|5[039]|95)|6(?:[05]0|4[589]|6[039]|7[69])|7(?:50|8[05]|9[39])|8(?:0[02]|88)|9(?:00|99))\\d{4}$" }, "sandbox": { "input": "+12535550123", "valid": true, "type": "Fixed line or mobile", "region": "US", "formats": { "e164": "+12535550123", "international": "+1 253-555-0123", "national": "(253) 555-0123", "rfc3966": "tel:+1-253-555-0123" }, "parts": { "countryCode": "+1", "destinationCode": "253", "destinationKind": "area code", "subscriber": "5550123" } }, "faq": [ { "question": "Where is area code 253?", "answer": "Area code 253 is in Washington, in the United States: all 525 of its exchanges on record are there. From abroad it is dialled +1 253, then the seven-digit number." }, { "question": "Is a 253 number mobile or landline?", "answer": "Either: in the North American Numbering Plan the line type belongs to the exchange (the three digits after the area code), not to the area code. Of the 525 exchanges on record in 253, 173 (33%) were allocated as mobile, 257 (49%) as fixed line, 78 (15%) as VoIP and 17 (3%) have no line type on record. A number can have been ported since, to another carrier and even to another line type." }, { "question": "Which carriers have numbers in area code 253?", "answer": "19 carriers hold exchanges in 253 on record; the most: Lumen (182), T-Mobile (82) and Verizon (67). These are the original allocations: with number portability, a number may be served by another carrier today, which only a live carrier lookup (an HLR or MNP query) can tell." }, { "question": "How do I validate a 253 phone number?", "answer": "In E.164 a 253 number matches ^\\+1253[2-9]\\d{6}$: +1, the area code, a central office code that does not start with 0 or 1, then four digits. Written nationally it reads (253) 555-0123. The exchange patterns on this page narrow it to the exchanges allocated as mobile, fixed line or VoIP." } ], "neighbours": { "sameRegion": [ "us-206", "us-360", "us-425", "us-509", "us-564" ], "previous": "us-252", "next": "us-254" }, "meta": { "dataAsOf": "2026-10-25", "dataPoints": 525, "references": [ { "authority": "NANPA", "title": "North American Numbering Plan Administrator", "url": "https://nanpa.com/" }, { "authority": "CNAC", "title": "Canadian Numbering Administrator", "url": "https://www.cnac.ca/" }, { "authority": "ITU", "title": "National numbering plan: United States", "url": "https://www.itu.int/oth/T02020000DE/en" } ] } }