Area code 551

At a glance

Country code

+1

State

NJ

Exchanges on record

315

Carriers on record

25

Most exchanges: T-Mobile 73, Onvoy 71, Verizon 47.

The exchange map

Formats and patterns

Any 551 number, in E.164

^\+1551[2-9]\d{6}$

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

^\+1551(?:2(?:0[0246-9]|1[5-9]|2[16]|3[24-8]|4[013-6]|5[0-24579]|6[0-35-9]|7[01569]|8[1379]|9[01357-9])|3(?:0[1-467]|1[258]|2[36-8]|3[01457-9]|4[0-4679]|5[12489]|6[24578]|7[0568]|8[469]|9[23679])|4(?:0[1-57]|1[2-49]|2[0346-9]|3[02]|4[049]|8[26]|97)|5(?:02|56|7[49]|8[07])|6(?:55|89|97)|7(?:22|77|95)|804|998)\d{4}$

^\+1551(?:2(?:0[35]|1[02]|2[07-9]|33|48|5[36]|64|[89]6)|3(?:0[58]|1[34]|20|[36]3|71|8[57])|4(?:21|3[13])|557|996)\d{4}$

^\+1551(?:2(?:01|1[34]|2[2-5]|3[019]|4[279]|58|7[2-478]|8[02458]|9[24])|3(?:0[09]|1[0679]|2[12459]|3[26]|4[58]|5[035-7]|6[0169]|7[2-479]|8[0-38]|9[01458])|4(?:0[0689]|1[05-8]|2[25]|3[4-9]|5[15]|65)|5(?:0[01]|2[59]|5[0-4]|88)|6(?:00|51|66|88)|7(?:27|33|5[158]|66|75|8[68]|99)|8(?:00|15|37|42|66|88|99)|9(?:00|[46]6|55|9[579]))\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 551, with the exchanges allocated to it (the three digits after the area code).

Questions developers ask

Where is area code 551?

Area code 551 is in New Jersey, in the United States: all 315 of its exchanges on record are there. From abroad it is dialled +1 551, then the seven-digit number.

Is a 551 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 315 exchanges on record in 551, 147 (47%) were allocated as mobile, 30 (10%) as fixed line, 123 (39%) as VoIP and 15 (5%) 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 551?

25 carriers hold exchanges in 551 on record; the most: T-Mobile (73), Onvoy (71) and Verizon (47). 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 551 phone number?

In E.164 a 551 number matches ^\+1551[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 (551) 555-0123. The exchange patterns on this page narrow it to the exchanges allocated as mobile, fixed line or VoIP.