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850

Area code 850

Florida, United States

National (850) 555-0123, E.164 +18505550123

How the 799 central office codes (exchanges) of area code 850 were allocated, from the North American Numbering Plan's records: to which carrier, as which line type. A 850 number is mobile, fixed line or VoIP according to its exchange, the three digits after the area code; the allocation is the original one (below).

At a glance

Country code
+1
State
FL
Exchanges on record
799
Carriers on record
34
Exchanges of 850 by the line type they were allocated as
  • Mobile 240 (30%)
  • Fixed line 418 (52%)
  • VoIP 127 (16%)
  • No line type on record 14 (2%)
  • 799 exchanges on record

Most exchanges: Lumen 183, AT&T 177, Verizon 97.

Check a number

Valid fixed line or mobile number in the United States.

+1
country code
850
area code
5550123
subscriber number
CountryUnited States numbering plan
Line typeFixed line or mobile
Carrier the block was allocated toNo carrier on record for this prefix
E.164+18505550123
International+1 850-555-0123
National(850) 555-0123
RFC 3966tel:+1-850-555-0123

Source: North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA); Canadian Numbering Administrator (CNAC); National numbering plan: United States (ITU)

The example is 850-555-0123: 555-0100 to 555-0199 are set aside for fictional use in every area code.

The exchange map

Every exchange of 850, by the line type it was allocated as

One cell per exchange: blocks 850 2xx to 850 9xx; in each block the row is the tens digit, the column the units digit.

850 2xx850 3xx850 4xx850 5xx850 6xx850 7xx850 8xx850 9xx
  • Mobile 240
  • Fixed line 418
  • VoIP 127
  • No line type on record 14
  • Not on record 1

Formats and patterns

E.164+18505550123
International+1 850-555-0123
National(850) 555-0123
RFC 3966 (tel: URI)tel:+1-850-555-0123

Any 850 number, in E.164

^\+1850[2-9]\d{6}$

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

Mobile exchanges (240 on record)

^\+1850(?:2(?:0[679]|1[278]|2[1568]|3[28]|4[0267]|5[1589]|6[014]|7[2-46]|8[147]|9[1-5])|3(?:0[3-5]|1[39]|2[1-46]|3[35689]|4[01568]|5[46-9]|6[1368]|7[015-7]|8[0-24]|9[3-589])|4(?:0[01568]|1[7-9]|2[068]|4[13579]|5[019]|6[0148]|8[569]|9[0169])|5(?:0[136-9]|1[069]|2[457-9]|[37][023]|4[13-5]|5[14679]|6[67]|8[256]|9[016-8])|6(?:03|1[29]|2[1458]|3[017]|42|5[78]|6[17]|7[23]|8[5-7]|9[3489])|7(?:0[349]|1[256]|2[0368]|3[0467]|4[38]|5[568]|6[068]|7[4-68]|81|9[247])|8(?:0[23]|[12][4-69]|3[02]|4[39]|6[05-9]|79|87|9[0689])|9(?:02|3[35]|54|6[04]|7[48]|8[029]|9[36]))\d{4}$

Fixed line exchanges (418 on record)

^\+1850(?:2(?:0[0-358]|1[03-69]|2[2-479]|3[013-79]|4[13-589]|5[03467]|6[235-9]|7[0157-9]|8[23689]|9[07-9])|3(?:0[126-9]|1[024-6]|2[057-9]|3[0-247]|4[2-479]|5[0-35]|6[02457]|7[2-49]|8[35-9]|9[0-267])|4(?:0[2-49]|1[02-6]|2[1-579]|[37]\d|4[024]|5[2-8]|6[23579]|8[2478]|9[2-47])|5(?:0[0245]|1[2-57]|2[0-36]|[37][14-9]|4[06-9]|5[0238]|6[0-489]|8[0147-9]|9[2-59])|6(?:0[12469]|1[046-8]|2[023679]|3[2-4689]|4[13-9]|5[0-69]|6[02-589]|7[014-9]|8[0-489]|9[1267])|7(?:0[15-8]|1[47-9]|2[1249]|3[125]|4[024679]|5[14]|6[1-479]|7[0237]|8[245]|9[3569])|8(?:0[67]|1[08]|2[37]|3[3-8]|4[014-7]|5[135689]|6[2-4]|7[0-578]|8[1-5]|9[1-47])|9(?:0[1679]|1[02-68]|2[125-79]|3[24679]|4[1248]|5[167]|6[289]|7[1-3]|8[1346]|9[14579]))\d{4}$

VoIP exchanges (127 on record)

^\+1850(?:2(?:04|20|52|8[05]|96)|3(?:00|1[78]|69|78)|4(?:07|4[68]|66|8[013]|9[58])|5(?:18|42|65|83)|6(?:0[0578]|1[35]|35|40|66|9[05])|7(?:02|1[03]|2[57]|3[389]|4[15]|5[02379]|65|7[19]|8[036-9]|9[018])|8(?:0[014589]|1[237]|2[0-28]|[36]1|4[28]|5[0247]|76|8[0689]|95)|9(?:0[03-58]|1[79]|2[0348]|3[018]|4[035-79]|5[235]|6[135-7]|7[0579]|8[578]|9[028]))\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 850, with the exchanges allocated to it (the three digits after the area code).

CarrierExchangesMobileFixed lineVoIPExchanges held
Lumen18301776200–202, 205, 208, 210, 213, 216, 219, 222, 224, 231, 243–245, 250, 253, 267, 269–270, 290, 297–299, 300–302, 306–309, 312, 314–315, 317, 325, 332, 342, 350, 352–353, 362, 364, 367, 372–373, 383, 385–391, 396–397, 402–403, 410, 412–414, 421–425, 431, 482, 487–488, 502, 504, 512–514, 517, 521, 523, 526, 531, 534, 536–537, 547–548, 552–553, 558, 561–562, 569, 574–577, 579–581, 588, 592–594, 599, 605–606, 609, 617, 622, 632–634, 644–645, 650–651, 654, 656, 664–665, 668, 671, 677–678, 681–683, 689, 695, 717–718, 724, 729, 764, 795–796, 812, 833, 835–837, 841, 844–847, 851, 853, 855, 859, 862–864, 877–878, 882–883, 885, 888, 891–894, 897, 906–907, 915, 921–922, 925–926, 929, 942, 948, 951, 956, 962, 971, 973, 984, 986, 997, 999
AT&T177521196206–207, 214, 217–218, 226, 228, 230, 233–236, 238, 240, 242, 252, 256, 261, 263, 265, 271–273, 277, 287, 293, 310, 316, 320, 329–330, 344, 360–361, 371, 374, 398, 404, 415–416, 419, 429–430, 432–439, 443–444, 449–450, 452–458, 462–464, 469–471, 473–479, 484, 492, 494, 496–497, 501, 505, 515, 522, 524, 532, 535, 539, 542, 559–560, 564, 566–567, 570, 582, 591, 595, 597, 600–601, 603, 621, 623–626, 636–638, 675, 686–687, 691–692, 706, 708, 719, 722–723, 732, 736, 746–749, 751–752, 758, 761, 763, 767, 769–770, 772–774, 781–785, 793, 803, 806, 815–816, 823, 849, 857, 870–874, 899, 901–902, 912–914, 916, 932, 934, 936–937, 939, 941, 944, 957, 968–969, 972, 981, 983, 994–995
Verizon9787100209, 247, 254, 274, 281, 294, 323–324, 326, 333, 340, 348, 354, 363, 375, 377, 380–382, 384, 399, 408–409, 417–418, 420, 426–428, 445, 447, 451, 461, 467–468, 486, 490–491, 499, 503, 508–510, 516, 529–530, 533, 544–545, 556–557, 571–572, 585, 598, 602, 612, 619, 628, 630–631, 661, 688, 693–694, 703, 712, 726, 728, 737, 743–744, 766, 768, 776, 794, 797, 807, 814, 819, 826, 830, 832, 840, 843, 860, 865–869, 879, 890, 896, 933, 974, 982
Onvoy610061204, 220, 280, 318, 407, 446, 466, 480, 498, 615, 666, 702, 725, 738, 750, 753, 771, 779, 786–790, 800–801, 805, 809, 813, 820–821, 828, 831, 848, 850, 852, 854, 876, 895, 900, 903–905, 917, 920, 923, 930, 940, 945, 953, 961, 963, 965, 967, 970, 975, 979, 987–988, 990, 992, 998
T-Mobile616100212, 221, 225, 232, 251, 258–260, 264, 276, 284, 291–292, 295, 303–305, 313, 319, 321–322, 339, 341, 345–346, 356–358, 368, 370, 376, 393, 400, 459–460, 485, 519, 525, 527–528, 541, 543, 554, 573, 586, 590, 596, 672–673, 685, 698–699, 716, 730, 775, 778, 792, 898, 960, 964, 980
Paetec Itel410410239, 241, 257, 262, 266, 268, 275, 278–279, 288–289, 328, 331, 334, 337, 343, 347, 351, 355, 365, 392, 465, 472, 493, 500, 538, 546, 549–550, 563, 589, 610, 659, 701, 714, 721, 735, 810, 881, 884, 910
GTC260260223, 227, 229, 237, 282–283, 286, 349, 379, 578, 584, 639, 643, 647–648, 652–653, 663, 670, 674, 697, 762, 827, 834, 838, 927
Comcast170017285, 369, 481, 495, 607–608, 613, 640, 713, 727, 765, 780, 791, 817, 842, 880, 908
MCC Telephony170170440, 540, 568, 614, 616, 620, 646, 655, 662, 680, 705, 707, 731, 740, 742, 799, 991
Bandwidth.com100010296, 378, 483, 583, 710, 733, 739, 745, 757, 889
SouthernLINC Wireless9900336, 338, 359, 366, 394, 401, 658, 667, 978
Emergency Networks7700715, 756, 935, 954, 989, 993, 996
USA Mobility7700395, 406, 506–507, 657, 802, 887
Bhn Ip Enabled Services6060520, 649, 676, 679, 754, 918
Fractel6006822, 886, 946, 955, 966, 977
Mcc Telephony6060203, 629, 660, 669, 684, 777
Terra Nova Telecom6402441, 565, 690, 720, 734, 755
Wow! Internet6060215, 248–249, 641, 818, 909
TDS Telecom5050442, 618, 627, 856, 875
TELNYX5005518, 635, 804, 947, 949
Twilio International4004808, 861, 924, 931
Brightlink Communications3300405, 704, 760
CSC Wireless LLC3300824–825, 829
Cellular South3300246, 255, 642
Frontier3030327, 587, 604
IP Horizon3003928, 938, 943
Vonage3003741, 759, 919
Peerless Network2002448, 952
Porta-Phone Div of John H. Phipps2200489, 551
Telepak Networks2020696, 858
COMMIO LLC1001985
Dish Wireless1100335
Exiant1001798
Network Services1100709

Questions developers ask

Where is area code 850?
Area code 850 is in Florida, in the United States: all 799 of its exchanges on record are there. From abroad it is dialled +1 850, then the seven-digit number.
Is a 850 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 799 exchanges on record in 850, 240 (30%) were allocated as mobile, 418 (52%) as fixed line, 127 (16%) as VoIP and 14 (2%) 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 850?
34 carriers hold exchanges in 850 on record; the most: Lumen (183), AT&T (177) and Verizon (97). 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 850 phone number?
In E.164 a 850 number matches ^\+1850[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 (850) 555-0123. The exchange patterns on this page narrow it to the exchanges allocated as mobile, fixed line or VoIP.