Area code 865

At a glance

Country code

+1

State

TN

Exchanges on record

520

Carriers on record

38

Most exchanges: AT&T 204, Verizon 57, Paetec Itel 44.

The exchange map

Formats and patterns

Any 865 number, in E.164

^\+1865[2-9]\d{6}$

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

^\+1865(?:2(?:0[0-36-9]|1[046]|2[1-478]|3[0257]|4[02-4]|5[04-8]|66|7[49]|8[2379]|9[69])|3(?:0[0146-9]|1[03-58]|2[0-3]|3[57]|4[078]|5[268]|6[01389]|8[24-9]|9[4689])|4(?:0[24-69]|1[04-6]|2[127]|3[18]|4[013]|5[4-6]|6[689]|91)|5(?:0[47]|48|56|67|85|9[179])|6(?:0[13467]|17|2[12]|4[03]|5[49]|6[01]|79|80|96)|7(?:0[15]|1[29]|2[24]|4[0289]|[56]5|7[016]|89)|8(?:0[3-69]|1[68]|39|5[01]|66|98)|9(?:02|1[89]|[26]4|[39]6|73))\d{4}$

^\+1865(?:2(?:1[2357-9]|2[0569]|3[138]|4[1568]|5[19]|6[2489]|7[0-35-8]|8[01568]|9[1-578])|3(?:0[235]|1[267]|2[4-69]|3[014689]|4[125]|5[0347]|6[25]|7[34679]|8[03]|9[2357])|4(?:0[378]|12|2[05689]|3[03-7]|4[689]|5[037-9]|6[35]|7[0145]|8[1-469]|9[47])|5(?:09|1[258]|2[1-5]|3[159]|4[014-69]|5[18]|6[046]|7[34679]|8[2-478]|9[045])|6(?:0[29]|3[0-357]|47|5[6-8]|7[0-5]|8[14-9]|9[0-4])|7(?:17|3[08]|45|6[1679]|7[347]|8[4-8]|9\d)|8(?:01|13|2[48]|35|5[69]|6[28]|82|96)|9(?:0[89]|14|2[257]|3[2-58]|4[05-7]|6[36]|7[01478]|8[0-68]|9[235]))\d{4}$

^\+1865(?:2(?:0[45]|3[469]|4[79]|5[23]|6[01357]|84|90)|3(?:19|2[78]|3[23]|4[346]|5[159]|6[467]|7[0158]|81|9[01])|4(?:01|1[37-9]|24|32|4[45]|6[04]|85|98)|5(?:0[035]|6[2358]|86)|6(?:00|2[56]|6[69])|7(?:37|46)|8(?:00|22|3[027]|5[57]|6[3-57]|7[46]|88|95)|9(?:[01]0|[39]9|51|6[289]))\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 865, with the exchanges allocated to it (the three digits after the area code).

Questions developers ask

Where is area code 865?

Area code 865 is in Tennessee, in the United States: all 520 of its exchanges on record are there. From abroad it is dialled +1 865, then the seven-digit number.

Is a 865 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 520 exchanges on record in 865, 166 (32%) were allocated as mobile, 252 (48%) as fixed line, 88 (17%) as VoIP and 14 (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 865?

38 carriers hold exchanges in 865 on record; the most: AT&T (204), Verizon (57) and Paetec Itel (44). 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 865 phone number?

In E.164 a 865 number matches ^\+1865[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 (865) 555-0123. The exchange patterns on this page narrow it to the exchanges allocated as mobile, fixed line or VoIP.