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916

Area code 916

California, United States

National (916) 555-0123, E.164 +19165550123

How the 800 central office codes (exchanges) of area code 916 were allocated, from the North American Numbering Plan's records: to which carrier, as which line type. A 916 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
CA
Exchanges on record
800
Carriers on record
30
Exchanges of 916 by the line type they were allocated as
  • Mobile 253 (32%)
  • Fixed line 458 (57%)
  • VoIP 75 (9%)
  • No line type on record 14 (2%)
  • 800 exchanges on record

Most exchanges: AT&T 343, Verizon 94, T-Mobile 89.

Check a number

Valid fixed line or mobile number in the United States.

+1
country code
916
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+19165550123
International+1 916-555-0123
National(916) 555-0123
RFC 3966tel:+1-916-555-0123

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

The example is 916-555-0123: 555-0100 to 555-0199 are set aside for fictional use in every area code.

The exchange map

Every exchange of 916, by the line type it was allocated as

One cell per exchange: blocks 916 2xx to 916 9xx; in each block the row is the tens digit, the column the units digit.

916 2xx916 3xx916 4xx916 5xx916 6xx916 7xx916 8xx916 9xx
  • Mobile 253
  • Fixed line 458
  • VoIP 75
  • No line type on record 14

Formats and patterns

E.164+19165550123
International+1 916-555-0123
National(916) 555-0123
RFC 3966 (tel: URI)tel:+1-916-555-0123

Any 916 number, in E.164

^\+1916[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 (253 on record)

^\+1916(?:2(?:0[1-8]|1[2-79]|2[03-5]|30|[45][07]|6[018]|7[01569]|8[049]|9[1256])|3(?:0[0578]|1[067]|[27]0|3[05-7]|4[2356]|8[05]|9[06-8])|4(?:0[12]|1[02367]|2[05]|3[029]|6[16]|7[0579]|9[569])|5(?:0[125-8]|1[03679]|2[1-4]|3[0-39]|4[14-9]|7[89]|8[046]|9[0-2589])|6(?:0[0-467]|1[236]|2[0-28]|3[349]|59|6[24]|80|9[03-9])|7(?:0[1457-9]|1[0235-9]|30|4[137]|5[0-259]|6[1-589]|78|9[023689])|8(?:0[1-4679]|1[2-689]|2[015689]|3[2-57-9]|4[179]|6[29]|7[0139]|8[1259]|9[39])|9(?:0[1689]|1[69]|3[68]|4[078]|5[1-35-7]|68|8[01]|9[5-8]))\d{4}$

Fixed line exchanges (458 on record)

^\+1916(?:2(?:00|1[08]|2[16-9]|3[1578]|46|5[1-68]|6[2-7]|7[3478]|8[1-35-8]|9[03478])|3(?:0[1349]|1[24589]|[27][1-9]|3[1-489]|4[01489]|[56]\d|8[1-46-8]|9[1-59])|4(?:0[035689]|1[4589]|2[1-46-9]|3[13-8]|[458]\d|6[2-58]|7[1-48]|9[0-478])|5(?:0[349]|1[2458]|2[5689]|3[4-7]|4[03]|5[0-46-9]|6[013-9]|7[0-7]|8[2359]|9[346])|6(?:0[589]|1[4578]|2[4-7]|3[0-25-8]|4\d|5[0-8]|6[013579]|7[0-36-9]|8[1-9]|9[12])|7(?:0[36]|14|[28]\d|3[1-9]|4[024-689]|5[3467]|6[06]|7[0-79]|9[1457])|8(?:08|17|2[24]|3[01]|4[02-68]|5\d|6[013-8]|7[24-8]|8[067]|9[14-8])|9(?:0[34]|1[02-578]|2[0-57-9]|3[02-59]|4[1-69]|6[0-35-79]|7[1-47-9]|8[3-9]|9[0-3]))\d{4}$

VoIP exchanges (75 on record)

^\+1916(?:2(?:[0569]9|[27]2|3[2-469]|4[1-589])|3(?:0[26]|13|47|89)|4(?:0[47]|6[079]|76)|5(?:00|2[07]|38|[46]2|8[178]|97)|6(?:1[09]|2[39]|6[68]|7[45])|7(?:02|58|67)|8(?:0[05]|10|2[37]|36|8[348]|9[02])|9(?:0[0257]|26|3[17]|[56]4|7[05]|82|9[49]))\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 916, with the exchanges allocated to it (the three digits after the area code).

CarrierExchangesMobileFixed lineVoIPExchanges held
AT&T343772642210, 213, 218, 226–229, 238, 250, 255, 260, 262–264, 267, 274, 277–278, 283, 285–286, 288, 291, 294, 296, 300, 305, 312, 315–316, 319, 321–329, 331–332, 334–335, 337–339, 341–342, 344, 348–351, 353–355, 357–358, 360–364, 366, 368–369, 371–376, 379, 381–383, 386–388, 390–399, 400, 402, 408–409, 415, 419–422, 424–425, 427–430, 433–435, 440–457, 463–464, 467, 479–489, 491–492, 494, 497–498, 502–503, 505, 515, 518, 521, 524, 534–537, 540–541, 547, 551–554, 556–561, 563–570, 574–575, 583, 586, 589, 593, 600–602, 606–608, 612, 614, 617–618, 621–622, 624–625, 630–632, 634–636, 638, 641, 643–646, 648–658, 660, 663, 678, 690, 694, 699, 701, 703, 712, 715–719, 724, 731–734, 736–737, 739, 761, 765–766, 768–769, 795, 798–799, 801–804, 806–808, 812–813, 817, 820, 823–824, 830, 832–835, 837, 843, 845, 847, 849–859, 861, 863–864, 867, 873–877, 882, 887, 894, 904, 909, 920–925, 927–930, 933–936, 938–939, 941–942, 944, 946–947, 952–953, 961–962, 965–967, 971–974, 977–979, 983–992, 996
Verizon9460340200–208, 212, 214–217, 223–224, 246–247, 261, 266, 268, 279, 292–293, 307, 309, 317, 336, 356, 377, 384, 403, 413–414, 431, 461, 473, 508, 526, 531–533, 539, 543, 545, 576–577, 580, 584, 591, 599, 605, 616, 628, 633, 639, 647, 659, 661–662, 669–671, 673, 676–677, 679, 692, 698, 704, 708–709, 738, 747, 751, 754, 759, 764, 778, 790, 809, 838, 862, 868, 879, 899, 906, 918, 943, 945, 955–956, 993, 995
T-Mobile898900220, 225, 230, 240, 257, 270–271, 275–276, 280, 284, 289, 295, 308, 320, 330, 343, 345–346, 370, 380, 385, 410, 412, 416–417, 432, 439, 470, 475, 477, 495–496, 501, 507, 510, 513, 516–517, 519, 530, 544, 546, 548–549, 578–579, 595, 598, 604, 613, 620, 664, 680, 693, 695–696, 705, 707, 713, 730, 741, 743, 750, 752, 755, 792–793, 796, 818, 821, 825–826, 829, 839, 841, 869–871, 885, 889, 893, 908, 919, 940, 957, 968, 997–998
Consolidated Communications500500254, 298, 359, 406, 465, 474, 585, 626, 640, 672, 721–723, 725–729, 740, 742, 745–746, 748–749, 757, 770–774, 780–789, 791, 797, 846, 865, 872, 878, 886, 896–897, 969
Lumen310283221, 235, 256, 258, 265, 287, 297, 303, 352, 367, 378, 389, 426, 458–459, 468, 472, 490, 527, 529, 582, 596, 623, 756, 760, 794, 840, 880, 912–913, 915
Onvoy310031222, 232, 244, 248–249, 259, 299, 313, 404, 460, 469, 476, 500, 520, 587, 610, 619, 629, 666, 674–675, 702, 758, 805, 888, 890, 907, 964, 970, 975, 999
Frontier250250405, 423, 478, 509, 512, 525, 627, 665, 667, 681–689, 691, 714, 744, 775–777, 895
Bandwidth.com210021209, 243, 245, 272, 407, 538, 542, 562, 581, 597, 668, 800, 810, 827, 836, 884, 900, 905, 931, 954, 994
Pac-West Telecomm160160237, 251–253, 282, 290, 304, 314, 333, 471, 594, 720, 848, 860, 866, 914
USA Mobility141400401, 466, 499, 506, 522, 592, 814–816, 819, 828, 948, 951, 981
Tpx Communications130130273, 365, 418, 436–438, 504, 609, 642, 753, 831, 842, 903
Allstream9090231, 281, 318, 735, 779, 822, 844, 932, 960
Comcast8080514, 550, 571, 573, 706, 891, 898, 910
IP Horizon7007233–234, 236, 239, 241–242, 902
American Messaging6600523, 590, 697, 762–763, 901
Peerless Network5005347, 588, 767, 883, 892
Emergency Networks3300603, 916, 980
TELNYX3003269, 302, 937
Utility Telephone3030615, 949, 963
33 Wireless2200219, 881
Astound Broadband2020301, 572
North County Communications2020493, 528
Paetec Itel2020462, 637
Brightlink Communications1100710
COMMIO LLC1001926
Network Services1100310
Skyetel1001982
Vonage1001306
Wavenation1010340
Wide Voice1010917

Questions developers ask

Where is area code 916?
Area code 916 is in California, in the United States: all 800 of its exchanges on record are there. From abroad it is dialled +1 916, then the seven-digit number.
Is a 916 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 800 exchanges on record in 916, 253 (32%) were allocated as mobile, 458 (57%) as fixed line, 75 (9%) 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 916?
30 carriers hold exchanges in 916 on record; the most: AT&T (343), Verizon (94) and T-Mobile (89). 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 916 phone number?
In E.164 a 916 number matches ^\+1916[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 (916) 555-0123. The exchange patterns on this page narrow it to the exchanges allocated as mobile, fixed line or VoIP.