Area code 404

Where area code 404 is

404 is one of 10 geographic area codes serving Georgia; NANPA records its in-service date as January 1, 1947. It is an overlay: 404 and 470, 678, and 943 cover the same territory, so neighbors on the same street can have different area codes. It is in the Eastern time zone. The places with the most assigned exchanges include Atlanta.

Places served by 404

404 holds 12% of the 6,301 central office codes assigned in Georgia, the 3rd most of the state's 10 codes. 1 Census place could be matched to rate centers with 404 exchanges; the most populous is Atlanta (520,000). For a storefront or service area inside 404, the place pages show which prefixes are rated local there.

Dialing 404 numbers

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 404 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits. Ten-digit local dialing means the area code is part of how customers save and recognize your number, so print it in full everywhere. NANPA's dialing-plan note for this code reads: "1+10 digit dialing permissible at service providers discretion"

Who holds 404 exchanges

29 carriers hold the 784 central office codes assigned in 404. Bellsouth Telecomm INC d/b/a Southern Bell Tel & Tel has the most, with 292 (37%). 388 of the codes (49%) are pooled, meaning the code holder shares blocks of 1,000 numbers with other carriers instead of using all 10,000 itself. Numbers can move between carriers through porting, so a code's holder tells you where the block started, not where every number lives now.

Where 404 numbers are rated

NANPA assigns each central office code to a rate center, the local calling area that decides whether a call is local or toll. 404 has codes in 2 rate centers. The table lists the rate centers with the most codes, with the matching Census place where the abbreviation could be matched.

404 code assignments over time

An area code has 800 possible central office codes that start with 2 through 9, a few of which are reserved (such as N11 service codes and 555). 784 are assigned in 404, 98% of 800. 26 were assigned in 2020 or later.

Using area code 404 for business calls

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If you already have a number in area code 404, porting it to Callata is free. Texting from a local number requires a one-time carrier registration (10DLC, $49), and the numbers available in any area code depend on carrier inventory when you choose them.

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