Area code 629

Area code 629 at a glance

629 is one of 8 geographic area codes serving Tennessee; NANPA records its in-service date as March 28, 2015. It is an overlay: 629 and 615 cover the same territory, so neighbors on the same street can have different area codes. It is in the Central time zone. The places with the most assigned exchanges include Nashville-Davidson, Murfreesboro, Franklin, Goodlettsville, and Smyrna. By population, its largest named places are Nashville-Davidson, Murfreesboro, Franklin, Hendersonville, and Smyrna.

Where 629 numbers are local

629 holds 5.2% of the 3,797 central office codes assigned in Tennessee, the 7th most of the state's 8 codes. 30 Census places could be matched to rate centers with 629 exchanges; the most populous are Nashville-Davidson (705,000), Murfreesboro (168,000), Franklin (89,142), and Hendersonville (63,947). Each place page lists the exact prefixes and carriers for that town.

Dialing 629 numbers

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 629 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits. Because local calls need the area code, business cards, signage and website copy should always show the full ten-digit number. NANPA's dialing-plan note for this code reads: "1+10 digit permissible at service provider discretion"

Phone companies in area code 629

37 carriers hold the 197 central office codes assigned in 629. Onvoy, LLC - TN has the most, with 47 (24%). 195 of the codes (99%) are pooled, meaning the code holder shares blocks of 1,000 numbers with other carriers instead of using all 10,000 itself. The code holder is not necessarily the carrier serving a given number today, since numbers can be ported between providers.

Where 629 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. 629 has codes in 44 rate centers. Rate center names in the file are abbreviations; where one matches a Census place, the table links to that city's local-number page.

How full is area code 629?

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). 197 are assigned in 629, 25% of 800. 134 were assigned in 2020 or later.

Using area code 629 for business calls

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