Area code 703

Area code 703 at a glance

703 is one of 10 geographic area codes serving Virginia; NANPA records its in-service date as January 1, 1947. It is an overlay: 703 and 571 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 Herndon, Manassas, Leesburg, Occoquan, and Haymarket. By population, its largest named places are Leesburg, Manassas, Herndon, Haymarket, and Occoquan.

Cities and towns in area code 703

703 holds 16% of the 4,898 central office codes assigned in Virginia, the 4th most of the state's 10 codes. 5 Census places could be matched to rate centers with 703 exchanges; the most populous are Leesburg (49,831), Manassas (43,616), Herndon (25,180), and Haymarket (1,594). For a storefront or service area inside 703, the place pages show which prefixes are rated local there.

How calls are dialed in 703

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 703 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.

Phone companies in area code 703

23 carriers hold the 775 central office codes assigned in 703. Verizon Virginia, INC. has the most, with 373 (48%). 372 of the codes (48%) 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 703 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. 703 has codes in 19 rate centers. The table lists the rate centers with the most codes, with the matching Census place where the abbreviation could be matched.

703 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). 775 are assigned in 703, 97% of 800. 9 were assigned in 2020 or later.

Using area code 703 for business calls

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