Area code 716

Area code 716 at a glance

716 is one of 23 geographic area codes serving New York; NANPA records its in-service date as January 1, 1947. It is an overlay: 716 and 624 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 Buffalo, Tonawanda, Williamsville, Jamestown, and Niagara Falls. By population, its largest named places are Buffalo, Tonawanda, Hamburg, Niagara Falls, and West Seneca.

Places served by 716

716 holds 6.4% of the 12,049 central office codes assigned in New York, the 11th most of the state's 23 codes. 61 Census places could be matched to rate centers with 716 exchanges; the most populous are Buffalo (277,000), Tonawanda (71,411), Hamburg (60,612), and Niagara Falls (47,512). For a storefront or service area inside 716, the place pages show which prefixes are rated local there.

Ten-digit and seven-digit dialing in 716

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 716 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as ten digits (area code plus number). 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 provider discretion."

Carriers with 716 numbers

57 carriers hold the 767 central office codes assigned in 716. Verizon New York, INC. has the most, with 192 (25%). 596 of the codes (78%) 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 716 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. 716 has codes in 79 rate centers. The table lists the rate centers with the most codes, with the matching Census place where the abbreviation could be matched.

716 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). 767 are assigned in 716, 96% of 800. 112 were assigned in 2020 or later.

Getting a 716 number for your business

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If you already have a number in area code 716, 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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