Area code 772

Area code 772 at a glance

772 is one of 23 geographic area codes serving Florida; NANPA records its in-service date as February 11, 2002. It is not part of an overlay, so every number in its territory starts with 772. It is in the Eastern time zone. The places with the most assigned exchanges include Port St. Lucie, Vero Beach, Stuart, Fort Pierce, and Sebastian. By population, its largest named places are Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce, Sebastian, Stuart, and Vero Beach.

Cities and towns in area code 772

772 holds 2.8% of the 11,187 central office codes assigned in Florida, the 16th most of the state's 23 codes. 6 Census places could be matched to rate centers with 772 exchanges; the most populous are Port St. Lucie (259,000), Fort Pierce (50,805), Sebastian (27,087), and Stuart (19,566). For a storefront or service area inside 772, the place pages show which prefixes are rated local there.

How calls are dialed in 772

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 772 are dialed as seven digits and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits. Seven-digit local dialing is still permitted here, but customers calling from other area codes, and every mobile contact list, use all ten digits. NANPA's dialing-plan note for this code reads: "All ECS calls directed to a presubscribed carrier will be dialed as 1+10D (PL 311)"

Phone companies in area code 772

35 carriers hold the 313 central office codes assigned in 772. Bellsouth Telecomm INC d/b/a Southern Bell Tel & Tel has the most, with 67 (21%). 235 of the codes (75%) 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.

Local calling areas in 772

NANPA assigns each central office code to a rate center, the local calling area that decides whether a call is local or toll. 772 has codes in 8 rate centers. The table lists the rate centers with the most codes, with the matching Census place where the abbreviation could be matched.

How full is area code 772?

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). 313 are assigned in 772, 39% of 800. 66 were assigned in 2020 or later.

Using area code 772 for business calls

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If you already have a number in area code 772, 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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