Area code 817

Area code 817 at a glance

817 is one of 29 geographic area codes serving Texas; NANPA records its in-service date as January 1, 1953. It is an overlay: 817 and 682 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 Arlington, Fort Worth, Euless, Grapevine, and North Richland Hills. By population, its largest named places are Fort Worth, Arlington, Denton, Mansfield, and North Richland Hills.

Places served by 817

817 holds 4.8% of the 16,097 central office codes assigned in Texas, the 9th most of the state's 29 codes. 22 Census places could be matched to rate centers with 817 exchanges; the most populous are Fort Worth (1.0 million), Arlington (404,000), Denton (166,000), and Mansfield (80,803). For a storefront or service area inside 817, the place pages show which prefixes are rated local there.

How calls are dialed in 817

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 817 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 817

34 carriers hold the 780 central office codes assigned in 817. Southwestern Bell has the most, with 300 (38%). 466 of the codes (60%) 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 817

NANPA assigns each central office code to a rate center, the local calling area that decides whether a call is local or toll. 817 has codes in 26 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 817?

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). 780 are assigned in 817, 98% of 800. 23 were assigned in 2020 or later.

Getting a 817 number for your business

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If you already have a number in area code 817, 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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