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Area code 215
Area code 215 is centred on Philadelphia. We hold 4,458 allocated blocks for it across 36 rate centres, split 34% mobile, 61% landline and 5% VoIP.
The other area codes laid over 215
Area code 215 does not have Philadelphia to itself. 2 other codes — 267, 445 — serve the same rate centres, laid over the same ground rather than dividing it. That is an overlay: a new code added when the old one ran out of numbers, covering the same streets. Two neighbours can hold different area codes, so the code says roughly when a number was issued rather than where it sits.
Each holds its own blocks and its own carrier mix, so a 215 number and a 267 number from the same street can report different line types. Filtering Philadelphia by area code needs all 3 of them.
215 is not confined to Philadelphia itself: its blocks sit across 36 rate centres, named in the table below.
Pennsylvania is split across 15 area codes — 267, 484, 724, 717, 570, 215 and others. By allocated blocks 215 is the 9th largest of them, holding 7% of the Pennsylvania total.
Where 215 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Phphsbzn33 and Phphsbzn34 are shortened. Names are reproduced as recorded rather than expanded — the abbreviation is the key the block data is filed under.
| Rate centre | Blocks | Share of 215 |
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia | 1,285 | 29% |
| Philadelphia | 567 | 13% |
| Philadelphia | 404 | 9% |
| Philadelphia | 329 | 7% |
| Phphsbzn33 | 285 | 6% |
| Phphsbzn34 | 182 | 4% |
| Phphsbzn39 | 143 | 3% |
| Phphsbzn43 | 130 | 3% |
| Phphsbzn40 | 106 | 2% |
| Phphsbzn41 | 105 | 2% |
| Phphsbzn38 | 93 | 2% |
| Morrisvl | 92 | 2% |
| Lansdale | 75 | 2% |
| Phphsbzn45 | 67 | 2% |
| Newtown | 58 | 1% |
| Phphsbzn37 | 57 | 1% |
| Phphsbzn32 | 46 | 1% |
| Souderton | 46 | 1% |
| Doylestown | 42 | 1% |
| Phphsbzn44 | 39 | 1% |
| Phphsbzn42 | 37 | 1% |
| Linelxngtn | 35 | 1% |
| Quakertown | 35 | 1% |
| Northwales | 26 | 1% |
12 further rate centres in 215 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 215 blocks
Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc.916 blocks
Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc. (Verizon Communications)433 blocks
AT&T Wireless424 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.376 blocks
Onvoy279 blocks
Verizon Wireless279 blocks
The largest holder, Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc., has 21% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 215 number still reports the carrier it started with. Closing that gap needs a live query against the routing database. How line type is derived.
Check a single 215 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 215?
Area code 215 covers Philadelphia. It is not the only code there: 267, 445 are overlays on the same rate centres, so a Philadelphia number can start with any of them.
Is a 215 number a mobile or a landline?
It can be either, and the digits do not say which. North American mobile and landline numbers share the same ranges, so the answer comes from the carrier holding the block. In 215 the split runs 34% mobile, 61% landline and 5% VoIP, so landline is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 215 numbers?
The largest holders are Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc., Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc. (Verizon Communications), AT&T Wireless. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 215 numbers are there?
The code holds 4,458 allocated blocks in our copy of the numbering plan. A block is 1,000 or 10,000 consecutive numbers depending on how deeply it has been pooled, so 215 covers on the order of 4,458,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.