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Area code 216
Area code 216 covers Cleveland, Ohio. We hold 4,150 allocated blocks for it across 4 rate centres, split 42% mobile, 48% landline and 11% VoIP.
How far area code 216 reaches
Area code 216 covers 4 rate centres, so two 216 numbers are not always a local call to each other.
A rate centre is a billing boundary rather than a postal one, which is why an area code can span several and a single city can contain many. It is also why the code alone cannot place a subscriber beyond a rough region.
Ohio is split across 14 area codes — 740, 440, 937, 614, 513, 216 and others. By allocated blocks 216 is the 8th largest of them, holding 8% of the Ohio total.
Where 216 numbers are concentrated
Rate-centre names are reproduced as NANPA records them. The agency truncates them to ten characters, so longer names appear shortened elsewhere on this site.
| Rate centre | Blocks | Share of 216 |
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | 3,096 | 75% |
| Terrace | 427 | 10% |
| Indepndnce | 321 | 8% |
| Montrse | 286 | 7% |
Carriers holding the most 216 blocks
Ohio Bell Tel Co503 blocks
T-Mobile Usa, Inc.493 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.467 blocks
Onvoy443 blocks
Bandwidth287 blocks
AT&T Wireless284 blocks
The largest holder, Ohio Bell Tel Co, has 12% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 216 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 216 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 216?
Area code 216 covers Cleveland, Ohio, spanning 4 rate centres.
Is a 216 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 216 the split runs 42% mobile, 48% landline and 11% VoIP, so landline is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 216 numbers?
The largest holders are Ohio Bell Tel Co, T-Mobile Usa, Inc., T-Mobile USA, Inc.. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 216 numbers are there?
The code holds 4,150 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 216 covers on the order of 4,150,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.