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Area code 252
Area code 252 is centred on Greenville, North Carolina. We hold 5,665 allocated blocks for it across 92 rate centres, split 46% mobile, 39% landline and 16% VoIP.
The towns inside area code 252
Area code 252 is not a city code. It covers 92 separate rate centres — billing areas, each its own local calling zone. The largest of them are named in the table below.
That matters twice over. A call between two 252 numbers is not necessarily a local call, because they can sit in different rate centres. And a code this wide narrows a subscriber to a region rather than a town.
North Carolina is split across 10 area codes — 336, 910, 704, 252, 919, 828 and others. By allocated blocks 252 is the 4th largest of them, holding 13% of the North Carolina total.
Where 252 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Elizabthcy and Moreheadcy 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 252 |
|---|---|---|
| Greenville | 532 | 9% |
| Rockymount | 489 | 9% |
| Wilson | 286 | 5% |
| New Bern | 278 | 5% |
| Kinston | 237 | 4% |
| Elizabthcy | 204 | 4% |
| Henderson | 190 | 3% |
| Moreheadcy | 160 | 3% |
| Roanokerpd | 156 | 3% |
| Washington | 148 | 3% |
| Ahoskie | 109 | 2% |
| Kldevilhls | 100 | 2% |
| Swnsbrwcar | 93 | 2% |
| Coinjock | 87 | 2% |
| Williamstn | 84 | 1% |
| Moyock | 70 | 1% |
| Manteo | 68 | 1% |
| Beaufort | 60 | 1% |
| Columbia | 60 | 1% |
| Pinetops | 60 | 1% |
| Weldon | 60 | 1% |
| Windsor | 58 | 1% |
| Elm City | 57 | 1% |
| Littleton | 56 | 1% |
68 further rate centres in 252 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 252 blocks
Onvoy888 blocks
Brightspeed Of Eastern North Carolina, Llc813 blocks
Verizon Wireless620 blocks
Bandwidth401 blocks
United States Cellular295 blocks
AT&T Wireless288 blocks
The largest holder, Onvoy, has 16% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 252 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 252 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 252?
Area code 252 is centred on Greenville, North Carolina and spans 92 rate centres, so it covers a region rather than a town.
Is a 252 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 252 the split runs 46% mobile, 39% landline and 16% VoIP, so mobile is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 252 numbers?
The largest holders are Onvoy, Brightspeed Of Eastern North Carolina, Llc, Verizon Wireless. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 252 numbers are there?
The code holds 5,665 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 252 covers on the order of 5,665,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.