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Area code 472
Area code 472 is centred on Laurinburg, North Carolina. We hold 893 allocated blocks for it across 43 rate centres, split 62% mobile, 2% landline and 36% VoIP.
The other area codes laid over 472
Area code 472 does not have Laurinburg to itself. 1 other code — 910 — serves 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.
9105,913 blocks, 86 rate centres, mostly mobile
Each holds its own blocks and its own carrier mix, so a 472 number and a 910 number from the same street can report different line types. Filtering Laurinburg by area code needs all 2 of them.
472 is not confined to Laurinburg itself: its blocks sit across 43 rate centres, named in the table below.
North Carolina is split across 10 area codes — 336, 910, 704, 252, 919, 472 and others. By allocated blocks 472 is the 10th largest of them, holding 2% of the North Carolina total.
Where 472 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Fayettevl and Jacksonvl 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 472 |
|---|---|---|
| Laurinburg | 191 | 21% |
| Rockingham | 181 | 20% |
| Fayettevl | 138 | 15% |
| Jacksonvl | 43 | 5% |
| Wilmington | 38 | 4% |
| Aberdeen | 27 | 3% |
| Acme | 25 | 3% |
| Clinton | 22 | 2% |
| Lumberton | 22 | 2% |
| Castlehayn | 21 | 2% |
| Pembroke | 16 | 2% |
| Pinehurst | 11 | 1% |
| St Pauls | 11 | 1% |
| Dunn | 10 | 1% |
| Southepins | 10 | 1% |
| Candor | 9 | 1% |
| Lillington | 9 | 1% |
| Swansboro | 8 | 1% |
| Carolinbch | 7 | 1% |
| Scottshill | 7 | 1% |
| Shallotte | 7 | 1% |
| Troy | 6 | 1% |
| Warsaw | 6 | 1% |
| Rose Hill | 5 | 1% |
19 further rate centres in 472 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 472 blocks
AT&T Wireless400 blocks
Onvoy220 blocks
Verizon Wireless58 blocks
Suncom Dba T-Mobile Usa45 blocks
Commio, Llc39 blocks
Onvoy Spectrum15 blocks
AT&T Wireless alone holds 45% of every block in 472, which is unusually concentrated for an area code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 472 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 472 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 472?
Area code 472 covers Laurinburg, North Carolina. It is not the only code there: 910 is an overlay on the same rate centres, so a Laurinburg, North Carolina number can start with any of them.
Is a 472 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 472 the split runs 62% mobile, 2% landline and 36% VoIP, so mobile is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 472 numbers?
The largest holders are AT&T Wireless, Onvoy, 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 472 numbers are there?
The code holds 893 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 472 covers on the order of 893,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.