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Area code 480
Area code 480 covers Phoenix, Arizona. We hold 6,090 allocated blocks for it across 1 rate centre, split 50% mobile, 36% landline and 14% VoIP.
The other area codes laid over 480
Area code 480 does not have Phoenix to itself. 2 other codes — 602, 623 — 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 480 number and a 602 number from the same street can report different line types. Filtering Phoenix by area code needs all 3 of them.
Arizona is split across 5 area codes — 480, 520, 602, 928, 623. By allocated blocks 480 is the largest of them, holding 26% of the Arizona total.
Where 480 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 480 |
|---|---|---|
| Phoenix | 6,081 | 100% |
Carriers holding the most 480 blocks
Verizon Wireless1,242 blocks
AT&T Wireless849 blocks
Qwest Corporation630 blocks
Onvoy558 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.466 blocks
Bandwidth349 blocks
The largest holder, Verizon Wireless, has 20% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 480 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 480 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 480?
Area code 480 covers Phoenix, Arizona. It is not the only code there: 602, 623 are overlays on the same rate centres, so a Phoenix, Arizona number can start with any of them.
Is a 480 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 480 the split runs 50% mobile, 36% landline and 14% VoIP, so mobile is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 480 numbers?
The largest holders are Verizon Wireless, AT&T Wireless, Qwest Corporation. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 480 numbers are there?
The code holds 6,090 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 480 covers on the order of 6,090,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.