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Area code 616
Area code 616 is centred on Grand Rapids, Michigan. We hold 3,890 allocated blocks for it across 36 rate centres, split 41% mobile, 45% landline and 14% VoIP.
The towns inside area code 616
Area code 616 is not a city code. It covers 36 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 616 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.
Michigan is split across 12 area codes — 313, 248, 734, 989, 517, 616 and others. By allocated blocks 616 is the 9th largest of them, holding 8% of the Michigan total.
Where 616 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Grand Rpds and Hudsonvl 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 616 |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Rpds | 1,726 | 44% |
| Holland | 342 | 9% |
| Grandhaven | 180 | 5% |
| Greenville | 120 | 3% |
| Ada | 117 | 3% |
| Zeeland | 86 | 2% |
| Dutton | 83 | 2% |
| Hudsonvl | 79 | 2% |
| Rockford | 76 | 2% |
| Byron Ctr | 75 | 2% |
| Cedar Spg | 70 | 2% |
| Ionia | 67 | 2% |
| Caledonia | 64 | 2% |
| Lowell | 61 | 2% |
| Sparta | 61 | 2% |
| Belding | 47 | 1% |
| Alto | 44 | 1% |
| Saranac | 44 | 1% |
| Jamestown | 40 | 1% |
| Marne | 39 | 1% |
| Drenthe | 38 | 1% |
| Moline | 38 | 1% |
| Lakeodessa | 36 | 1% |
| Trufant | 33 | 1% |
12 further rate centres in 616 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 616 blocks
Onvoy470 blocks
AT&T Wireless398 blocks
Omnipoint Communications Midwest Operations, Llc394 blocks
Verizon Wireless303 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.299 blocks
Michigan Bell Tel Co280 blocks
The largest holder, Onvoy, 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 616 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 616 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 616?
Area code 616 is centred on Grand Rapids, Michigan and spans 36 rate centres, so it covers a region rather than a town.
Is a 616 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 616 the split runs 41% mobile, 45% landline and 14% VoIP, so landline is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 616 numbers?
The largest holders are Onvoy, AT&T Wireless, Omnipoint Communications Midwest Operations, Llc. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 616 numbers are there?
The code holds 3,890 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 616 covers on the order of 3,890,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.