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Area code 727
Area code 727 covers Clearwater, Florida. We hold 4,787 allocated blocks for it across 5 rate centres, split 49% mobile, 37% landline and 14% VoIP.
How far area code 727 reaches
Area code 727 covers 5 rate centres, so two 727 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.
Florida is split across 23 area codes — 786, 904, 561, 813, 352, 727 and others. By allocated blocks 727 is the 9th largest of them, holding 5% of the Florida total.
Where 727 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Tarpon Spg is 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 727 |
|---|---|---|
| Clearwater | 2,295 | 48% |
| Stpetersbg | 1,174 | 25% |
| Nwptrichey | 679 | 14% |
| Tarpon Spg | 317 | 7% |
| Hudson | 302 | 6% |
Carriers holding the most 727 blocks
Verizon Wireless612 blocks
Onvoy557 blocks
Frontier Florida Llc Dba Frontier Comm Of Florida495 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.444 blocks
Aerial Communications, Inc.319 blocks
Bandwidth316 blocks
The largest holder, Verizon Wireless, has 13% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 727 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 727 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 727?
Area code 727 covers Clearwater, Florida, spanning 5 rate centres.
Is a 727 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 727 the split runs 49% mobile, 37% landline and 14% VoIP, so mobile is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 727 numbers?
The largest holders are Verizon Wireless, Onvoy, Frontier Florida Llc Dba Frontier Comm Of Florida. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 727 numbers are there?
The code holds 4,787 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 727 covers on the order of 4,787,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.