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Area code 804
Area code 804 is centred on Richmond, Virginia. We hold 6,656 allocated blocks for it across 55 rate centres, split 39% mobile, 42% landline and 20% VoIP.
The other area codes laid over 804
Area code 804 does not have Richmond to itself. 1 other code — 686 — 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.
686245 blocks, 15 rate centres, mostly mobile
Each holds its own blocks and its own carrier mix, so a 804 number and a 686 number from the same street can report different line types. Filtering Richmond by area code needs all 2 of them.
804 is not confined to Richmond itself: its blocks sit across 55 rate centres, named in the table below.
Virginia is split across 10 area codes — 540, 804, 571, 757, 703, 434 and others. By allocated blocks 804 is the second largest of them, holding 17% of the Virginia total.
Where 804 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Mechancsvl and Colonilbch 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 804 |
|---|---|---|
| Richmond | 2,746 | 41% |
| Petersburg | 399 | 6% |
| Chester | 313 | 5% |
| Ashland | 220 | 3% |
| Mechancsvl | 156 | 2% |
| Midlothian | 154 | 2% |
| Gloucester | 149 | 2% |
| Tappahnnck | 120 | 2% |
| Sandston | 110 | 2% |
| Hopewell | 105 | 2% |
| Bethia | 90 | 1% |
| Dawn | 88 | 1% |
| Kilmarnock | 77 | 1% |
| Enon | 73 | 1% |
| Varina | 72 | 1% |
| Colonilbch | 65 | 1% |
| Powhatan | 64 | 1% |
| Warsaw | 63 | 1% |
| Ladysmith | 62 | 1% |
| Manakin | 61 | 1% |
| Dinwiddie | 60 | 1% |
| Kingwillim | 55 | 1% |
| Charles Cy | 54 | 1% |
| Waverly | 54 | 1% |
31 further rate centres in 804 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 804 blocks
Verizon Wireless801 blocks
Onvoy693 blocks
Verizon Virginia, Inc.525 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.440 blocks
AT&T Wireless427 blocks
Bandwidth363 blocks
The largest holder, Verizon Wireless, 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 804 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 804 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 804?
Area code 804 covers Richmond, Virginia. It is not the only code there: 686 is an overlay on the same rate centres, so a Richmond, Virginia number can start with any of them.
Is a 804 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 804 the split runs 39% mobile, 42% landline and 20% VoIP, so landline is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 804 numbers?
The largest holders are Verizon Wireless, Onvoy, Verizon Virginia, Inc.. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 804 numbers are there?
The code holds 6,656 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 804 covers on the order of 6,656,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.