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Area code 826
Area code 826 is centred on Pearisburg, Virginia. We hold 817 allocated blocks for it across 69 rate centres, split 49% mobile, 5% landline and 46% VoIP.
The other area codes laid over 826
Area code 826 does not have Pearisburg to itself. 1 other code — 540 — 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.
5406,729 blocks, 117 rate centres, mostly mobile
Each holds its own blocks and its own carrier mix, so a 826 number and a 540 number from the same street can report different line types. Filtering Pearisburg by area code needs all 2 of them.
826 is not confined to Pearisburg itself: its blocks sit across 69 rate centres, named in the table below.
Virginia is split across 10 area codes — 540, 804, 571, 757, 703, 826 and others. By allocated blocks 826 is the 9th largest of them, holding 2% of the Virginia total.
Where 826 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Mt Gilead and Gordonsvl 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 826 |
|---|---|---|
| Pearisburg | 96 | 12% |
| Fredecksbg | 94 | 12% |
| Roanoke | 82 | 10% |
| Stafford | 49 | 6% |
| Christisbg | 42 | 5% |
| Chancellor | 36 | 4% |
| Winchester | 32 | 4% |
| Harrisonbg | 29 | 4% |
| Warrenton | 23 | 3% |
| Orange | 22 | 3% |
| Culpeper | 21 | 3% |
| Salem | 15 | 2% |
| Blacksburg | 14 | 2% |
| Broadway | 11 | 1% |
| Kinggeorge | 11 | 1% |
| Bedford | 10 | 1% |
| Brokenburg | 10 | 1% |
| Gore | 10 | 1% |
| Mt Gilead | 10 | 1% |
| Gordonsvl | 9 | 1% |
| Staunton | 9 | 1% |
| Unionville | 9 | 1% |
| Catoctin | 7 | 1% |
| Louisa | 7 | 1% |
45 further rate centres in 826 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 826 blocks
Onvoy225 blocks
AT&T Wireless123 blocks
United States Cellular94 blocks
Omnipoint Communications Cap Operations, Llc64 blocks
Verizon Wireless51 blocks
Fractel, Llc41 blocks
The largest holder, Onvoy, has 28% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 826 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 826 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 826?
Area code 826 covers Pearisburg, Virginia. It is not the only code there: 540 is an overlay on the same rate centres, so a Pearisburg, Virginia number can start with any of them.
Is a 826 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 826 the split runs 49% mobile, 5% landline and 46% VoIP, so mobile is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 826 numbers?
The largest holders are Onvoy, AT&T Wireless, United States Cellular. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 826 numbers are there?
The code holds 817 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 826 covers on the order of 817,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.