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Area code 949
Area code 949 covers Irvine, California. We hold 6,057 allocated blocks for it across 7 rate centres, split 48% mobile, 39% landline and 13% VoIP.
How far area code 949 reaches
Area code 949 covers 7 rate centres, so two 949 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.
California is split across 40 area codes — 657, 707, 559, 209, 530, 949 and others. By allocated blocks 949 is the 9th largest of them, holding 3% of the California total.
Where 949 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Sadlbk Vly and Newportbch 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 949 |
|---|---|---|
| Irvine | 2,185 | 36% |
| Sadlbk Vly | 1,148 | 19% |
| Newportbch | 846 | 14% |
| Capitrnvly | 782 | 13% |
| Laguna Bch | 620 | 10% |
| Trabuco | 299 | 5% |
| Rnchoviejo | 170 | 3% |
Carriers holding the most 949 blocks
Verizon Wireless1,285 blocks
Onvoy748 blocks
AT&T Wireless621 blocks
Pacific Bell535 blocks
Bandwidth351 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.347 blocks
The largest holder, Verizon Wireless, has 21% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 949 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 949 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 949?
Area code 949 covers Irvine, California, spanning 7 rate centres.
Is a 949 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 949 the split runs 48% mobile, 39% landline and 13% VoIP, so mobile is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 949 numbers?
The largest holders are Verizon Wireless, Onvoy, AT&T Wireless. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 949 numbers are there?
The code holds 6,057 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 949 covers on the order of 6,057,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.