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Area code 986
Area code 986 is centred on Boise, Idaho. We hold 1,295 allocated blocks for it across 110 rate centres, split 39% mobile, 7% landline and 54% VoIP.
The other area codes laid over 986
Area code 986 does not have Boise to itself. 1 other code — 208 — 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.
2085,765 blocks, 145 rate centres, mostly landline
Each holds its own blocks and its own carrier mix, so a 986 number and a 208 number from the same street can report different line types. Filtering Boise by area code needs all 2 of them.
986 is not confined to Boise itself: its blocks sit across 110 rate centres, named in the table below.
Idaho is split across 2 area codes — 208, 986. By allocated blocks 986 is the second largest of them, holding 18% of the Idaho total.
Where 986 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Grangevl and Mt Home 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 986 |
|---|---|---|
| Boise | 340 | 26% |
| Idahofalls | 101 | 8% |
| Nampa | 67 | 5% |
| Caldwell | 44 | 3% |
| Coerdalene | 37 | 3% |
| Sandpoint | 31 | 2% |
| Emmett | 26 | 2% |
| Moscow | 25 | 2% |
| Payette | 18 | 1% |
| Haydenlake | 17 | 1% |
| Lewiston | 17 | 1% |
| Bonersfrry | 16 | 1% |
| Rigby | 16 | 1% |
| Bluebell | 15 | 1% |
| Donnelly | 15 | 1% |
| Leadore | 14 | 1% |
| Grangevl | 13 | 1% |
| Hope | 13 | 1% |
| Parma | 13 | 1% |
| Mt Home | 12 | 1% |
| Bayview | 11 | 1% |
| Burley | 11 | 1% |
| Cascade | 11 | 1% |
| Fairfield | 11 | 1% |
86 further rate centres in 986 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 986 blocks
Onvoy331 blocks
T-Mobile Usa, Inc.164 blocks
Verizon Wireless132 blocks
Fractel, Llc86 blocks
Bandwidth81 blocks
AT&T Wireless75 blocks
The largest holder, Onvoy, has 26% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 986 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 986 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 986?
Area code 986 covers Boise, Idaho. It is not the only code there: 208 is an overlay on the same rate centres, so a Boise, Idaho number can start with any of them.
Is a 986 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 986 the split runs 39% mobile, 7% landline and 54% VoIP, so VoIP is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 986 numbers?
The largest holders are Onvoy, T-Mobile Usa, Inc., Verizon Wireless. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 986 numbers are there?
The code holds 1,295 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 986 covers on the order of 1,295,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.