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Get a 213 phone number for downtown Los Angeles.

Ask for 213 when you create a number on ExpressNumber, and the number you hand out reads as downtown Los Angeles. It rings the phone you already carry, and you burn it in one tap.

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This is how you get a 213 number.

  1. Start your 7 days free and open Create a number.
  2. Type 213 as the area code and give the number a name.
  3. Hand it out. Calls ring the phone you already carry, and texts land in your inbox.
  4. Burn it in one tap when you are done. Calls and texts to it stop at once.
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People ask for 213 when they want a downtown Los Angeles number.

A loft or a studio listing gets a downtown number.

Take the calls about the space on your own phone, then burn the number when it is rented.

A job hunt hands your number to a lot of people.

Give recruiters and application forms a 213 number. When you have the job, the calls have nowhere to go.

Tickets, guest lists and sign-up sheets all want a phone number.

Give them one you already plan to end, and keep your own off the list.

This is where a 213 number is from.

Area code 213 covers the downtown part of the City of Los Angeles and the cities around it.

Those include Glendale, Pasadena, South Pasadena, West Hollywood, Alhambra, Monterey Park, Rosemead, Montebello, Commerce, Vernon, Huntington Park, South Gate, Bell, Maywood and Lynwood.

  • Downtown Los Angeles
  • Glendale
  • Pasadena
  • West Hollywood
  • Alhambra
  • Monterey Park
  • Montebello
  • Huntington Park
  • South Gate
  • Rosemead

These are the facts about area code 213.

From the public records of the body that runs US phone numbering, read October 13, 2026.

Place
Downtown Los Angeles, California
In service since
1947
Local calls are dialed with
1 plus ten digits
Shares its area with
323 (1998) and 738 (2024)
Codes split from it
714 (1951), 805 (1957), 818 (1984) and 310 (1991)

213 is one of the original codes of 1947, and four codes have been split from it since: 714 in 1951, 805 in 1957, 818 in 1984 and 310 in 1991.

323 entered service in 1998 and today it covers the same area as 213. A third code, 738, was laid over both on November 1, 2024. A local call is dialed as 1 plus all ten digits.

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People ask these questions about getting a 213 number.

More in the full FAQ.

Create a number in your dashboard, type 213 as the area code and give it a name, such as Loft listing. It is live in about a minute. You do not need to live in Los Angeles: calls ring the phone you already carry.

Yes, for taking calls and texts. A photographer, a caterer or a stylist can put a 213 number on the website and the booking form, take the calls on their own phone and burn the number when the season ends.

Yes. The 213 area takes in Glendale, Pasadena, West Hollywood, Alhambra, Monterey Park, Montebello, Huntington Park and South Gate as well as downtown Los Angeles. 323 and 738 cover the same area.

No. Your numbers are receive-only: they take calls and texts, and they never make them. You answer calls on your own phone, and you cannot reply to a text from the inbox.

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Every fact on this page comes from public numbering records.

The state, the dates and the related codes are rows of the North American Numbering Plan Administrator's area code database. The places are from its planning letters. Read October 13, 2026.

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