A rental near a campus in Tempe draws calls from many strangers.
List it with a 480 number, take the calls on your own phone and burn the number once the lease is signed.
Local 480 numbers
Get a 480 phone number for Phoenix, Mesa and Scottsdale.
Ask for 480 when you create a number on ExpressNumber, and the number you hand out reads as the Phoenix area, from Scottsdale to Mesa. It rings the phone you already carry, and you burn it in one tap.
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This is how you get a 480 number.
- Start your 7 days free and open Create a number.
- Type 480 as the area code and give the number a name.
- Hand it out. Calls ring the phone you already carry, and texts land in your inbox.
- Burn it in one tap when you are done. Calls and texts to it stop at once.
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Your numbers
Campus rental
(480) 555-0123
Forwarding
Used car
(480) 555-0168
Texts only
Moving quote
(480) 555-0105
Blocked
People ask for 480 when the search is in Phoenix, Mesa or Scottsdale.
A used car or a pool table for sale in Gilbert brings texts all week.
Post a 480 number with the photos, set it to Texts only and keep your own number off the ad.
A moving job or a pool service ends in follow-up calls.
Give each company its own 480 number. Block the ones you did not choose.
This is where a 480 number is from.
Area code 480 serves the south-central part of Arizona, in Maricopa and Pinal counties.
The Arizona Corporation Commission lists a portion of the City of Phoenix, Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Tempe, Scottsdale and Sun Lakes among the places it serves. Since 2023, the area is shared with 602 and 623.
Phoenix, Mesa and Scottsdale, AZ
Area code 480 and the codes around it, oldest first.
1947
602
Shares the area
1999
480
This code
1999
623
Shares the area
- Phoenix
- Mesa
- Chandler
- Gilbert
- Scottsdale
- Tempe
- Sun Lakes
- Fountain Hills
- Queen Creek
- Apache Junction
These are the facts about area code 480.
From the public records of the body that runs US phone numbering, read October 21, 2026.
- Place
- Phoenix, Mesa and Scottsdale, Arizona
- In service since
- 1999
- Local calls are dialed with
- Ten digits
- Shares its area with
- 602 (1947) and 623 (1999)
480 was split from 602 and entered service on March 1, 1999. The same split created 623, which took the west side of the old 602 area.
In November 2021 the commission approved a boundary elimination overlay, and 480, 602 and 623 now serve the same area. Every local call is dialed with all ten digits.
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People ask these questions about getting a 480 number.
More in the full FAQ.
Create a number in your dashboard, type 480 as the area code and give it a name, such as Campus rental. It is live in about a minute. You do not need to live in Arizona: calls ring the phone you already carry.
Yes, for taking calls and texts. A landscaper, a mover or a caterer in Chandler can put a 480 number on the truck and the website, take the calls on their own phone and burn the number when the job is done.
Yes. The 480 area takes in Phoenix, Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Scottsdale and Tempe. 602 and 623 numbers 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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More area codes
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 and the state’s own pages. Read October 21, 2026.
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