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Get an 818 phone number for the San Fernando Valley.

Ask for 818 when you create a number on ExpressNumber, and the number you hand out reads as the San Fernando Valley. Calls ring the phone you already carry, and you burn the number when you are done.

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This is how you get an 818 number.

  1. Start your 7 days free and open Create a number.
  2. Type 818 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 818 when the search is in the San Fernando Valley.

A used car for sale brings strangers to your phone.

Put an 818 number on the ad, set it to Texts only for the buyers who never call and keep your own number off the internet.

Quotes from roofers and plumbers keep coming for weeks.

Ask three crews in Burbank or Northridge for a price with one number, and burn it when the job is booked.

A dating profile does not need your real number.

Meet people from Glendale to Calabasas with an 818 number that rings your phone, and end it when you are done.

This is where an 818 number is from.

Area code 818 covers most of the San Fernando Valley, in Los Angeles County, and a small part of Ventura County.

The numbering administrator names the communities of Burbank, Glendale, Van Nuys, North Hollywood, Northridge, Reseda, Canoga Park, Pacoima, Granada Hills, San Fernando, Calabasas, Agoura Hills, Westlake Village and La Canada Flintridge.

  • Los Angeles
  • Glendale
  • Burbank
  • Van Nuys
  • North Hollywood
  • Northridge
  • Reseda
  • Canoga Park
  • Calabasas
  • San Fernando
  • Pacoima
  • Granada Hills

These are the facts about area code 818.

From the public records of the body that runs US phone numbering, read October 21, 2026.

Place
San Fernando Valley, California
In service since
1984
Local calls are dialed with
1 plus ten digits
Shares its area with
747 (2009)
Split from
213 (1947)
Codes split from it
626 (1997)

818 was split from 213 and entered service on January 7, 1984. In 1997 the eastern part of its area was split off as 626, which serves the cities east of Glendale and La Canada Flintridge.

A second code, 747, was laid over the same area. The California Public Utilities Commission approved the overlay on April 24, 2008, dialing 1 plus all ten digits became mandatory on April 18, 2009, and 747 entered service on May 18, 2009.

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People ask these questions about getting an 818 number.

More in the full FAQ.

Create a number in your dashboard, type 818 as the area code and give it a name, such as Car for sale. It is live in about a minute. You do not need to live in the Valley: calls ring the phone you already carry.

Yes, for taking calls and texts. A pool cleaner, a handyman or a music teacher in Van Nuys or Northridge can put an 818 number on the flyer and the website, take the calls on their own phone and burn the number when the work moves on.

Yes. The 818 area takes in Burbank, Glendale, Van Nuys, North Hollywood, Northridge, Reseda, Calabasas and San Fernando. 747 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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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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