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Toll-free code
877 is a toll-free code, so it is not tied to any place.
A call to an 877 number is paid for by the person or business that owns it, so a caller on a landline pays nothing. Where the call is answered has nothing to do with the code, because 877 is not tied to a state or a city.
These are the facts about the 877 code.
Tied to a place
No
No state, city or time zone.
Who pays for the call
The number’s owner
A landline caller pays nothing.
In service since
1998
From the FCC’s numbering report.
Toll-free codes
3 of 7
The third one to open.
How a call to a toll-free number is routed
Someone dials 877From any phone, in any state.
no place
The 877 code points nowhereIt is not tied to a state, a city or a time zone.
routed
An ordinary phone line answersIts owner pays for the call, and the line can be anywhere.
This is how the 877 code came about.
The FCC opened 877 in 1998, two years after 888, to meet the demand for toll-free numbers. It was one of two codes opened under the FCC’s first-come, first-served rule for toll-free numbers, along with 866.
By 1998 there were three toll-free codes. Four more followed: 866 in 2000, 855 in 2010, 844 in 2013 and 833 in 2017.
People filed 1,546 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from 877 numbers in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 1,546 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 877. The state is where the person who complained was.
- 1,546unwanted-call complaints named an 877 caller ID
- 2.9%of the 54,074 caller ID numbers people reported
- #3of the seven toll-free codes, ranked by complaints
Top 5 states
Where the complaints naming an 877 caller ID were filed.
- 1California14% of the complaints naming 877209
- 2Florida10% of the complaints naming 877148
- 3Maryland6% of the complaints naming 87798
- 4Texas6% of the complaints naming 87792
- 5Arizona6% of the complaints naming 87786
All seven toll-free codes
That puts 877 third among the seven toll-free codes, ranked by complaints.
Source: Federal Communications Commission, CGB - Consumer Complaints Data (dataset 3xyp-aqkj), issue "Unwanted Calls", read on November 4, 2026. Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
A call from 877 is not a scam on the code alone.
877 is an ordinary toll-free code, and companies use it for customer-service lines. People also report unwanted calls from 877 numbers to the FCC, and a scammer can fake an 877 number on caller ID. The code does not settle it either way. The number, what the caller asks for and a callback you place yourself do.
Never read out a password or a PIN.
A bank or an agency that really called you does not need your password, so a caller who asks for one is a reason to hang up.
Let unknown calls go to voicemail.
A real caller will leave a name and a number you can check before you call back.
People ask these questions about the 877 code.
More in the full FAQ.
877 is not an area code for a place. It is a toll-free code, the third one to open, so it covers no state or city. A call to an 877 number is routed to an ordinary phone line that can be anywhere.
The owner of the number pays, not the caller. On a landline you pay nothing. On a cell phone the FCC says airtime minutes can still be used if the plan is not unlimited.
No. 888 opened first, in 1996, and 877 followed in 1998.
Yes, if the number’s owner has turned on texting for it. The FCC calls these numbers text enabled. Treat an unexpected text from 877 like an unexpected call: do not tap its link, and check the sender another way.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people filed 1,546 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from 877 numbers, 2.9% of the 54,074 caller ID numbers people reported. That puts 877 third among the seven toll-free codes, ranked by complaints. A complaint is one person's report, so it shows how often a code was reported, not how many calls from it were scams. Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
No. Every ExpressNumber number has a local US area code that you type when you create it, and toll-free codes are not offered.
Other toll-free codes
Every fact on this page comes from public records of the FCC and the numbering administrator.
The years, who pays and how the codes work are from the FCC. Which codes are in service is from the North American Numbering Plan Administrator. Read November 6, 2026.
- FCC, Numbering Resource Utilization in the United States: Status as of December 31, 2023
- FCC consumer guide, What Is a Toll-Free Number and How Does it Work?
- FCC order 98-48, Toll Free Service Access Codes
- FCC order DA 17-382, opening the 833 toll-free code
- North American Numbering Plan Administrator, area code database
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