Pick 703 if the number should read as Alexandria.
The numbering administrator names Arlington County and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church and Manassas.
The area codes for Alexandria are 703 and 571.
Area codes in Alexandria
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Alexandria is in Northern Virginia, covered by 703 and 571 on exactly the same ground. 703 dates from 1947, and 571 was laid over it in 2000.
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Pick 703 for Alexandria, or 571 for the same Washington suburbs.
Pick 571 if you want the second Northern Virginia code.
The Virginia State Corporation Commission ordered the overlay on November 23, 1998, and 571 entered service on March 1, 2000.
Pick 540 if the number is for the rest of Virginia.
Most of the state was split off as 540 on July 15, 1995, and 703 kept the Washington suburbs.
People filed 447 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from Alexandria area codes in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 447 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 571 and 703. 571 was named most, on 332 of them (74%).
- 447unwanted-call complaints named a Alexandria code
- 571was named on the most of them, 332
- 74%of the Alexandria complaints named 571
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.
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People ask these questions about Alexandria area codes.
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No. Washington, D.C. has its own codes. Alexandria is in Virginia and uses 703 and 571.
No. The administrator’s map shows Fredericksburg, Warrenton and Stafford outside the line.
A local call in Alexandria is dialed with ten digits, whichever of its codes the number starts with. The area code is part of every number you give out.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people filed 447 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Alexandria code: 571 (332) and 703 (115). A complaint is one person's report. Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
Yes. You type the area code you want when you create a number, and you do not need to live in Alexandria. Calls ring the phone you already have, and texts land in your ExpressNumber inbox.
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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The codes, the places and the years are rows of the North American Numbering Plan Administrator's area code database, and the complaints are the FCC's own.
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