Pick 704 if the number should read as Charlotte.
704 is one of the original codes of 1947. 828 was split from it in 1998, and 704 kept Charlotte.
The area codes for Charlotte are 704 and 980.
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704 and 980 cover Charlotte and the Piedmont around it, from Gastonia and Concord to Monroe and Mooresville. 980 was laid over 704 in 2001.
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Pick 704 for the original Charlotte code, or 980 for the same area.
Pick 980 if you want the second Charlotte code.
980 entered service on April 1, 2001, laid over 704, so it covers Charlotte, Gastonia, Concord and Huntersville the same way.
Pick 828 if the number is for Asheville.
828 covers Asheville and western North Carolina. It is not a Charlotte code.
People filed 283 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from Charlotte area codes in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 283 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 980 and 704. 980 was named most, on 166 of them (59%).
- 283unwanted-call complaints named a Charlotte code
- 980was named on the most of them, 166
- 59%of the Charlotte complaints named 980
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 Charlotte area codes.
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Yes. 980 has no ground of its own: it is laid over 704, which serves Charlotte and the surrounding Piedmont area.
No. Asheville uses 828, which was split from 704 on March 22, 1998.
A local call in Charlotte 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 283 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Charlotte code: 980 (166) and 704 (117). 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 Charlotte. Calls ring the phone you already have, and texts land in your ExpressNumber 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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