Pick 757 if the number should read as Norfolk.
The administrator lists Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach and Chesapeake together in South Hampton Roads.
The area codes for Norfolk are 757 and 948.
Area codes in Norfolk
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Norfolk sits in the middle of 757 and 948. 757 began on July 1, 1996, and 948 was laid over it on May 9, 2022.
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Pick 757 for Norfolk, or 948 if you want the newer code.
Pick 948 for the code laid over it.
No one had to change a number when the State Corporation Commission approved it.
Pick 804 if the number is for Richmond or the capital region.
804 kept Richmond in 1996, when the southeast took 757.
People filed 191 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from Norfolk area codes in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 191 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 757 and 948. 757 was named most, on 169 of them (88%).
- 191unwanted-call complaints named a Norfolk code
- 757was named on the most of them, 169
- 88%of the Norfolk complaints named 757
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 Norfolk area codes.
More in the full FAQ.
Yes. Norfolk and Virginia Beach share 757 and 948.
Yes. The numbering administrator says 757 serves the Eastern Shore and the southeast corner of Virginia.
A local call in Norfolk 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 191 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Norfolk code: 757 (169) and 948 (22). 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 Norfolk. 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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