Pick 602 if the number should read as Phoenix.
602 dates from 1947. It used to mean most of the City of Phoenix, Cave Creek and Ahwatukee.
The area codes for Phoenix are 602, 480 and 623.
Area codes in Phoenix
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602, 480 and 623 were three codes for three parts of the Phoenix area until 2023. Now they cover one shared area, from Phoenix to Scottsdale, Mesa and Glendale.
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Phoenix has three area codes.
Pick 602 for Phoenix itself, since all three codes cover the same area.
Pick 480 if the number is for Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa or Chandler.
480 was split from 602 in 1999 and took the east side. Since 2023 it covers the same area as 602 and 623.
Pick 623 if the number is for Glendale or the west side.
623 took Glendale, Avondale, Tolleson, Buckeye and Sun City in 1999, and it covers the whole shared area today.
People filed 579 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from Phoenix area codes in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 579 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 480, 602 and 623. 480 was named most, on 328 of them (57%).
- 579unwanted-call complaints named a Phoenix code
- 480was named on the most of them, 328
- 57%of the Phoenix complaints named 480
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 Phoenix area codes.
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The area was cut into three in 1999: 602 in the middle, 480 to the east and 623 to the west. In 2023 the lines between them were removed, so all three now serve the same area.
No. 520 was split from 602 in 1995 and covers Tucson and southern Arizona. It has its own page here.
A local call in Phoenix 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 579 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Phoenix code: 480 (328), 602 (166) and 623 (85). 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 Phoenix. 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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