Pick 412 if the number should read as Pittsburgh.
The numbering administrator says Pittsburgh kept 412 when the surrounding communities moved to 724 on February 1, 1998.
The area codes for Pittsburgh are 412 and 878.
Area codes in Pittsburgh
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Pittsburgh uses 412, one of Pennsylvania’s four original codes, and 878, laid over it in 2001. 878 also covers the 724 area around the city.
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Pick 412 for Pittsburgh, the code the city has had since 1947.
Pick 878 if you want the code that covers both.
878 entered service on August 17, 2001, as an overlay of both 412 and 724.
Pick 724 if your customers are in the suburbs beyond Pittsburgh.
Wexford and Tarentum are on the 724 side.
People filed 242 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from Pittsburgh area codes in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 242 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 412 and 878. 412 was named most, on 203 of them (84%).
- 242unwanted-call complaints named a Pittsburgh code
- 412was named on the most of them, 203
- 84%of the Pittsburgh complaints named 412
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 Pittsburgh area codes.
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No. Pittsburgh uses 412, and Philadelphia has its own codes and its own page here.
It is an all-services overlay of both 412 and 724, so one new code serves Pittsburgh and the area around it.
A local call in Pittsburgh 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 242 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Pittsburgh code: 412 (203) and 878 (39). 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 Pittsburgh. 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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