Pick 585 if the number should read as Rochester.
The numbering administrator names Rochester, Geneseo and Albion, and its 2001 lists add Batavia, Webster, Fairport and Henrietta.
The area code for Rochester is 585.
Area codes in Rochester
Get a phone number with the right area code for Rochester.
585 is the one code of Rochester and eight counties around it in Western New York. It was split from 716 on November 15, 2001.
$0 todayLive in about a minute
Rochester has one area code.
Pick 585 for Rochester, the only code of its area.
Pick 585 to reach Canandaigua and Victor too.
Brockport, Dansville and Wellsville use the same code.
Pick 716 if the number is for Buffalo.
Buffalo and Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties kept 716.
People filed 84 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from the Rochester area code in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 84 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 585.
- 84unwanted-call complaints named a Rochester code
Rochester codes
How many complaints named a caller ID that starts with the Rochester code.
- 1585Rochester and western New York84
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.
This is how you get a Rochester number.
- 1
Start your free week.
Every plan begins with 7 days free, and you pay $0 today.
- 2
Type the code you picked.
Open Create a number, type the three digits and give the number a name.
- 3
Hand the number out.
Calls ring the phone you already have, and texts land in your ExpressNumber inbox.
People ask these questions about the Rochester area code.
More in the full FAQ.
No. Buffalo uses 716. The Rochester area took 585 when it was split off in 2001.
Rochester and eight surrounding counties in Western New York, as the Public Service Commission puts it.
A local call in Rochester is dialed with seven digits. The area code is part of every number you give out.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people filed 84 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Rochester code: 585 (84). 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 Rochester. 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.
You get 7 days free and pay $0 today. After 7 days your plan starts: $9.99 a month for Basic or $29.99 a month for Pro. Cancel before then and you pay nothing.
Codes around Rochester
More cities
Every fact on this page comes from public numbering records.
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.
Put a Rochester code on a number you can burn.
Calls ring the phone you already have, and texts land in your ExpressNumber inbox.
Try it free for 7 days