Pick 480 if the number should read as Scottsdale.
480 was split from 602 on March 1, 1999, and Scottsdale is on the list of places it serves.
The area codes for Scottsdale are 602, 480 and 623.
Area codes in Scottsdale
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Scottsdale is covered by 480, 602 and 623. 480 gave the city its own code in 1999, and since 2023 all three have served one shared area.
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Scottsdale has three area codes.
Pick 480 for Scottsdale, the code the city was given in 1999.
Pick 602 for the code of Phoenix and Cave Creek.
602 covered most of the City of Phoenix and Cave Creek until 2023, and it can now be issued in Scottsdale too.
Pick 623 if the number is for the West Valley.
623 took the west side of the old 602 area in 1999, with Glendale, Peoria and Surprise.
People filed 579 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from Scottsdale 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 Scottsdale code
- 480was named on the most of them, 328
- 57%of the Scottsdale 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 Scottsdale area codes.
More in the full FAQ.
Yes. 480 serves Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa, Chandler and Gilbert, and 602 and 623 now cover the same area.
Yes. Fountain Hills is listed for 480, and so are Scottsdale and Tempe.
A local call in Scottsdale 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 Scottsdale 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 Scottsdale. 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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