Pick 813 if the number should read as Tampa.
813 entered service in 1953. It covers Tampa, Temple Terrace, Plant City and Oldsmar.
The area codes for Tampa are 813 and 656.
Area codes in Tampa
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813 covers Tampa and the Hillsborough and Pasco county area around it. 656 was laid over it in 2022. St. Petersburg has a code of its own.
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Tampa has two area codes.
- 813Since 1953TampaTemple TerracePlant CityOldsmar
229 FCC complaints
Get an 813 number - 656Since 2022Overlay code
43 FCC complaints
Pick 813 for Tampa, or 727 for St. Petersburg and Clearwater.
Pick 727 if the number is for St. Petersburg or Clearwater.
727 was split from 813 in 1998 and covers Pinellas County and west Pasco County.
Pick 941 if the number is for Sarasota or Bradenton.
941 was split from 813 in 1995. It covers Sarasota, Bradenton and Port Charlotte.
People filed 272 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from Tampa area codes in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 272 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 813 and 656. 813 was named most, on 229 of them (84%).
- 272unwanted-call complaints named a Tampa code
- 813was named on the most of them, 229
- 84%of the Tampa complaints named 813
Tampa codes
How many complaints named a caller ID that starts with each Tampa code.
- 1813Tampa229
- 2656Overlay code43
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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No. St. Petersburg and Clearwater use 727, which was split from 813 in 1998. Tampa and the rest of Hillsborough County use 813.
656 entered service on February 22, 2022, laid over 813. The Florida Public Service Commission had approved it on March 31, 2020.
A local call in Tampa 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 272 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Tampa code: 813 (229) and 656 (43). 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.
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