Area Code Overview

Area code 216 is a geographic telephone area code in Ohio that went into service on January 1, 1947. The geographic regions covered by this area code overlay has a population of approximately 740,840.

Overlay and Dialing Rules

Area Code: 216
State: Ohio
Type: General Purpose Code
In Service Date: January 1, 1947
Overlay Complex: 216
Local Dialing Plan: This area does not require you to dial the area code when calling locally.

Estimated Number of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 216

This area code is ranked 175th out of 363 nationwide in estimated assigned phone numbers. Within the state territory it serves, it is ranked 8th out of 14.

5,119,000

Estimated Service-Type Mix of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 216

Total assigned 5,119,000

Wireless

1,941,000 assigned

37.92%

Wireline and VoIP

2,742,000 assigned

53.57%

Other / Unclassified

436,000 assigned

8.52%

Estimated Share of Wireless Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 216

Estimated assigned wireless phone numbers: 1,941,000

Numbers may later be ported to another carrier, but this chart reflects original number assignment, not current subscriber share.

T-Mobile 880,000 (45.34%)

Verizon Wireless 660,000 (34.00%)

AT&T Wireless 400,000 (20.61%)

Optimum Mobile 1,000 (0.05%)

Estimated Share of Wireline and VoIP Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 216

Estimated assigned wireline and VoIP phone numbers: 2,742,000

AT&T 1,433,000 (52.26%)

Onvoy 406,000 (14.81%)

Bandwidth 274,000 (9.99%)

Spectrum 154,000 (5.62%)

MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC - OH 149,000 (5.43%)

Lumen 119,000 (4.34%)

Peerless Network 59,000 (2.15%)

PAETEC ITEL, LLC 38,000 (1.39%)

Commio 26,000 (0.95%)

Telnyx 21,000 (0.77%)

EON TELECOM, INC. 20,000 (0.73%)

NUSO 12,000 (0.44%)

Other / Unclassified Assigned Numbering in Area Code 216

Estimated assigned other or unclassified phone numbers: 436,000

SPOK, INC. 250,000 (57.34%)

TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - OH 80,000 (18.35%)

AMERICAN MESSAGING SERVICES, LLC 60,000 (13.76%)

FIRST COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 11,000 (2.52%)

IP HORIZON LLC 11,000 (2.52%)

FRACTEL, LLC 8,000 (1.83%)

SIGECOM, LLC DBA WOW INTERNET CABLE AND PHONE 8,000 (1.83%)

FIVE9, INC. 2,000 (0.46%)

TON80 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 2,000 (0.46%)

AIRESPRING, INC. 1,000 (0.23%)

CALLWORKS CORPORATION 1,000 (0.23%)

EXIANT COMMUNICATIONS LLC 1,000 (0.23%)

Cities and Towns in Area Code 216

Cleveland, Ohio Independence, Ohio Montrose, Ohio Terrace Park, Ohio

How These Figures Were Built

These figures are estimates based on public phone-number assignment records. They are meant to show the likely mix of assigned phone numbers associated with area code 216, not live customer counts.

Some providers may have assigned phone numbers tied to this area code even if they do not actively market or sell service locally. These figures reflect public number-assignment records, not confirmed local service availability.

They also do not reflect number portability at the individual phone-number level, so some numbers may now be used on a different network or by a different provider than the original assignment records suggest.

Population data and locality matching provided by GeoNames.

Last refreshed: April 15, 2026 6:22 pm