229 Area Code

Area Code Overview

Area code 229 is a geographic telephone area code in Georgia that went into service on August 1, 2000. The geographic regions covered by this area code overlay has a population of approximately 711,178.

Overlay and Dialing Rules

  • Area Code: 229
  • State: Georgia
  • Type: General Purpose Code
  • In Service Date: August 1, 2000
  • Overlay Complex: 229
  • 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 229

This area code is ranked 149th out of 363 nationwide in estimated assigned phone numbers. Within the state territory it serves, it is ranked 7th out of 10.

5,552,000

Estimated Service-Type Mix of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 229

Total assigned 5,552,000
Wireless
2,391,000 assigned
43.07%
Wireline and VoIP
2,653,000 assigned
47.78%
Other / Unclassified
508,000 assigned
9.15%

Estimated Share of Wireless Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 229

Estimated assigned wireless phone numbers: 2,391,000

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

AT&T Wireless 1,478,000 (61.82%)
Verizon Wireless 560,000 (23.42%)
T-Mobile 349,000 (14.60%)
PUBLIC SERVICE WIRELESS SERVICES, INC. 3,000 (0.13%)
Optimum Mobile 1,000 (0.04%)

Estimated Share of Wireline and VoIP Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 229

Estimated assigned wireline and VoIP phone numbers: 2,653,000

Onvoy 950,000 (35.81%)
WINDSTREAM GEORGIA COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 570,000 (21.49%)
AT&T 513,000 (19.34%)
Lumen 100,000 (3.77%)
Telnyx 87,000 (3.28%)
Spectrum 75,000 (2.83%)
PAETEC ITEL, LLC 70,000 (2.64%)
Bandwidth 51,000 (1.92%)
WINDSTREAM GEORGIA TELEPHONE, INC. 51,000 (1.92%)
Commio 48,000 (1.81%)
TERRA NOVA TELECOM INC. 45,000 (1.70%)
MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC - GA 31,000 (1.17%)

Other / Unclassified Assigned Numbering in Area Code 229

Estimated assigned other or unclassified phone numbers: 508,000

GEORGIA WINDSTREAM, INC. 112,000 (22.05%)
CITY OF THOMASVILLE 110,000 (21.65%)
MCC TELEPHONY LLC 96,000 (18.90%)
PLANT TEL. CO. 40,000 (7.87%)
CITIZENS TEL. CO., INC. 30,000 (5.91%)
TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - GA 30,000 (5.91%)
TON80 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 23,000 (4.53%)
PINELAND COMMUNICATIONS, INC. - GA 22,000 (4.33%)
FRACTEL, LLC 15,000 (2.95%)
PLANT TELENET, INC. - GA 11,000 (2.17%)
SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC. 11,000 (2.17%)
CITY OF ALBANY D/B/A ALBANY UTILITY BOARD 4,000 (0.79%)

Cities and Towns in Area Code 229

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 229, 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.

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