Area Code Overview

Area code 949 is a geographic telephone area code in California that went into service on April 18, 1998. The geographic regions covered by this area code overlay has a population of approximately 969,320.

Overlay and Dialing Rules

Area Code: 949
State: California
Type: General Purpose Code
In Service Date: April 18, 1998
Overlay Complex: 949
Local Dialing Plan: This area requires you to dial 1 and the area code when calling locally.

Estimated Number of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 949

This area code is ranked 66th out of 363 nationwide in estimated assigned phone numbers. Within the state territory it serves, it is ranked 12th out of 39.

6,400,000

Estimated Service-Type Mix of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 949

Total assigned 6,400,000

Wireless

2,716,000 assigned

42.44%

Wireline and VoIP

3,420,000 assigned

53.44%

Other / Unclassified

264,000 assigned

4.13%

Estimated Share of Wireless Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 949

Estimated assigned wireless phone numbers: 2,716,000

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

Verizon Wireless 1,282,000 (47.20%)

AT&T Wireless 800,000 (29.46%)

T-Mobile 614,000 (22.61%)

33 WIRELESS INC. 20,000 (0.74%)

Estimated Share of Wireline and VoIP Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 949

Estimated assigned wireline and VoIP phone numbers: 3,420,000

AT&T 1,426,000 (41.70%)

Onvoy 667,000 (19.50%)

Bandwidth 312,000 (9.12%)

Lumen 274,000 (8.01%)

Comcast Business 239,000 (6.99%)

Peerless Network 96,000 (2.81%)

MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC 75,000 (2.19%)

PAETEC ITEL, LLC 72,000 (2.11%)

Spectrum 64,000 (1.87%)

MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC - CA 42,000 (1.23%)

Verizon 40,000 (1.17%)

Telnyx 31,000 (0.91%)

Other / Unclassified Assigned Numbering in Area Code 949

Estimated assigned other or unclassified phone numbers: 264,000

U.S. TELEPACIFIC CORP. DBA TPX COMMUNICATIONS 92,000 (34.85%)

TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - CA 58,000 (21.97%)

FRACTEL, LLC 46,000 (17.42%)

SHELCOMM 20,000 (7.58%)

AMERICAN MESSAGING SERVICES, LLC 10,000 (3.79%)

NORTH COUNTY COMMUNICATION CORPORATION - CA 10,000 (3.79%)

INTEGRATED PATH COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - CA 7,000 (2.65%)

TON80 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 6,000 (2.27%)

HD CARRIER LLC 5,000 (1.89%)

IP HORIZON LLC 3,000 (1.14%)

BARR TELL USA, LLC 2,000 (0.76%)

DMR COMMUNICATIONS INC. - CA 2,000 (0.76%)

Cities and Towns in Area Code 949

Irvine, California Laguna Beach, California Mission Viejo, California Newport Beach, California San Juan Capistrano, California Trabuco Canyon, California

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 949, 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