Area Code Overview

Area code 252 is a geographic telephone area code in North Carolina that went into service on March 22, 1998. The geographic regions covered by this area code overlay has a population of approximately 1,028,741.

Overlay and Dialing Rules

Area Code: 252
State: North Carolina
Type: General Purpose Code
In Service Date: March 22, 1998
Overlay Complex: 252
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 252

This area code is ranked 179th out of 363 nationwide in estimated assigned phone numbers. Within the state territory it serves, it is ranked 6th out of 10.

5,045,000

Estimated Service-Type Mix of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 252

Total assigned 5,045,000

Wireless

1,469,000 assigned

29.12%

Wireline and VoIP

2,124,000 assigned

42.10%

Other / Unclassified

1,452,000 assigned

28.78%

Estimated Share of Wireless Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 252

Estimated assigned wireless phone numbers: 1,469,000

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

Verizon Wireless 503,000 (34.24%)

UScellular 359,000 (24.44%)

AT&T Wireless 240,000 (16.34%)

SUNCOM DBA T-MOBILE USA 218,000 (14.84%)

T-Mobile 138,000 (9.39%)

Optimum Mobile 11,000 (0.75%)

Estimated Share of Wireline and VoIP Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 252

Estimated assigned wireline and VoIP phone numbers: 2,124,000

Onvoy 849,000 (39.97%)

Bandwidth 369,000 (17.37%)

Lumen 185,000 (8.71%)

PAETEC ITEL, LLC 176,000 (8.29%)

Spectrum 176,000 (8.29%)

Telnyx 85,000 (4.00%)

MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC - NC 72,000 (3.39%)

CEBRIDGE TELECOM NC, LLC DBA SUDDENLINK COMMS - NC 64,000 (3.01%)

TERRA NOVA TELECOM INC. 38,000 (1.79%)

CHARTER IP ENABLED SERVICES, LLC 33,000 (1.55%)

Commio 29,000 (1.37%)

Peerless Network 15,000 (0.71%)

Other / Unclassified Assigned Numbering in Area Code 252

Estimated assigned other or unclassified phone numbers: 1,452,000

BRIGHTSPEED OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA, LLC 1,237,000 (85.19%)

SPOK, INC. 60,000 (4.13%)

TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - NC 51,000 (3.51%)

TRI-COUNTY TEL. MEMBERSHIP CORP. 30,000 (2.07%)

MCC TELEPHONY LLC 27,000 (1.86%)

FRACTEL, LLC 12,000 (0.83%)

SOUTH CAROLINA NET, INC. - NC 12,000 (0.83%)

BUGGS ISL TEL CO-OP DBA BUGGS ISLAND TEL CO - NC 10,000 (0.69%)

HD CARRIER LLC 3,000 (0.21%)

TRI-COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS INC - NC 3,000 (0.21%)

TON80 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 2,000 (0.14%)

AIRESPRING, INC. 1,000 (0.07%)

Cities and Towns in Area Code 252

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 252, 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