Area Code Overview

Area code 656 is a geographic telephone area code in Florida that went into service on February 22, 2022. The geographic regions covered by this area code overlay has a population of approximately 1,581,426.

Overlay and Dialing Rules

Area Code: 656
State: Florida
Type: General Purpose Code
In Service Date: February 22, 2022
Overlay Complex: 656/813
Local Dialing Plan: This area does require you to dial the area code when calling locally.

Estimated Number of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 656

This area code is ranked 326th out of 363 nationwide in estimated assigned phone numbers. Within the state territory it serves, it is ranked 19th out of 23.

912,000

Estimated Service-Type Mix of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 656

Total assigned 912,000

Wireless

403,000 assigned

44.19%

Wireline and VoIP

418,000 assigned

45.83%

Other / Unclassified

91,000 assigned

9.98%

Estimated Share of Wireless Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 656

Estimated assigned wireless phone numbers: 403,000

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

Verizon Wireless 153,000 (37.97%)

AT&T Wireless 139,000 (34.49%)

AERIAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 104,000 (25.81%)

T-Mobile 7,000 (1.74%)

Estimated Share of Wireline and VoIP Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 656

Estimated assigned wireline and VoIP phone numbers: 418,000

Onvoy 275,000 (65.79%)

Bandwidth 69,000 (16.51%)

Spectrum 32,000 (7.66%)

Telnyx 12,000 (2.87%)

Lumen 10,000 (2.39%)

Peerless Network 9,000 (2.15%)

NUSO 5,000 (1.20%)

LEAP TELECOM, LLC 3,000 (0.72%)

Comcast Business 1,000 (0.24%)

WIRETAP TELECOM, LLC. 1,000 (0.24%)

Wide Voice 1,000 (0.24%)

Other / Unclassified Assigned Numbering in Area Code 656

Estimated assigned other or unclassified phone numbers: 91,000

FRACTEL, LLC 29,000 (31.87%)

SHELCOMM 20,000 (21.98%)

IP HORIZON LLC 16,000 (17.58%)

HD CARRIER LLC 8,000 (8.79%)

TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - FL 5,000 (5.49%)

TELIMIZE, LLC 5,000 (5.49%)

FIVE9, INC. 2,000 (2.20%)

CALLWORKS CORPORATION 1,000 (1.10%)

HADLO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 1,000 (1.10%)

OPENTACT INC. 1,000 (1.10%)

TON80 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 1,000 (1.10%)

U.S. TELEPACIFIC CORP. DBA TPX COMMUNICATIONS 1,000 (1.10%)

Cities and Towns in Area Code 656

Plant City, Florida Tampa, Florida Zephyrhills, Florida

These geographic regions are also served by area code 813.

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 656, 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