Area Code Overview

Area code 801 is a geographic telephone area code in Utah that went into service on January 1, 1947. The geographic regions covered by this area code overlay has a population of approximately 1,519,838.

Overlay and Dialing Rules

Area Code: 801
State: Utah
Type: General Purpose Code
In Service Date: January 1, 1947
Overlay Complex: 385/801
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 801

This area code is tied for 53rd out of 363 nationwide in estimated assigned phone numbers. Within the state territory it serves, it is ranked 1st out of 3.

6,533,000

Estimated Service-Type Mix of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 801

Total assigned 6,533,000

Wireless

1,816,000 assigned

27.80%

Wireline and VoIP

4,413,000 assigned

67.55%

Other / Unclassified

304,000 assigned

4.65%

Estimated Share of Wireless Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 801

Estimated assigned wireless phone numbers: 1,816,000

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

T-Mobile 702,000 (38.66%)

AT&T Wireless 611,000 (33.65%)

Verizon Wireless 503,000 (27.70%)

Estimated Share of Wireline and VoIP Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 801

Estimated assigned wireline and VoIP phone numbers: 4,413,000

Lumen 2,744,000 (62.18%)

MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC 429,000 (9.72%)

Onvoy 415,000 (9.40%)

FIRSTDIGITAL TELECOM, LLC - UT 254,000 (5.76%)

ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE LLC DBA ALLSTREAM 197,000 (4.46%)

Bandwidth 189,000 (4.28%)

Comcast Business 67,000 (1.52%)

PAETEC ITEL, LLC 52,000 (1.18%)

Spectrum 34,000 (0.77%)

TERRA NOVA TELECOM INC. 15,000 (0.34%)

SKYLINE TELECOM 10,000 (0.23%)

Telnyx 4,000 (0.09%)

Other / Unclassified Assigned Numbering in Area Code 801

Estimated assigned other or unclassified phone numbers: 304,000

SPOK, INC. 110,000 (36.18%)

TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - UT 83,000 (27.30%)

FIRSTDIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 55,000 (18.09%)

AMERICAN MESSAGING SERVICES, LLC 50,000 (16.45%)

ALL WEST/UTAH, INC. 2,000 (0.66%)

CENTRAL TELCOM SVCS DBA CENTRACOM INTERACTIVE - NV 2,000 (0.66%)

HD CARRIER LLC 1,000 (0.33%)

TON80 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 1,000 (0.33%)

Cities and Towns in Area Code 801

Alta, Utah American Fork, Utah Bountiful, Utah Clearfield, Utah Farmington, Utah Goshen, Utah Kaysville, Utah Lehi, Utah Midvale, Utah Morgan, Utah Murray, Utah Ogden, Utah Payson, Utah Pleasant Grove, Utah Provo, Utah South Salt Lake, Utah Spanish Fork, Utah Springville, Utah

These geographic regions are also served by area code 385.

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 801, 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