Area Code Overview

Area code 901 is a geographic telephone area code in Tennessee that went into service on January 1, 1947. The geographic regions covered by this area code overlay has a population of approximately 972,717.

Overlay and Dialing Rules

Area Code: 901
State: Tennessee
Type: General Purpose Code
In Service Date: January 1, 1947
Overlay Complex: 901
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 901

This area code is ranked 169th out of 363 nationwide in estimated assigned phone numbers. Within the state territory it serves, it is ranked 3rd out of 7.

5,274,000

Estimated Service-Type Mix of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 901

Total assigned 5,274,000

Wireless

2,392,000 assigned

45.35%

Wireline and VoIP

2,441,000 assigned

46.28%

Other / Unclassified

441,000 assigned

8.36%

Estimated Share of Wireless Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 901

Estimated assigned wireless phone numbers: 2,392,000

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

AT&T Wireless 1,106,000 (46.24%)

T-Mobile 802,000 (33.53%)

Verizon Wireless 421,000 (17.60%)

CELLULAR SOUTH, INC. 62,000 (2.59%)

Optimum Mobile 1,000 (0.04%)

Estimated Share of Wireline and VoIP Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 901

Estimated assigned wireline and VoIP phone numbers: 2,441,000

AT&T 1,046,000 (42.85%)

Onvoy 409,000 (16.76%)

Bandwidth 309,000 (12.66%)

Lumen 182,000 (7.46%)

MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC 136,000 (5.57%)

Comcast Business 113,000 (4.63%)

Spectrum 72,000 (2.95%)

PAETEC ITEL, LLC 54,000 (2.21%)

Peerless Network 40,000 (1.64%)

Commio 31,000 (1.27%)

Telnyx 20,000 (0.82%)

NUSO 11,000 (0.45%)

Other / Unclassified Assigned Numbering in Area Code 901

Estimated assigned other or unclassified phone numbers: 441,000

SPOK, INC. 160,000 (36.28%)

MILLINGTON TEL. CO., INC. 90,000 (20.41%)

TELETOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 80,000 (18.14%)

TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - TN 61,000 (13.83%)

AENEAS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - TN 17,000 (3.85%)

IP HORIZON LLC 7,000 (1.59%)

FRACTEL, LLC 6,000 (1.36%)

HD CARRIER LLC 6,000 (1.36%)

E RITTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. - TN 3,000 (0.68%)

TON80 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 3,000 (0.68%)

AIRESPRING, INC. 1,000 (0.23%)

CALLWORKS CORPORATION 1,000 (0.23%)

Cities and Towns in Area Code 901

Arlington, Tennessee Collierville, Tennessee Covington, Tennessee Drummonds, Tennessee La Grange, Tennessee Mason, Tennessee Memphis, Tennessee Millington, Tennessee Moscow, Tennessee Munford, Tennessee Rosemark, Tennessee Somerville, Tennessee

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 901, 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