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972 Area Code

Area Code Overview

Area code 972 is a geographic telephone area code in Texas that went into service on September 14, 1996. The geographic regions covered by this area code overlay has a population of approximately 3,149,172.

Overlay and Dialing Rules

  • Area Code: 972
  • State: Texas
  • Type: General Purpose Code
  • In Service Date: September 14, 1996
  • Overlay Complex: 214/469/945/972
  • 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 972

This area code is ranked 125th out of 363 nationwide in estimated assigned phone numbers. Within the state territory it serves, it is ranked 12th out of 28.

5,924,000

Estimated Service-Type Mix of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 972

Total assigned 5,924,000
Wireless
1,344,000 assigned
22.69%
Wireline and VoIP
4,055,000 assigned
68.45%
Other / Unclassified
525,000 assigned
8.86%

Estimated Share of Wireless Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 972

Estimated assigned wireless phone numbers: 1,344,000

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

AT&T Wireless 627,000 (46.65%)
T-Mobile 546,000 (40.63%)
Verizon Wireless 168,000 (12.50%)
Optimum Mobile 3,000 (0.22%)

Estimated Share of Wireline and VoIP Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 972

Estimated assigned wireline and VoIP phone numbers: 4,055,000

AT&T 1,591,000 (39.24%)
Verizon 1,144,000 (28.21%)
Onvoy 410,000 (10.11%)
MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC 255,000 (6.29%)
Bandwidth 242,000 (5.97%)
Lumen 192,000 (4.73%)
Spectrum 96,000 (2.37%)
Peerless Network 53,000 (1.31%)
PAETEC ITEL, LLC 25,000 (0.62%)
LEVEL 3 OF TELECOM OF TEXAS, LLC - TX 12,000 (0.30%)
Telnyx 11,000 (0.27%)
TERRA NOVA TELECOM INC. 9,000 (0.22%)

Other / Unclassified Assigned Numbering in Area Code 972

Estimated assigned other or unclassified phone numbers: 525,000

SPOK, INC. 200,000 (38.10%)
GRANDE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, INC. - TX 130,000 (24.76%)
TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - TX 56,000 (10.67%)
AMERICAN MESSAGING SERVICES, LLC 30,000 (5.71%)
TELETOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 30,000 (5.71%)
U.S. TELEPACIFIC CORP. DBA TPX COMMUNICATIONS 29,000 (5.52%)
INTEGRATED PATH COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - TX 12,000 (2.29%)
BRIGHTSPEED OF EASTERN TEXAS, INC. 10,000 (1.90%)
EXIANT COMMUNICATIONS LLC 10,000 (1.90%)
IP HORIZON LLC 9,000 (1.71%)
HD CARRIER LLC 5,000 (0.95%)
USFON, INC. - TX 2,000 (0.38%)

Cities and Towns in Area Code 972

Allen, Texas Anna, Texas Avalon, Texas Bardwell, Texas Blue Ridge, Texas Bristol, Texas Carrollton, Texas Cedar Hill, Texas Celina, Texas Combine, Texas Crandall, Texas Dallas, Texas Desoto, Texas Ennis, Texas Farmersville, Texas Ferris, Texas Forney, Texas Frisco, Texas Grand Prairie, Texas Irving, Texas Italy, Texas Josephine, Texas Kaufman, Texas Lewisville, Texas Maypearl, Texas Mckinney, Texas Midlothian, Texas Milford, Texas Nevada, Texas Palmer, Texas Plano, Texas Princeton, Texas Prosper, Texas Red Oak, Texas Rockwall, Texas Royse City, Texas Scurry, Texas Seagoville, Texas Terrell, Texas Venus, Texas Waxahachie, Texas Wilmer, Texas

These geographic regions are also served by area codes 214, 469, and 945.

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 972, 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.

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