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Verified Nov 1, 2026 · Source: NANPA CO Code Assignment Records

TACOMA prefixes in area code 253

NANPA records 228 assigned NXX blocks to rate center TACOMA in area code 253, 44.9% of the 508 blocks assigned in the code. A rate center is the billing geography a block is allocated to – NANPA truncates the name to ten characters, so read it as a NANPA label rather than a town. 24 holders hold those blocks, the largest being QWEST CORPORATION (71), T-MOBILE USA, INC. (34), CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA (28). The earliest assignment on record here is 2001-01-23 and the most recent 2026-03-17. 107 of them are in thousands-block pooling, so those prefixes are shared between carriers in 1,000-number lots.

228 assigned blocks – 44.9% of 253
24 holders of record
107 of them pooled in 1,000-number lots

Prefixes assigned here

PrefixHolder of recordAssignedPooledIn service
253-201 Onvoy ONVOY, LLC - WA 2015-11-23 yes yes
253-203 Windstream PAETEC ITEL, LLC – yes yes
253-207 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-208 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA – no yes
253-209 AT&T NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC – no yes
253-212 AT&T TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - WA 2001-03-20 yes yes
253-213 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. 2013-12-19 yes yes
253-219 AT&T NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC – no yes
253-222 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. 2001-04-16 no yes
253-223 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. 2001-04-16 no yes
253-224 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. 2001-04-16 no yes
253-226 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. – no yes
253-227 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. – no yes
253-228 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. – no yes
253-229 AT&T NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC – no yes
253-230 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. – no yes
253-232 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. – no yes
253-233 Spok SPOK, INC. 2001-01-23 no yes
253-238 Lumen LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - WA – no yes
253-240 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. 2016-04-01 yes yes
253-241 AT&T NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC – no yes
253-244 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA 2013-06-11 yes yes
253-254 Allstream ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE LLC DBA ALLSTREAM 2003-01-28 yes yes
253-255 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. 2002-06-20 yes yes
253-260 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA 2016-01-15 yes yes
253-267 Comcast COMCAST IP PHONE, LLC 2003-02-04 yes yes
253-272 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-273 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. 2001-03-30 yes yes
253-274 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-276 Onvoy ONVOY, LLC - WA – no yes
253-278 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA – no yes
253-279 AT&T NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC – no yes
253-280 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-282 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. 2007-05-03 yes yes
253-283 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. 2011-08-09 yes yes
253-284 Allstream ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE LLC DBA ALLSTREAM – yes yes
253-287 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. 2016-08-11 yes yes
253-291 Spok SPOK, INC. – no yes
253-292 Comcast COMCAST IP PHONE, LLC 2007-05-03 yes yes
253-295 Onvoy ONVOY, LLC - WA – no yes
253-298 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. 2006-01-20 yes yes
253-300 Onvoy ONVOY, LLC - WA 2017-11-10 yes yes
253-301 Comcast COMCAST IP PHONE, LLC 2007-01-04 yes yes
253-302 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA – yes yes
253-304 AT&T NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC 2005-10-05 yes yes
253-305 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-306 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA – yes yes
253-307 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA – no yes
253-309 Spok SPOK, INC. – no yes
253-310 AT&T TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - WA 2001-05-25 yes yes
253-312 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA – no yes
253-314 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. 2007-03-14 yes yes
253-317 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. 2020-01-14 yes yes
253-318 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA – no yes
253-319 Bandwidth BANDWIDTH.COM CLEC, LLC - WA 2020-04-20 yes yes
253-320 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA – yes yes
253-322 Onvoy ONVOY, LLC - WA – no yes
253-323 Onvoy ONVOY, LLC - WA – no yes
253-324 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. 2007-10-05 yes yes
253-327 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. 2008-02-15 yes yes
253-328 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA 2013-12-18 yes yes
253-330 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. 2006-07-14 yes yes
253-341 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA – yes yes
253-342 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA 2020-10-12 yes yes
253-343 Allstream ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE LLC DBA ALLSTREAM – yes yes
253-346 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. 2021-03-18 yes yes
253-348 AT&T NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC 2011-03-25 yes yes
253-352 Onvoy ONVOY, LLC - WA 2020-09-22 yes yes
253-353 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. 2006-06-13 yes yes
253-354 Verizon MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC 2022-02-14 yes yes
253-355 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA 2008-02-22 yes yes
253-356 FRACTEL, LLC 2021-04-29 yes yes
253-357 Telnyx TELNYX LLC 2021-06-07 yes yes
253-359 Lumen LEVEL 3 TELECOM OF WASHINGTON, LLC - WA – yes yes
253-363 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA 2009-01-27 yes yes
253-365 AT&T NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC 2008-07-07 yes yes
253-366 Onvoy ONVOY, LLC - WA 2021-02-02 yes yes
253-369 Onvoy ONVOY, LLC - WA – no yes
253-370 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA – no yes
253-371 Verizon MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC 2013-10-24 no yes
253-376 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. – yes yes
253-377 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. – yes yes
253-380 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA – no yes
253-381 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA – no yes
253-382 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – yes yes
253-383 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-384 Dish BOOST SUBSCRIBERCO L.L.C. 2023-04-25 yes yes
253-389 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA – yes yes
253-390 Onvoy ONVOY, LLC - WA – no yes
253-393 Lumen LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - WA 2019-01-29 yes yes
253-396 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-399 Onvoy ONVOY, LLC - WA – no yes
253-401 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA 2024-01-02 yes yes
253-403 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-404 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-405 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. – yes yes
253-412 Vonage VONAGE AMERICA LLC 2024-05-03 yes yes
253-414 Verizon MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC – yes yes
253-415 Spok SPOK, INC. – no yes
253-416 Spok SPOK, INC. – no yes
253-423 Onvoy ONVOY, LLC - WA – no yes
253-426 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – yes yes
253-427 AT&T NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC 2025-07-14 yes yes
253-428 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-433 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. 2016-01-21 yes yes
253-439 Verizon MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC - WA – yes yes
253-440 AT&T NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC 2025-12-05 yes yes
253-441 Allstream ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE LLC DBA ALLSTREAM 2001-08-21 yes yes
253-442 Lumen LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - WA 2012-01-09 yes yes
253-444 Lumen LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - WA – yes yes
253-448 AT&T NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC 2011-08-02 yes yes
253-459 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – yes yes
253-460 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-468 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. – yes yes
253-471 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-472 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-473 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-474 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-475 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-476 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-477 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – yes yes
253-484 Onvoy ONVOY, LLC - WA – no yes
253-495 AT&T NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC 2004-10-29 yes yes
253-498 Onvoy ONVOY, LLC - WA – no yes
253-502 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-503 AT&T TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - WA – yes yes
253-507 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. 2006-06-15 yes yes
253-512 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-527 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. 2018-10-23 yes yes
253-531 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-532 NUSO, LLC – yes yes
253-533 Onvoy ONVOY, LLC - WA 2015-05-12 yes yes
253-534 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – yes yes
253-535 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-536 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-537 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-538 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-539 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-540 Onvoy ONVOY, LLC - WA – no yes
253-541 Onvoy ONVOY, LLC - WA – no yes
253-548 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – yes yes
253-550 Onvoy ONVOY, LLC - WA – no yes
253-552 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-564 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-565 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-566 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-571 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – yes yes
253-572 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-573 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-576 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. – yes yes
253-579 Allstream ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE LLC DBA ALLSTREAM – yes yes
253-581 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-582 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-583 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – yes yes
253-584 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-587 LIVEWIRE TELECOM LLC 2026-03-17 yes yes
253-588 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-589 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-590 Lumen LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - WA – yes yes
253-591 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-592 Allstream ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE LLC DBA ALLSTREAM – yes yes
253-593 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-594 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-595 Onvoy ONVOY, LLC - WA – no yes
253-596 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-597 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-606 T-Mobile METROPCS, INC. – yes yes
253-617 Lumen LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - WA – yes yes
253-620 AT&T TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - WA 2001-04-23 yes yes
253-625 Allstream ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE LLC DBA ALLSTREAM 2012-10-03 yes yes
253-627 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-650 Onvoy ONVOY, LLC - WA – no yes
253-651 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA – no yes
253-660 Onvoy ONVOY, LLC - WA – no yes
253-663 Onvoy ONVOY, LLC - WA – no yes
253-666 Lumen LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - WA – yes yes
253-669 Onvoy ONVOY, LLC - WA – no yes
253-671 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-677 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA – no yes
253-678 AT&T NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC – no yes
253-679 Onvoy ONVOY, LLC - WA – no yes
253-680 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – yes yes
253-682 Allstream ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE LLC DBA ALLSTREAM – yes yes
253-683 RAINIER CONNECT, INC. - WA – yes yes
253-686 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA – no yes
253-687 Spok SPOK, INC. – no yes
253-691 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA – no yes
253-692 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-720 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA – no yes
253-722 Allstream ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE LLC DBA ALLSTREAM – yes yes
253-732 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA – no yes
253-751 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-752 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-753 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA – yes yes
253-756 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-759 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-761 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – yes yes
253-777 Lumen LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - WA – yes yes
253-779 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-792 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – yes yes
253-798 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-800 FRACTEL, LLC 2019-05-16 yes yes
253-820 Verizon CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA – no yes
253-830 Allstream ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE LLC DBA ALLSTREAM – yes yes
253-844 Verizon MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC 2015-05-18 yes yes
253-861 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. – yes yes
253-879 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-882 Verizon MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC 2002-09-12 yes yes
253-888 Peerless PEERLESS NETWORK OF WASHINGTON, LLC - WA 2012-03-05 yes yes
253-903 Spok SPOK, INC. – no yes
253-905 AT&T NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC – no yes
253-906 AT&T NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC – no yes
253-912 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-934 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-948 Lumen LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - WA – yes yes
253-961 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. – yes yes
253-964 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-966 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION 2001-04-23 no yes
253-967 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION 2001-04-23 no yes
253-968 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION 2001-04-23 no yes
253-970 AT&T NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC – no yes
253-973 AT&T NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC – no yes
253-982 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-983 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-984 Lumen QWEST CORPORATION – no yes
253-985 AT&T NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC – yes yes
253-988 T-Mobile T-MOBILE USA, INC. – yes yes
253-999 Telnyx TELNYX LLC 2017-02-22 yes yes

The holder is who received the block from the numbering administrator. It is not necessarily the carrier serving a given number: numbers move with their owners, and a pooled block is shared.

Who holds the blocks

HolderBrandBlocksShare here
QWEST CORPORATION Lumen 71 31.1%
T-MOBILE USA, INC. T-Mobile 34 14.9%
CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA Verizon 28 12.3%
ONVOY, LLC - WA Onvoy 24 10.5%
NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC AT&T 18 7.9%
ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE LLC DBA ALLSTREAM Allstream 10 4.4%
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - WA Lumen 9 3.9%
SPOK, INC. Spok 7 3.1%
MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC Verizon 5 2.2%
TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - WA AT&T 4 1.8%
COMCAST IP PHONE, LLC Comcast 3 1.3%
FRACTEL, LLC – 2 0.9%
TELNYX LLC Telnyx 2 0.9%
PAETEC ITEL, LLC Windstream 1 0.4%
BANDWIDTH.COM CLEC, LLC - WA Bandwidth 1 0.4%
LEVEL 3 TELECOM OF WASHINGTON, LLC - WA Lumen 1 0.4%
BOOST SUBSCRIBERCO L.L.C. Dish 1 0.4%
VONAGE AMERICA LLC Vonage 1 0.4%
MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC - WA Verizon 1 0.4%
NUSO, LLC – 1 0.4%
LIVEWIRE TELECOM LLC – 1 0.4%
METROPCS, INC. T-Mobile 1 0.4%
RAINIER CONNECT, INC. - WA – 1 0.4%
PEERLESS NETWORK OF WASHINGTON, LLC - WA Peerless 1 0.4%

Frequently asked

Which prefixes belong to TACOMA in area code 253?

228 blocks: 201, 203, 207, 208, 209, 212, 213, 219, 222, 223, 224, 226 and 216 more, all listed in the table above.

Which carriers have numbers in TACOMA?

QWEST CORPORATION (71 blocks), T-MOBILE USA, INC. (34 blocks), CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA (28 blocks), ONVOY, LLC - WA (24 blocks), NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC (18 blocks), ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE LLC DBA ALLSTREAM (10 blocks). These are the holders on record; the carrier actually serving a given number can differ, because numbers move with their owners.

Is TACOMA a city?

It is a rate center – the unit NANPA allocates number blocks to. Its name is abbreviated to ten characters and is not necessarily a settlement: we print it as recorded rather than guess at the full name.

Other rate centers in 253

All 508 prefixes in 253