253 Area Code
The 253 area code is a telephone area code serving parts of Washington state.
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The 253 area code is a telephone area code serving parts of Washington state.
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Area code 253 covers cities in King County south of Seattle, the southern Puget Sound area centered at Tacoma, and extends to areas around Gig Harbor, Auburn, and Roy. It also serves the western half of Pierce County, as well as southern King County.
Area code 253 is slated to participate in the overlay complex 564, which has been active since 2017 in NPA 360. This overlay was created when central office code exhaustion demanded relief.
Area code 253 is a general purpose code which was placed in service on April 27, 1997.
Our Washington reverse phone lookup service will analyze the three-digit prefix of any 253 area code phone number and will show which telecommunications company and rate center it was initially assigned to. This prefix code data may help to determine the U.S. carrier, Washington geographic region, and local calling area associated with the phone number.
| Company | Number of Prefixes |
|---|---|
| QWEST CORPORATION | 139 |
| T-MOBILE USA, INC. | 53 |
| CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - WA | 41 |
| ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE LLC DBA ALLSTREAM | 30 |
| ONVOY, LLC - WA | 25 |
| NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC | 23 |
| LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - WA | 21 |
| TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - WA | 13 |
| COMCAST IP PHONE, LLC | 12 |
| CENTURYTEL OF WASHINGTON, INC. DBA CENTURYLINK | 8 |
| XO WASHINGTON, INC. | 8 |
| GLOBAL CROSSING LOCAL SERVICES, INC. - WA | 7 |
| MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC | 5 |
| MCLEODUSA TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES, INC. - WA | 5 |
| LEVEL 3 TELECOM OF WASHINGTON, LLC - WA | 4 |
| METROPCS, INC. | 4 |
| AT&T - LOCAL | 3 |
| BANDWIDTH.COM CLEC, LLC - WA | 3 |
| MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC - WA | 3 |
| RAINIER CONNECT, INC. - WA | 3 |
| USA MOBILITY WIRELESS, INC. | 3 |
| TELNYX LLC | 2 |
| PEERLESS NETWORK OF WASHINGTON, LLC - WA | 1 |
| Rate Center | Number of Prefixes |
|---|---|
| TACOMA | 196 |
| AUBURN | 59 |
| KENT | 40 |
| TACOMAWVLY | 37 |
| DES MOINES | 22 |
| PUYALLUP | 22 |
| GIG HARBOR | 16 |
| SUMNER | 12 |
| GRAHAM | 9 |
| ROY | 3 |
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