Area Code 781 Reverse Phone Lookup

The 781 area code is a telephone area code serving Boston’s inner suburbs along the Route 128 corridor, and some outer suburbs, especially in the South Shore region in Massachusetts. To start a free reverse phone lookup, simply enter the full 10-digit number (including the 781 area code) below and access available caller information such as name, address, and more.

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Area Code 781 Location: Massachusetts

Phone numbers with the 781 area code prefix originate from the suburbs of Boston in Massachusetts. The service area encompasses most of the South Shore, as well as suburbs situated along Route 128 and the surrounding towns.

Counties Served by Area Code 781:

  • Essex County, Massachusetts
  • Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  • Norfolk County, Massachusetts
  • Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  • Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Major Cities in the 781 Service Area:

  • Waltham
  • Woburn
  • Lynn
  • Weymouth
  • Dedham

Other Cities and Towns:

  • Abington
  • Arlington
  • Bedford
  • Braintree
  • Burlington
  • Canton
  • Cohasset
  • Duxbury
  • Halifax
  • Hanover
  • Hanson
  • Hingham
  • Holbrook
  • Hull
  • Kingston
  • Lexington
  • Lincoln
  • Lynnfield
  • Malden
  • Marblehead
  • Marshfield
  • Medford
  • Melrose
  • Nahant
  • Needham
  • Norwell
  • Norwood
  • Pembroke
  • Plympton
  • Randolph
  • Reading
  • Revere
  • Rockland
  • Saugus
  • Scituate
  • Sharon
  • Stoneham
  • Stoughton
  • Swampscott
  • Wakefield
  • Wellesley
  • Weston
  • Westwood
  • Whitman
  • Winchester

Overlay System

Area code 781 was established on September 1, 1997, as an area code split from area code 617, with mandatory use beginning February 1, 1998. Area code 339 is an overlay complex code that serves the exact same geographic region as 781. It was activated on May 2, 2001, and since its introduction, ten-digit dialing has been mandatory for all calls within this service area.

Area Code 781 Location Map

Area Code 781 Location on Massachusetts Map

Area code 781 is a General Purpose Code which was placed in service on January 1, 1947.

781 Area Code Prefixes

Our reverse phone lookup will analyze the three-digit prefix of any 781 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, Massachusetts geographic region, and local calling area associated with the phone number.

Prefixes by Company

Company Number of Prefixes
VERIZON NEW ENGLAND INC. 219
TC SYSTEMS, INC. 40
XO MASSACHUSETS, INC. 36
SPRINT SPECTRUM, L.P. 35
CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - MA 30
COMCAST IP PHONE, LLC 30
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - MA 30
GLOBAL CROSSING LOCAL SERVICES, INC. - MA 23
PAETEC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. - MA 21
RCN TELECOM SERVICES, INC. - MA 16
CTC COMMUNICATIONS CORP. - MA 15
CONVERSENT COMMUNICATIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS, LLC 14
MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC 14
BANDWIDTH.COM CLEC, LLC - MA 13
MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC - MA 13
OMNIPOINT MIAMI E LICENSE, LLC 13
NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC - DC 12
AT&T - LOCAL 9
LOCAL ACCESS LLC - MA 7
BROADVIEW NETWORKS, INC. - MA 5
PEERLESS NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS, LLC - MA 3
AMERICAN MESSAGING SERVICES, LLC 1
DSCI, LLC 1
FREEDOM RING COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 1
NORFOLK COUNTY INTERNET, INC. 1
ONVOY, LLC - MA 1

Prefixes by Rate Center

Rate Center Number of Prefixes
WALTHAM 60
LEXINGTON 43
WOBURN 34
BURLINGTON 31
DEDHAM 30
LYNN 29
NEEDHAM 25
BRAINTREE 24
NORWOOD 20
CANTON 19
MALDEN 17
MEDFORD 17
WAKEFIELD 17
REVERE 16
WELLESLEY 16
WEYMOUTH 16
ARLINGTON 14
WINCHESTER 14
RANDOLPH 13
ROCKLAND 13
SAUGUS 13
KINGSTON 12
NORWELL 12
STONEHAM 12
STOUGHTON 11
HINGHAM 10
READING 10
MELROSE 8
HANOVER 6
LYNNFIELD 5
MARBLEHEAD 5
MARSHFIELD 5
COHASSET 4
HULL 4
SHARON 4
BRYANTVL 3
LINCOLN 3
SCITUATE 3
WHITMAN 3
DUXBURY 2

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