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title: "Area code 832: Texas, United States"
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summary: "Area code 832 serves Texas, United States. Number formats, numbering rules, a live phone validator and the other codes in Texas."
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# Area code 832: Texas, United States

Area code 832 serves Texas, United States. Number formats, numbering rules, a live phone validator and the other codes in Texas.

NANPA lists 786 central office codes (prefixes) in use in area code 832, held by 30 holders across 43 rate centers.
The largest rate center is HOUSTON, with 441 prefixes (56%).
Aerial Communications holds the most prefixes, 177 (23%). 90% of the prefixes are pooled, which means their thousands-blocks can belong to different companies.
The FCC unwanted-call data has 3,882 complaints on file for 2,752 numbers in 832, most often filed as "Unwanted Calls". These are consumer reports, not findings.

## Facts

- In service since: 1999-01-16
- Time zone: Central (C)
- Assigned overlays: 713 (1947-01-01), 281 (1996-11-02), 346 (2014-07-01)
- Prefixes in use: 786
- Pooled prefixes: 704 (90%)
- Rate centers: 43
- Companies holding prefixes: 30
- Assignment dates on file: 2001-01-03 to 2023-01-25 (519 prefixes)
- ZIP codes in its places: 237

## Rate centers

| Rate center | Prefixes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| HOUSTON | 441 | 56% |
| HSTNSUBURB | 53 | 7% |
| BAMMEL | 45 | 6% |
| SPRING | 32 | 4% |
| RICHMNRNBG | 22 | 3% |
| LANGHAMCRK | 16 | 2% |
| DICKINSON | 14 | 2% |
| BAYTOWN | 13 | 2% |
| 35 other rate centers | 150 | 19% |

## Carriers

| Holder | Prefixes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aerial Communications | 177 | 23% |
| New Cingular Wireless PCS | 147 | 19% |
| Southwestern Bell | 83 | 11% |
| Level 3 Communications | 71 | 9% |
| Verizon Wireless | 55 | 7% |
| Metropcs | 43 | 5% |
| 24 other carriers | 210 | 27% |

A prefix holder is the company a code was assigned to, not necessarily a number's current carrier, because numbers can be ported to another company.

## History

- 1947-01-01: Area code 713, named as the parent of 832 in the NANPA report, was in service.
- 1999-01-16: Area code 832 went into service.
- 2014-07-01: Area code 346 went into service as an overlay in the same area as 832.

## Nearest area codes

The area codes closest to 832, measured between the centers of the ZIP code places they serve, are 979 (about 53 miles), 936 (about 73 miles), 409 (about 78 miles), 512 (about 144 miles) and 737 (about 144 miles).

## ZIP codes

237 ZIP codes fall in places that have a rate center in this area code. The places with the most are Houston, TX (178 ZIP codes), Spring, TX (12 ZIP codes) and Katy, TX (6 ZIP codes). A ZIP code and an area code are unrelated systems, so a ZIP code can sit in more than one area code and an area code spans many ZIP codes.

## Complaints on file

3,882 complaints for 2,752 numbers. Numbers whose latest complaint falls in each year:

- 2023: 150
- 2024: 163
- 2025: 162

## Questions

### Where is area code 832?

NANPA assigns area code 832 to Texas, United States.

### In which state does area code 832 sit?

Texas. 832 is one of 29 area codes the NANPA table assigns to the state.

### Which places does area code 832 cover?

The places with the most ZIP codes among the rate centers in 832 are Houston, TX, Spring, TX and Katy, TX. The rate center list on this page shows all of them.

### Who owns area code 832?

NANPA assigns area codes. Within 832, Aerial Communications holds the most prefixes, 177 prefixes or 23%.

### Which time zone does 832 use?

The NANPA NPA report lists the time zone for 832 as Central (C).

### What year did 832 enter service?

The NANPA NPA report gives an in-service date of 1999-01-16, so 832 has been in use since 1999.

### Does area code 832 have an overlay?

Yes. 713 (in service 1947-01-01), 281 (in service 1996-11-02) and 346 (in service 2014-07-01) share the same area with 832, so numbers from all of them are local to each other.

### Which area codes are nearest to 832?

The area codes closest to 832, measured between the centers of the ZIP code places they serve, are 979 (about 53 miles), 936 (about 73 miles), 409 (about 78 miles), 512 (about 144 miles) and 737 (about 144 miles).

### How many prefixes does area code 832 have?

NANPA's report dated 2026-10-17 lists 786 prefixes in service in 832, spread over 43 rate centers and 30 holders.

### Are there complaints about 832 numbers?

The FCC data on file has 3,882 complaints for 2,752 numbers in 832. They are unverified consumer reports. A number with no complaints on file is not proven safe.

Sources: NANPA central office code report dated 2026-10-17; NANPA NPA report dated 2026-10-18; FCC unwanted-call complaints, data fetched 2026-10-17; ZIP code places from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).