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title: "Area code 941: Florida, United States"
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summary: "Area code 941 serves Florida, United States. Number formats, numbering rules, a live phone validator and the other codes in Florida."
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# Area code 941: Florida, United States

Area code 941 serves Florida, United States. Number formats, numbering rules, a live phone validator and the other codes in Florida.

NANPA lists 480 central office codes (prefixes) in use in area code 941, held by 36 holders across 11 rate centers.
Frontier Comm Of Florida holds the most prefixes, 102 (21%). 73% of the prefixes are pooled, which means their thousands-blocks can belong to different companies.
The FCC unwanted-call data has 2,398 complaints on file for 1,985 numbers in 941, most often filed as "Unwanted Calls". These are consumer reports, not findings.

## Facts

- In service since: 1995-05-28
- Time zone: Eastern (E)
- Prefixes in use: 480
- Pooled prefixes: 350 (73%)
- Rate centers: 11
- Companies holding prefixes: 36
- Assignment dates on file: 2001-01-19 to 2026-05-11 (223 prefixes)
- ZIP codes in its places: 55

## Rate centers

| Rate center | Prefixes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SARASOTA | 150 | 31% |
| BRADENTON | 110 | 23% |
| PTCHARLOTT | 63 | 13% |
| VENICE | 52 | 11% |
| PALMETTO | 24 | 5% |
| ENGLEWOOD | 19 | 4% |
| NORTH PORT | 19 | 4% |
| PUNTAGORDA | 16 | 3% |
| 3 other rate centers | 27 | 6% |

## Carriers

| Holder | Prefixes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Frontier Comm Of Florida | 102 | 21% |
| Verizon Wireless | 59 | 12% |
| Onvoy | 48 | 10% |
| New Cingular Wireless PCS | 47 | 10% |
| Aerial Communications | 25 | 5% |
| Metropcs | 22 | 5% |
| 30 other carriers | 177 | 37% |

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

- 1953-01-01: Area code 813, named as the parent of 941 in the NANPA report, was in service.
- 1995-05-28: Area code 941 went into service.
- 1999-09-20: Area code 863 went into service and names 941 as its parent.
- 2002-03-11: Area code 239 went into service and names 941 as its parent.

## Nearest area codes

The area codes closest to 941, measured between the centers of the ZIP code places they serve, are 813 (about 48 miles), 863 (about 54 miles), 656 (about 55 miles), 727 (about 57 miles) and 239 (about 69 miles).

## ZIP codes

55 ZIP codes fall in places that have a rate center in this area code. The places with the most are Sarasota, FL (18 ZIP codes), Bradenton, FL (15 ZIP codes) and North Port, FL (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

2,398 complaints for 1,985 numbers. Numbers whose latest complaint falls in each year:

- 2023: 123
- 2024: 111
- 2025: 126

## Questions

### Where is area code 941?

NANPA assigns area code 941 to Florida, United States.

### In which state does area code 941 sit?

Florida. 941 is one of 23 area codes the NANPA table assigns to the state.

### Which places does area code 941 cover?

The places with the most ZIP codes among the rate centers in 941 are Sarasota, FL, Bradenton, FL and North Port, FL. The rate center list on this page shows all of them.

### Who owns area code 941?

NANPA assigns area codes. Within 941, Frontier Comm Of Florida holds the most prefixes, 102 prefixes or 21%.

### Which time zone does 941 use?

The NANPA NPA report lists the time zone for 941 as Eastern (E).

### What year did 941 enter service?

The NANPA NPA report gives an in-service date of 1995-05-28, so 941 has been in use since 1995.

### Does area code 941 have an overlay?

The NANPA NPA report lists no other area code in an overlay with 941.

### Which area codes are nearest to 941?

The area codes closest to 941, measured between the centers of the ZIP code places they serve, are 813 (about 48 miles), 863 (about 54 miles), 656 (about 55 miles), 727 (about 57 miles) and 239 (about 69 miles).

### How many prefixes does area code 941 have?

NANPA's report dated 2026-10-17 lists 480 prefixes in service in 941, spread over 11 rate centers and 36 holders.

### Are there complaints about 941 numbers?

The FCC data on file has 2,398 complaints for 1,985 numbers in 941. 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).