Frequently Asked Question
Click on each state to see which area codes are most valuable!
The state with the most valuable phone numbers belongs to Texas, with significant contributions from San Antonio’s 210, Houston’s 832, Austin’s 512, and Denton’s 940 area codes.
Second, we have California, which doesn’t even have an area code in the top 10, yet has more area codes purchased altogether, which contributed to its overall higher value than any other state.
The state with the third most valuable phone numbers – New York. Despite housing 212 as the most valuable area code, NY state doesn’t have as many in-demand area codes to push its value to the top of the podium. Though it still has popular area codes such as 845 and 929 influencing the state’s overall value.
Lastly, for the states with the sixth through tenth most valuable phone numbers, we have Florida, Ohio, Maryland, North Carolina and Washington. Most notably of these are Ohio and North Carolina as neither have an area code in the top ten, but still have valuable area codes worth recognizing.
Adding to Ohio’s value we have area codes 216 and 330, then for North Carolina, there’s area codes 980 and 828.
Although particular Vanity Numbers like INJURED or 500-0000 are highly valuable, the other half of their value is largely determined by the area codes they’re paired with.
Using our chart as an example, if either of these spellings or patterns were paired with an area code like 212, it’d have a significantly higher value than if paired with that of a lower value like 585. (Not to diminish the value of 585 phone numbers. They’re still highly valuable.)
Taking a look at our inventory of available phone numbers for purchase, just search “INJURED” and you’ll see numbers listed for as low as $4,999.00 and as high as $49,999.
This is even more true for numbers with shorter spellings or patterns like PAIN, (***) ***-XXXX or (XYZ) XYZ-****.
A phone number ending in PAIN alone won’t add enough value to make it a Premium Phone Number. Add a pattern to it like 777-PAIN, you’re getting closer to “Premium” territory. Now add a valuable area code and you’re golden. Hence, you can currently find 212-777-PAIN listed on our marketplace for over $20,000, or even 212-212-PAIN for sale on our marketplace.
How Valuable is Your Phone Number?
At the end of the day, a phone number is only as financially valuable as one is willing to pay for it. (Some of us have nostalgic phone numbers from our childhood we won’t easily part with, even if worth more than a few bucks on the market.)
As we’ve divulged, there’s more to phone numbers than meets the eye. And there are far more valuable phone number combinations than we could disclose in this post. (So even if you don’t have a number like 222-2222 or PLUMBER, we’re “sayin’ there’s a chance.”) If you believe you have a valuable phone number, check out our Free Phone Number Appraisal tool to appraise it or see if it spells anything cool. Or if you’re one of the lucky few assigned a highly coveted number when you bought your last cell phone perhaps, you can always try to sell your phone number on our marketplace.
Who knows, you may just hit the 1-800-JACK-POT.