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Area code
480
In service
United States · since 1999

East Valley (Mesa/Tempe/Scottsdale)

Created in 1999 as an East Valley split from 602, now part of the three-code overlay (480/602/623) covering the Phoenix metropolitan area.

The essentials Numbering data · NumberResearch · as of 2026-09-18
Place
East Valley (Mesa/Tempe/Scottsdale)
Type
geographic
Status
in service
In service since
1999
Projected exhaust
2056 Q4

Status, dates and counts are read from NumberResearch (NANPA / CNAC / FCC records). Assignment records show initial assignees, not the carrier serving a number today.

A · Where it is

Where 480 is

Eastern Maricopa County (Phoenix metropolitan area)..

Communities served wholly or partly by 480:

MesaTempeScottsdaleChandlerGilbertParadise Valley

Since the 2023 overlay, 480/602/623 all serve the same Phoenix-metro geography; historically 480 covered the East Valley, Paradise Valley, and north Phoenix east of 22nd Street.

B · Relationships

How it relates to other codes

The codes 480 was split from, spawned, or shares its area with. A split divides the map and changes some numbers; an overlay shares the same ground and changes none — what's the difference?

Split from · 1999 602 Phoenix Split from 602 in the 1999 three-way division; boundaries later eliminated to form an overlay in 2023.
Overlay · 2023 623 West Valley (Glendale/Peoria/Surprise) Co-serves Phoenix metro under the 480/602/623 overlay.
What's changing. Overlay: shares Phoenix-metro geography with 602 and 623 since September 12, 2023.
C · History

How 480 got here

1998-12-18
Arizona Corporation Commission approved a three-way split of 602.
Source: Wikipedia
1999-03-01
480 went into service for the East Valley; permissive dialing began April 1, 1999.
Source: Wikipedia
2023-09-12
Boundaries with 602/623 eliminated; recombined into an overlay complex with mandatory ten-digit dialing.
Source: Wikipedia
D · Capacity

How full it is

Prefixes assigned
799
Prefixes available
1
Thousands-blocks assigned
4,632

Prefix-assignment counts describe allocation to carriers, not how many individual numbers are in use. Full technical records: NumberResearch ↗.

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Sources
Wikipedia ↗
Area codes 602, 480, and 623
NumberResearch.org ↗
Live status, dates, assignment counts and exhaust forecast — data as of 2026-09-18 (CC BY 4.0).

Place, relationships and history above are compiled by North American Numbers from the sources listed and last checked 2026-09-18. A check date is not an expert review — see how this is made. Flag an error.