St. Petersburg

Area code 727 serves Pinellas County and the western third of Pasco County on Florida's Gulf coast west of Tampa. It was created in 1998 as a split from area code 813.

The essentials Numbering data · NumberResearch · as of 2026-09-18

Place

St. Petersburg

Type

geographic

Status

in service

In service since

1998

Projected exhaust

2040 Q1

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 727 is

Pinellas County (all) and the western third of Pasco County.

Communities served wholly or partly by 727:

St. PetersburgClearwaterPinellas ParkNew Port RicheyPort RicheyHoliday

B · Relationships

How it relates to other codes

The codes 727 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 · 1998 813 Tampa Split from 813 in 1998 (813 article dates the split to Feb 1, 1999 — minor discrepancy).

What's changing. No overlay; 727 operates as a dedicated geographic area code.

C · History

How 727 got here

1998

Area code 727 created as a split from 813; most of Oldsmar stayed in 813 for wiring/cost reasons.

Source: Wikipedia: Area code 727

D · Capacity

How full it is

Prefixes assigned

650

Prefixes available

150

Thousands-blocks assigned

3,053

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 code 727

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.