919 area code: location, overlays and numbers
919 serves Raleigh, North Carolina as a US telephone area code, in service since 1954 and sharing an overlay with 984.
- Location
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Service since
- 1954
- Local time zone
- Eastern time
- Overlay
- 984
- Local calling
- Full 10-digit dialling
- Rate centre list
- 38
- Exhaust projection
- 2047
- Country calling prefix
- +1 (United States)
Source file 11/01/2026: NANPA public reports, the area code report and the rate-centre report. The exhaust year comes from the 2026-1 NANPA projections, dated April 2026. We are not an official NANPA site.
Get your own 919 number
There are two ways to get a 919 number. Providers give out a new number along with their plan, and the choice is made at sign-up from the numbers they hold in the code. Numbers a seller already holds, often with a pattern, are listed for a one-time price. Then you move that number to a provider.
Providers sorted by first-year cost
| Provider | Cheapest plan | First year | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
 Free app | Basic (Just for me), free | $0 | Open Google Voice |
 Free app | Free plan, free | $0 | Open TextNow |
 Developer API | Pay-as-you-go local number, $1.15 a month | $13.80 | Open Twilio |
 Second-number app | Standard, $3.99 a month billed yearly | $47.99 | Open Burner |
 Toll-free specialist | Solo, $6.99 a month billed yearly | $84 | Open UniTel Voice |
 Second-number app | Deluxe (local number), $6.99 a month billed yearly | $102.88 | Open GoDaddy Conversations (formerly Smartline) |
Sellers listing local numbers
| Seller | What it sells | Listed price | Monthly fee | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Marketplace | Local numbers | From $9 one-time | None stated | Search at Exclusive Digits |
 Marketplace | Local and toll-free | From $9.95 one-time | $2.99 a month | Search at NumberBarn |
 Number broker | Local and toll-free | From $99 one-time | None stated | Search at RingBoost |
 Number broker | Local and toll-free | From $100 one-time | None stated | Search at PhoneNumberExpert |
| 212areacode.comNumber broker | Local numbers | From $150 one-time | None stated | Search at 212areacode.com |
Some sellers and providers may pay us a referral fee. That never changes the order, which follows what you pay in the first year. How we make money
Places in the 919 area code
For 919, NANPA lists 38 rate centres. Each one is a local calling area where numbers are assigned:
Angier, Apex, Benson and Bonlee. Broadway, Cary, Cary-research Triangle Park and Chapel Hill. Clayton, Creedmoor, Durham and Four Oaks. Franklinton, Fremont, Fuquay Varina and Goldsboro. Goldston, Grantham, Hillsborough and Kenly. Knightdale, Louisburg, Mebane and Mount Olive. Olivia, Oxford, Pittsboro and Princeton. Raleigh Durham Airport, Raleigh, Sanford and Selma. Siler City, Smithfield, Virgilina and Wake Forest. Wendell and Zebulon.
Other related area codes
Same area and same pool of numbers: 984. Any of these codes can supply a new number in this area, so request the code you want.
North Carolina has other area codes: 704, 910, 336, 252, 828 and 980. Also 743 and 472 are area codes in the state.
Guides for cities: Raleigh area codes.
919 area code questions
Where does area code 919 serve?
Around Raleigh-Cary, NC, 919 rings in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Which country code does a 919 number use?
+1. The North American Numbering Plan covers 919, so from abroad you dial +1 919 with the 7-digit number.
What time is it in the 919 area code?
The 919 area code stays on Eastern time.
Who calls with a 919 number?
Anyone holding a number in this code might be calling, including homes, mobiles, local businesses and also people who fake a local number. What a 919 number shows on your screen is where it was assigned, not who is calling.