Phone numbers in Ames, Iowa
Ames has 39 phone prefixes in area code 515.
Biggest holders: CenturyLink / Lumen, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile (including Sprint). This is the local calling area (rate center) where those prefixes were first assigned.
- Mobile carrier 54%
- Local phone company 33%
- Internet / business phone carrier 13%
Every prefix in Ames
Search the first six digits of a number in this list. If it's here, the number started in Ames with the carrier shown. If it isn't, check the Iowa page or look the number up.
| Prefix | Carrier | Type | Assigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 515-203 | T-Mobile (including Sprint) | Mobile carrier | – |
| 515-231 | Verizon Wireless | Mobile carrier | – |
| 515-232 | CenturyLink / Lumen | Local phone company | – |
| 515-233 | CenturyLink / Lumen | Local phone company | – |
| 515-239 | CenturyLink / Lumen | Local phone company | – |
| 515-268 | CenturyLink / Lumen | Local phone company | – |
| 515-290 | UScellular | Mobile carrier | – |
| 515-291 | UScellular | Mobile carrier | – |
| 515-292 | CenturyLink / Lumen | Local phone company | – |
| 515-294 | CenturyLink / Lumen | Local phone company | – |
| 515-296 | CenturyLink / Lumen | Local phone company | – |
| 515-301 | Nuso | Internet / business phone carrier | 2023 |
| 515-337 | CenturyLink / Lumen | Local phone company | 2009 |
| 515-357 | Verizon Wireless | Mobile carrier | 2013 |
| 515-396 | Onvoy | Internet / business phone carrier | 2026 |
| 515-403 | T-Mobile (including Sprint) | Mobile carrier | 2025 |
| 515-425 | Onvoy | Internet / business phone carrier | 2023 |
| 515-441 | T-Mobile (including Sprint) | Mobile carrier | – |
| 515-450 | Verizon Wireless | Mobile carrier | – |
| 515-451 | T-Mobile (including Sprint) | Mobile carrier | – |
| 515-460 | UScellular | Mobile carrier | – |
| 515-509 | Verizon Wireless | Mobile carrier | – |
| 515-520 | Verizon Wireless | Mobile carrier | – |
| 515-567 | T-Mobile (including Sprint) | Mobile carrier | 2021 |
| 515-572 | CenturyLink / Lumen | Local phone company | – |
| 515-598 | CenturyLink / Lumen | Local phone company | – |
| 515-620 | Verizon Wireless | Mobile carrier | 2017 |
| 515-663 | CenturyLink / Lumen | Local phone company | – |
| 515-686 | Verizon Wireless | Mobile carrier | 2015 |
| 515-694 | T-Mobile (including Sprint) | Mobile carrier | 2024 |
| 515-708 | AT&T Mobility | Mobile carrier | – |
| 515-715 | Verizon Wireless | Mobile carrier | 2016 |
| 515-735 | Verizon Wireless | Mobile carrier | – |
| 515-766 | Fractel | Internet / business phone carrier | 2019 |
| 515-815 | T-Mobile (including Sprint) | Mobile carrier | 2018 |
| 515-817 | CenturyLink / Lumen | Local phone company | – |
| 515-916 | T-Mobile (including Sprint) | Mobile carrier | 2022 |
| 515-956 | CenturyLink / Lumen | Local phone company | – |
| 515-983 | IP Horizon | Internet / business phone carrier | 2025 |
Most prefixes are pooled: the 10,000 numbers in each are handed out in blocks of 1,000 to different carriers, and people can also take their numbers to another carrier. So the carrier shown is where the prefix started, not a guarantee about any one number. Source: NANPA central office code records, 2026-10-10.