Phone numbers in Kinston, North Carolina
Kinston has 27 phone prefixes in area code 252.
Biggest holders: Brightspeed Of Eastern North Carolina, T-Mobile (including Sprint), Verizon Wireless. This is the local calling area (rate center) where those prefixes were first assigned.
- Mobile carrier 48%
- Local phone company 33%
- Internet / business phone carrier 15%
- Paging service 4%
Every prefix in Kinston
Search the first six digits of a number in this list. If it's here, the number started in Kinston with the carrier shown. If it isn't, check the North Carolina page or look the number up.
| Prefix | Carrier | Type | Assigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 252-208 | Brightspeed Of Eastern North Carolina | Local phone company | – |
| 252-233 | Windstream (PAETEC) | Internet / business phone carrier | – |
| 252-268 | T-Mobile (including Sprint) | Mobile carrier | – |
| 252-277 | Level 3 (Lumen) | Internet / business phone carrier | – |
| 252-282 | Spok | Paging service | 2001 |
| 252-286 | UScellular | Mobile carrier | – |
| 252-361 | Verizon Wireless | Mobile carrier | – |
| 252-468 | T-Mobile (including Sprint) | Mobile carrier | – |
| 252-520 | Brightspeed Of Eastern North Carolina | Local phone company | – |
| 252-521 | Verizon Wireless | Mobile carrier | – |
| 252-522 | Brightspeed Of Eastern North Carolina | Local phone company | – |
| 252-523 | Brightspeed Of Eastern North Carolina | Local phone company | – |
| 252-525 | AT&T Mobility | Mobile carrier | – |
| 252-526 | Brightspeed Of Eastern North Carolina | Local phone company | – |
| 252-527 | Brightspeed Of Eastern North Carolina | Local phone company | – |
| 252-549 | Onvoy | Internet / business phone carrier | 2014 |
| 252-559 | Brightspeed Of Eastern North Carolina | Local phone company | – |
| 252-560 | UScellular | Mobile carrier | – |
| 252-607 | Level 3 (Lumen) | Internet / business phone carrier | – |
| 252-620 | AT&T Mobility | Mobile carrier | – |
| 252-624 | AT&T Mobility | Mobile carrier | – |
| 252-643 | T-Mobile (including Sprint) | Mobile carrier | 2001 |
| 252-686 | T-Mobile (including Sprint) | Mobile carrier | 2004 |
| 252-775 | CenturyLink / Lumen | Local phone company | – |
| 252-781 | MetroPCS (T-Mobile) | Mobile carrier | 2026 |
| 252-933 | Verizon Wireless | Mobile carrier | 2005 |
| 252-939 | Brightspeed Of Eastern North Carolina | Local phone company | – |
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.