Phone numbers in Amherst, Ohio
Amherst has 9 phone prefixes in area code 440.
Biggest holders: Brightspeed Of Ohio, Charter / Spectrum, Verizon Wireless. This is the local calling area (rate center) where those prefixes were first assigned.
- Mobile carrier 22%
- Local phone company 44%
- Internet / business phone carrier 33%
Every prefix in Amherst
Search the first six digits of a number in this list. If it's here, the number started in Amherst with the carrier shown. If it isn't, check the Ohio page or look the number up.
| Prefix | Carrier | Type | Assigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 440-370 | Charter / Spectrum | Internet / business phone carrier | 2013 |
| 440-597 | Verizon Wireless | Mobile carrier | 2018 |
| 440-634 | Teleport Communications America | Internet / business phone carrier | 2020 |
| 440-798 | Boost / Virgin Mobile | Mobile carrier | 2022 |
| 440-900 | Onvoy | Internet / business phone carrier | 2025 |
| 440-984 | Brightspeed Of Ohio | Local phone company | – |
| 440-985 | Brightspeed Of Ohio | Local phone company | – |
| 440-986 | Brightspeed Of Ohio | Local phone company | – |
| 440-988 | Brightspeed Of Ohio | 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.