Robocalls in Alabama

Alabama consumers have filed 11,071 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 9,997 different phone numbers between 2014-06-02 and 2026-09-05 — 1.1% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 29 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are up 1% on the 12 months before that.

11,071

FCC complaints

4,285

FTC DNC reports

2,986

FTC reports, last 30 days

#29

National rank (FCC)

Alabama complaint volume by year

Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Alabama consumers each year. The shape of this curve reflects both actual call volume and how aware consumers are that the FCC complaint centre exists.

Area codes most reported in Alabama

The displayed area code of numbers reported by Alabama consumers — often, but not always, a local code, because spoofing favours familiar-looking numbers.

How the calls reached Alabama

Prerecorded Voice: 5,034
Live Voice: 3,799
Abandoned Calls: 1,444
Text Message: 697
Autodialed Live Voice Call: 71
Email: 5

Wireless (cell phone): 6,310
Wired: 3,357
Internet (VOIP): 1,394

Numbers Alabama residents reported this month

The numbers Alabama consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 2,986 reports in all, 461 of them this week; 75% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What Alabama residents were called about this month

Other / unspecified
1,314
Debt reduction
390
Impostor (government, business, family)
365
No subject given
287
Medical & prescriptions
269
Dropped call / no message
244
Warranties & protection plans
40
Computer & tech support
16

Numbers most reported to the FCC by Alabama consumers

Ranked by how many Alabama FCC complaints name them, limited to the last five years. A number appearing here means people in Alabama reported receiving calls that displayed it — not that its owner placed them.

Do Not Call protection in Alabama

Alabama formally adopted the FTC's National Do Not Call Registry as its own state list rather than running a separate one, so a single free registration at donotcall.gov covers you. State authorities can still enforce against telemarketers who ignore it, in addition to any federal penalty.

Whatever your state does, the federal National Do Not Call Registry applies, and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act gives you a private right of action against certain unlawful calls. Report unwanted calls at the FCC complaint centre and fraud at ReportFraud.ftc.gov.

Do Not Call classification per National Association of Attorneys General — history of Do Not Call. This is general information, not legal advice.

Alabama robocall FAQs

How many robocall complaints do Alabama residents file?

Alabama consumers have filed 11,071 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 9,997 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-06-02 to 2026-09-05. That is 1.1% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Alabama 29 among US states and territories by complaint volume.

Does Alabama have its own Do Not Call list?

Where do the calls reported in Alabama come from?

The FCC records the state the person filing the complaint was in, not where the caller was. Because caller ID is easily spoofed, a call reported in Alabama may have been placed from anywhere in the world and may have displayed a Alabama number that belongs to an uninvolved person. Area code alone tells you nothing reliable about a caller's location.

What kind of calls are reported most in Alabama?

Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Alabama, accounting for 5,034 of the 11,071 complaints (45%). Live Voice is second with 3,799.

Complaint figures from the FCC Consumer Complaint Data Center, imported nightly, and FTC Do Not Call complaints (unverified consumer reports), published every weekday. The state recorded is the state the complainant filed from.