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Robocalls in Iowa

Iowa consumers have filed 12,067 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 10,383 different phone numbers between 2014-01-01 and 2026-09-04 — 1.2% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 27 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are down 18% on the 12 months before that.

12,067
FCC complaints
3,221
FTC DNC reports
2,416
FTC reports, last 30 days
#27
National rank (FCC)

Iowa complaint volume by year

Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Iowa 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 Iowa

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

How the calls reached Iowa

Prerecorded Voice
6,473
Abandoned Calls
3,070
Live Voice
2,067
Text Message
401
Autodialed Live Voice Call
47
Wireless (cell phone)
7,526
Wired
3,998
Internet (VOIP)
538

Numbers Iowa residents reported this month

The numbers Iowa consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 2,416 reports in all, 417 of them this week; 82% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What Iowa residents were called about this month

  • Other / unspecified
    860
  • Dropped call / no message
    453
  • Debt reduction
    415
  • Medical & prescriptions
    215
  • Impostor (government, business, family)
    204
  • No subject given
    107
  • Warranties & protection plans
    73
  • Home improvement & cleaning
    55

Numbers most reported to the FCC by Iowa consumers

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

Do Not Call protection in Iowa

Iowa does not run its own Do Not Call registry and has not formally adopted the federal list as a state list. The federal National Do Not Call Registry at donotcall.gov still applies to you — register there, free, and it never expires.

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.

Iowa robocall FAQs

How many robocall complaints do Iowa residents file?

Iowa consumers have filed 12,067 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 10,383 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-01-01 to 2026-09-04. That is 1.2% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Iowa 27 among US states and territories by complaint volume.

Does Iowa have its own Do Not Call list?

Iowa does not run its own Do Not Call registry and has not formally adopted the federal list as a state list. The federal National Do Not Call Registry at donotcall.gov still applies to you — register there, free, and it never expires.

Where do the calls reported in Iowa 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 Iowa may have been placed from anywhere in the world and may have displayed a Iowa 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 Iowa?

Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Iowa, accounting for 6,473 of the 12,067 complaints (54%). Abandoned Calls is second with 3,070.

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.