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Robocalls in Illinois

Illinois consumers have filed 39,585 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 34,308 different phone numbers between 2014-01-01 and 2026-09-09 — 4.0% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 5 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are down 5% on the 12 months before that.

39,585
FCC complaints
15,880
FTC DNC reports
10,646
FTC reports, last 30 days
#5
National rank (FCC)

Illinois complaint volume by year

Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Illinois 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 Illinois

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

How the calls reached Illinois

Prerecorded Voice
18,952
Live Voice
12,455
Abandoned Calls
5,722
Text Message
2,174
Autodialed Live Voice Call
197
Email
9
Wireless (cell phone)
21,254
Wired
12,510
Internet (VOIP)
5,794

Numbers Illinois residents reported this month

The numbers Illinois consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 10,646 reports in all, 1,685 of them this week; 74% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What Illinois residents were called about this month

  • Other / unspecified
    3,974
  • Debt reduction
    3,215
  • Impostor (government, business, family)
    1,001
  • Dropped call / no message
    838
  • No subject given
    836
  • Medical & prescriptions
    245
  • Home improvement & cleaning
    140
  • Warranties & protection plans
    109

Numbers most reported to the FCC by Illinois consumers

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

Recently reported by Illinois consumers

Numbers with the newest Illinois complaints in the last 12 months — the campaigns calling Illinois right now, not the historical leaders above.

Do Not Call protection in Illinois

Illinois 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.

Illinois robocall FAQs

How many robocall complaints do Illinois residents file?

Illinois consumers have filed 39,585 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 34,308 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-01-01 to 2026-09-09. That is 4.0% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Illinois 5 among US states and territories by complaint volume.

Does Illinois have its own Do Not Call list?

Illinois 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.

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

Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Illinois, accounting for 18,952 of the 39,585 complaints (48%). Live Voice is second with 12,455.

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.