Robocalls in Illinois
Illinois consumers have filed 39,233 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 33,979 different phone numbers between 2014-01-01 and 2026-07-24 — 4.0% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 5 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are down 4% on the 12 months before that.
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
- 18,722
- Live Voice
- 12,367
- Abandoned Calls
- 5,722
- Text Message
- 2,140
- Autodialed Live Voice Call
- 197
- 9
- Wireless (cell phone)
- 21,044
- Wired
- 12,502
- Internet (VOIP)
- 5,660
Numbers most reported by Illinois consumers
Ranked by how many Illinois 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.
- (888) 599-••••12 from IL · 2024-11-06
- (651) 461-••••10 from IL · 2021-09-04
- (217) 275-••••7 from IL · 2022-12-27
- (404) 806-••••6 from IL · 2023-05-02
- (630) 526-••••6 from IL · 2022-06-25
- (877) 745-••••5 from IL · 2026-05-11
- (217) 478-••••5 from IL · 2026-04-14
- (888) 976-••••5 from IL · 2024-12-02
- (773) 279-••••5 from IL · 2024-11-07
- (217) 308-••••5 from IL · 2024-02-21
- (217) 288-••••5 from IL · 2023-05-05
- (888) 654-••••5 from IL · 2022-09-28
- (217) 837-••••5 from IL · 2022-09-28
- (312) 210-••••5 from IL · 2021-10-28
- (630) 869-••••4 from IL · 2026-07-17
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 39,233 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 33,979 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-01-01 to 2026-07-24. 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 18,722 of the 39,233 complaints (48%). Live Voice is second with 12,367.
Complaint figures from the FCC Consumer Complaint Data Center, imported nightly. The state recorded is the state the complainant filed from.