Robocalls in Kentucky
Kentucky consumers have filed 16,040 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 12,692 different phone numbers between 2014-01-22 and 2026-07-24 — 1.6% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 19 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are down 19% on the 12 months before that.
Kentucky complaint volume by year
Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Kentucky 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 Kentucky
The displayed area code of numbers reported by Kentucky consumers — often, but not always, a local code, because spoofing favours familiar-looking numbers.
- 502KY3,485
- 859KY1,953
- 270KY1,239
- 606KY1,200
- 800NANP AREA306
- 202DC283
- 855NANP AREA231
- 888NANP AREA215
- 866NANP AREA197
- 513OH197
- 877NANP AREA167
- 661CA115
How the calls reached Kentucky
- Prerecorded Voice
- 5,665
- Abandoned Calls
- 5,475
- Live Voice
- 4,279
- Text Message
- 562
- Autodialed Live Voice Call
- 37
- Wired
- 8,202
- Wireless (cell phone)
- 6,589
- Internet (VOIP)
- 1,242
Numbers most reported by Kentucky consumers
Ranked by how many Kentucky complaints name them, limited to the last five years. A number appearing here means people in Kentucky reported receiving calls that displayed it — not that its owner placed them.
- (502) 837-••••21 from KY · 2022-10-13
- (270) 817-••••18 from KY · 2022-10-15
- (606) 755-••••17 from KY · 2022-10-14
- (859) 818-••••15 from KY · 2022-10-15
- (203) 893-••••15 from KY · 2021-11-02
- (859) 488-••••14 from KY · 2022-10-24
- (606) 543-••••14 from KY · 2022-10-13
- (270) 238-••••13 from KY · 2022-10-07
- (859) 295-••••11 from KY · 2022-10-19
- (270) 733-••••9 from KY · 2022-10-04
- (202) 918-••••8 from KY · 2022-07-29
- (202) 918-••••8 from KY · 2022-06-17
- (606) 404-••••7 from KY · 2022-10-14
- (855) 729-••••7 from KY · 2022-08-03
- (866) 391-••••7 from KY · 2022-07-05
Do Not Call protection in Kentucky
Kentucky 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.
Kentucky robocall FAQs
How many robocall complaints do Kentucky residents file?
Kentucky consumers have filed 16,040 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 12,692 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-01-22 to 2026-07-24. That is 1.6% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Kentucky 19 among US states and territories by complaint volume.
Does Kentucky have its own Do Not Call list?
Kentucky 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 Kentucky 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 Kentucky may have been placed from anywhere in the world and may have displayed a Kentucky 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 Kentucky?
Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Kentucky, accounting for 5,665 of the 16,040 complaints (35%). Abandoned Calls is second with 5,475.
Complaint figures from the FCC Consumer Complaint Data Center, imported nightly. The state recorded is the state the complainant filed from.