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Robocalls in Ohio

Ohio consumers have filed 36,974 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 31,779 different phone numbers between 2014-01-01 and 2026-11-03 — 3.7% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 7 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are down 12% on the 12 months before that.

36,974
FCC complaints
26,439
FTC DNC reports
7,639
FTC reports, last 30 days
#7
National rank (FCC)

What Ohio residents are reporting

26,439 FTC Do Not Call complaints from Ohio since Jul 24. The most common named subject is debt reduction, at 13%. 66% of complainants who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Complaint subjects

  • Other / unspecified11,81245%
  • Debt reduction3,34413%
  • Impostor (government, business, family)2,64410%
  • Dropped call / no message2,55810%
  • Medical & prescriptions2,3739%
  • No subject given2,2338%
  • Home improvement & cleaning5052%

When the calls come (as reported)

30% between 10am and 1pm; 93% on weekdays, most on Wednesdays.

Week by week

7,652 complaints from Ohio in the last four weeks, up 6% on the four weeks before.

Neighbor spoofing in Ohio

47% of the calls Ohio residents reported showed the resident's own area code, and 60% showed a Ohio area code of any kind. 9% came from toll-free numbers. Robocallers display a local-looking number because people are more likely to answer one; the number on screen usually has nothing to do with who is calling. How neighbor spoofing works.

What the caller ID showed

  • The resident's own area code12,43747%
  • Another Ohio area code3,30813%
  • Toll-free number2,3199%
  • Out-of-state area code8,37531%

Area codes on the calls

  • 614 (Ohio)2,83311%
  • 440 (Ohio)2,0778%
  • 330 (Ohio)1,9077%
  • 513 (Ohio)1,9007%
  • 216 (Ohio)1,7096%
  • 419 (Ohio)1,5356%

Ohio area codes

Each county is coloured by the area code that holds most of its phone prefixes. Overlay codes share one territory and one colour. Complaint counts are from Ohio residents since Jul 24.

Map of Ohio counties coloured by area code: 220/740, 419/567, 326/937, 234/330, 436/440, 283/513, 380/614, 216
Built from NANPA prefix assignments and US Census Bureau county boundaries. Area codes follow exchange boundaries, so county colours are approximate at the edges.
Area codeResidents' complaintsCalls showing it
380 · 6145,1173,181
234 · 3303,6012,258
436 · 4403,5722,077
419 · 5673,2371,889
283 · 5132,9551,979
326 · 9372,6641,430
2162,2781,709
220 · 7401,7021,222

Likely campaigns reaching Ohio

4% of Ohio's FTC complaints in the campaign window match one of these statistical groupings: many numbers, the same complaint, the same pattern. They don't identify who is calling.

Ohio complaint volume by year

Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Ohio 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 Ohio

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

How the calls reached Ohio

Prerecorded Voice
16,976
Live Voice
11,905
Abandoned Calls
5,371
Text Message
2,500
Autodialed Live Voice Call
168
Email
3
Wireless (cell phone)
19,344
Wired
12,915
Internet (VOIP)
4,698

Numbers Ohio residents reported this month

The numbers Ohio consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 7,639 reports in all, 1,281 of them this week; 66% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What Ohio residents were called about this month

  • Other / unspecified
    3,332
  • Debt reduction
    1,221
  • Dropped call / no message
    744
  • Impostor (government, business, family)
    728
  • No subject given
    595
  • Medical & prescriptions
    560
  • Home improvement & cleaning
    198
  • Warranties & protection plans
    70

Numbers most reported to the FCC by Ohio consumers

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

Do Not Call protection in Ohio

Ohio 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. In Ohio, the Ohio Attorney General also takes consumer complaints about scam calls.

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

Ohio robocall FAQs

What are Ohio robocalls about right now?

Since 2026-07-24, Ohio residents filed 26,439 FTC Do Not Call complaints. The most common named subject was debt reduction, at 13% of complaints, and 66% of callers who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Are spam calls in Ohio using local numbers?

Often. 47% of the calls Ohio residents reported to the FTC showed the resident's own area code, and 60% showed a Ohio area code of any kind; 9% came from toll-free numbers. A local-looking number is no evidence the caller is local.

When do robocalls hit Ohio?

30% of complaints that give a call time describe calls between 10am and 1pm local time as reported.

How many robocall complaints do Ohio residents file?

Ohio consumers have filed 36,974 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 31,779 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-01-01 to 2026-11-03. That is 3.7% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Ohio 7 among US states and territories by complaint volume.

Does Ohio have its own Do Not Call list?

Ohio 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 Ohio 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 Ohio may have been placed from anywhere in the world and may have displayed a Ohio 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 Ohio?

Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Ohio, accounting for 16,976 of the 36,974 complaints (46%). Live Voice is second with 11,905.

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.