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Robocalls in Washington

Washington consumers have filed 31,563 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 26,258 different phone numbers between 2014-01-15 and 2026-11-03 — 3.1% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 10 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are down 10% on the 12 months before that.

31,563
FCC complaints
14,560
FTC DNC reports
4,068
FTC reports, last 30 days
#10
National rank (FCC)

What Washington residents are reporting

14,560 FTC Do Not Call complaints from Washington since Jul 24. The most common named subject is debt reduction, at 13%. 67% of complainants who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Complaint subjects

  • Other / unspecified6,54245%
  • Debt reduction1,91713%
  • Impostor (government, business, family)1,69712%
  • Dropped call / no message1,39510%
  • No subject given1,2048%
  • Home improvement & cleaning6675%
  • Medical & prescriptions4843%

When the calls come (as reported)

32% between 9am and 12pm; 94% on weekdays, most on Tuesdays.

Week by week

4,098 complaints from Washington in the last four weeks, down 3% on the four weeks before.

Neighbor spoofing in Washington

44% of the calls Washington residents reported showed the resident's own area code, and 55% showed a Washington area code of any kind. 10% 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 code6,40244%
  • Another Washington area code1,60911%
  • Toll-free number1,46510%
  • Out-of-state area code5,08435%

Area codes on the calls

  • 360 (Washington)2,32816%
  • 425 (Washington)2,23415%
  • 206 (Washington)1,3249%
  • 253 (Washington)9797%
  • 509 (Washington)9096%
  • 8333532%

Washington 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 Washington residents since Jul 24.

Map of Washington counties coloured by area code: 509, 206/360/564, 425, 253
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
206 · 360 · 5646,2943,889
4253,5562,234
2531,531979
5091,511909

Likely campaigns reaching Washington

3% of Washington'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.

Washington complaint volume by year

Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Washington 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 Washington

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

How the calls reached Washington

Prerecorded Voice
13,362
Live Voice
9,167
Text Message
5,503
Abandoned Calls
3,293
Autodialed Live Voice Call
178
Wireless (cell phone)
19,454
Wired
8,686
Internet (VOIP)
3,411

Numbers Washington residents reported this month

The numbers Washington consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 4,068 reports in all, 559 of them this week; 67% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What Washington residents were called about this month

  • Other / unspecified
    1,589
  • Debt reduction
    799
  • Impostor (government, business, family)
    432
  • Dropped call / no message
    412
  • No subject given
    375
  • Home improvement & cleaning
    174
  • Medical & prescriptions
    89
  • Vacation & timeshares
    56

Numbers most reported to the FCC by Washington consumers

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

Recently reported by Washington consumers

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

Do Not Call protection in Washington

Washington 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. In Washington, the Washington 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.

Washington robocall FAQs

What are Washington robocalls about right now?

Since 2026-07-24, Washington residents filed 14,560 FTC Do Not Call complaints. The most common named subject was debt reduction, at 13% of complaints, and 67% of callers who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Are spam calls in Washington using local numbers?

Often. 44% of the calls Washington residents reported to the FTC showed the resident's own area code, and 55% showed a Washington area code of any kind; 10% came from toll-free numbers. A local-looking number is no evidence the caller is local.

When do robocalls hit Washington?

32% of complaints that give a call time describe calls between 9am and 12pm local time as reported.

How many robocall complaints do Washington residents file?

Washington consumers have filed 31,563 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 26,258 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-01-15 to 2026-11-03. That is 3.1% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Washington 10 among US states and territories by complaint volume.

Does Washington have its own Do Not Call list?

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

Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Washington, accounting for 13,362 of the 31,563 complaints (42%). Live Voice is second with 9,167.

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.