Large Telcom — Category

Category at a glance

Member RespOrgs

Combined inventory (2026-04)

15,753,544

4-year change

-1,608,121

-9.3% · 2022-06 → 2026-04

Category Opportunism Index

1.24%

Harvested 98,275 / acquired 7,938,636

Members by inventory share

About this category

This is by far the biggest category in terms of toll free numbers even though it has very few companies in it. These are probably the names you know, (from largest to smallest in #s) Verizon, Bandwidth, AT&T and Lumen Technologies all with millions of numbers each. Then come the Canadian companies, with hundreds of thousands of numbers, Telus, Bell Canada, Allstream and Rogers.

This small handful of companies provides over 40% of the toll free numbers in use in North America.These are obviously huge companies with lots of different “doors” or avenues to approach them.You won’t talk to their resporg departments.Companies this large aren’t the fastest or cheapest but they are usually reliable.

Members (38)

#	Code	Name	Active numbers	Vanity %	Median age (months)
1	JY	Bandwidth	6,784,534	15.6%	17
2	VZ	Verizon Business	4,538,119	14.1%	171
3	AT	AT&T	2,160,197	16.8%	148
4	KS	Lumen Technologies	707,713	17.3%	93
5	EU	TELUS Corporation	407,967	15.4%	123
6	LG	Lumen Technologies	266,620	20.8%	128
7	RL	Rogers Communications	200,967	18.5%	133
8	NX	Verizon	184,820	18.1%	219
9	CN	Bell Canada	184,158	22.3%	101
10	BE	Verizon Communications	88,163	29.1%	232
11	AW	AT&T Long Distance	74,952	27.3%	219
12	IN	Lumen Technologies	25,242	19.0%	132
13	GT	Verizon	24,365	29.1%	232
14	UW	Qwest	21,757	17.2%	191
15	SG	NTT Cloud	18,590	19.4%	40
16	UL	Lumen Technologies	15,484	17.3%	130
17	IX	Lumen Technologies	13,357	12.3%	55
18	IV	XO Communications	6,860	12.8%	102
19	BD	Bellsouth LD	5,837	25.8%	56
20	AM	AT&T	5,098	17.6%	34
21	MC	MCI	3,103	0.0%	126
22	PC	Pacific Bell	3,026	21.4%	18
23	NL	XO	2,916	18.3%	77
24	SH	SBC	2,864	16.0%	222
25	BS	AT&T	1,387	19.9%	126
26	IM	Integra Telecom	1,357	15.6%	72
27	JS	Lumen Technologies	1,284	10.8%	35
28	AA	AT&T Alascom	1,103	29.1%	219
29	EA	AT&T Local	925	25.7%	-862
30	UX	Allstream Business	358	27.3%	1
31	AZ	Allstream	235	22.3%	233
32	AL	Lumen Technologies	118	0.0%	1
33	WI	Verizon Business	15	30.0%	135
34	LV	Lumen Technologies	14	—	—
35	FG	Lumen Technologies	14	—	—
36	SD	Lumen Technologies	13	—	—
37	LD	Verizon Business	7	0.0%	201
38	EV	Lightwave/Integra Telecom	5	0.0%	163

Combined trajectory (all members)

Month	Inventory	Acquired	Harvested	Lost
2022-06	17,361,665	0	0	0
2022-07	16,933,802	23,423	114	451,286
2022-08	16,827,369	27,066	14	133,499
2022-09	16,727,130	92,743	224	192,982
2022-10	16,733,742	71,382	16	64,770
2022-11	16,734,128	48,839	1,260	48,453
2022-12	16,724,169	42,148	7	52,107
2023-01	16,620,343	41,181	98	145,007
2023-02	16,615,984	37,059	61	41,418
2023-03	16,644,177	58,665	22	30,472
2023-04	16,399,039	218,417	282	463,555
2023-05	16,460,881	107,812	26	45,970
2023-06	16,552,832	151,996	32	60,045
2023-09	16,699,766	353,346	524	206,412
2023-10	16,670,267	69,419	43	98,918
2023-11	16,607,174	23,896	26	86,989
2023-12	16,507,800	1,423,784	38,307	1,523,158
2024-02	16,760,631	1,458,392	23,164	1,205,561
2024-03	16,693,027	19,880	50	87,484
2024-05	16,883,123	268,799	505	78,703
2024-06	16,932,864	103,547	5,375	53,806
2024-07	16,871,400	117,345	328	178,809
2024-08	16,935,479	112,947	4	48,868
2024-09	16,961,835	78,062	1,008	51,706
2024-10	17,030,009	168,526	103	100,352
2024-11	17,131,704	190,765	12	89,070
2024-12	16,471,443	234,627	107	894,888
2025-01	16,560,112	312,320	2,094	223,651
2025-02	16,558,349	112,752	176	114,515
2025-03	16,558,349	0	0	0
2025-04	16,572,614	105,970	903	91,705
2025-05	16,242,791	175,674	732	505,497
2025-06	16,201,880	166,633	542	207,544
2025-07	16,375,747	274,139	610	100,272
2025-08	16,478,162	210,580	2,152	108,165
2025-09	16,447,275	72,752	559	103,639
2025-10	16,247,522	96,730	6,218	296,483
2025-11	16,257,144	74,228	11,745	64,606
2025-12	16,262,787	89,682	17	84,039
2026-01	16,423,921	317,455	58	156,321
2026-02	16,501,502	200,589	21	123,008
2026-03	16,413,545	97,014	23	184,971
2026-04	15,753,544	88,052	713	748,053