February 16, 2026

Alabama Adding a New Area Code

By Isabella Gomez
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News

February 16, 2026

MONTGOMERY Ala. As Alabama continues to grow, bringing in thousands of new homes, businesses of all sizes and people, it makes sense that our state needs to also add more area codes.

And recently, the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) stated that a new area code will indeed be added in the Montgomery region of our state.

According to PSC officials, the new ‘483’ area code will overlay the ‘334’ area code region starting on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026.

For years, the 334-area code has served the greater Montgomery area well, but the PSC said that the new area code ensures customers will have enough supply of new telephone numbers to serve the area as the 334-area code is scheduled to be exhausted by the third quarter of 2026.

The Alabama Public Service Commission approved the new ‘483’ area code overlay on March 6, 2024, for Alabama area code 334, which serves Selma, Montgomery, Prattville, Pike Road, Tuskegee, Auburn, Opelika, Phenix City, Eufaula, Dothan, Enterprise, Troy, Greenville and a large area of central and southeast Alabama.