The 862 area code covers Newark, Paterson, Clifton and more in New Jersey. Provision a local 862 number in minutes.
Area code 862 is the overlay for the 973 code, covering northern New Jersey including Newark, New Jersey's largest city. Newark Liberty International Airport and the Port of Newark are among the busiest in the US. The region serves as the western extension of the New York City metro economy and home to Prudential Financial and many other major corporations.
Across New Jersey, the 862 area code serves roughly 1.8 million residents in 4 communities — including Newark, Paterson, Clifton, among others. Numbers in the 862 zone keep Easterntime, so a local line rings during your customers' business hours and shows a familiar NJ caller ID on every outbound call.
862 was first introduced in 2001 as an overlay of the 973 area code, adding fresh numbering capacity to the same region without forcing anyone to change an existing number. Because an overlay shares geography with another code, ten-digit dialing is standard throughout the area. It remains an active overlay code today.
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The 862 area code reaches 4 communities across New Jersey, from Newark to Wayne. A customer in any of them sees a familiar local number when you call, which is the single biggest driver of answer rates — and with Ajoxi you can claim a number in any of these cities, or several at once, and route every call to the same team.
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Every 862 line includes HD calling, video meetings, team chat, SMS/MMS, auto-attendant, call recording, and an AI assistant.
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The 862 area code covers Newark, Paterson, Clifton, Wayne in New Jersey.
Phone numbers in the 862 area code operate on America/New_York time.
Yes. The 862 area code was introduced in 2001 and remains an active overlay code today.
Yes. Ajoxi provisions virtual 862 numbers with instant activation, clean caller-ID delivery, Tier-1 routing, and no setup fees — so you can build a local presence in minutes.
Choose a 862 number in the Ajoxi dashboard and it activates immediately — no hardware, no contracts, and no setup fees. Prefer to keep a number you already use? Port any existing 862 number in for free, usually within a few business days and with no downtime during the switch.
Yes. Every 862 number supports SMS and MMS alongside HD calling, so your team can text customers, run campaigns, and reply to conversations from the same line — all in the browser on any device, with no separate app to install.
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