Rent a US phone number for SMS
A +1 number for US accounts, US contacts and US apps, readable from anywhere.
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Where can I rent a US phone number for SMS?
KeepANumber rents US phone numbers (+1) that receive SMS for 7, 30 or 90 days: $8.50, $13.50 or $29 as of October 18, 2026. The texts appear in your online dashboard. You pay in crypto (BTC, ETH, USDT, USDC, SOL or LTC) and upload no ID; the United States has no federal prepaid SIM registration.
How much does a US number cost?
Prices for one US number as of 2026-10-18: $8.50 for 7 days, $13.50 for 30 days ($0.45/day) and $29 for 90 days. Stock changes during the day; the checkout shows whether a US number is available before you pay.
United States phone numbers: key facts
| Country calling code | +1 |
|---|---|
| Mobile number format | +1 NXX NXX XXXX (10 digits, no mobile prefix) |
| Telecom regulator | FCC |
| Mobile operators | AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile (which took over UScellular's wireless business on 1 August 2025) |
| Prepaid SIM registration | No federal registration duty |
| Number portability | Wireless porting since November 2003 (largest 100 areas) and May 2004 elsewhere |
| KeepANumber rental | $8.50 (7 days) · $13.50 (30 days) · $29 (90 days); SMS only |
Why rent a US number when you live outside the US?
Many US services ask for a US mobile number at sign-up and send codes to it later: marketplaces, delivery and banking-adjacent apps, US-based software trials. A rented +1 number lets you receive those texts from anywhere, without a US SIM or a US address. It is also a clean way to keep your own number off US mailing lists.
What does a US mobile number look like?
US numbers follow the North American Numbering Plan: ten digits written NPA-NXX-XXXX, for example (212) 555-0142, or +1 212 555 0142 internationally. Unlike most countries, the US has no separate mobile range, so the area code tells you a place, not whether the line is a mobile. Canada and several Caribbean countries share the same +1 code. You choose the country when you rent; the area code is assigned from stock.
Do you need an ID for a US SIM card?
No federal law requires it. The GSMA lists the United States among the governments that decided against mandatory registration of prepaid SIM cards. Carriers still ask for details for postpaid plans, and since FCC rules adopted on 15 November 2023 they must authenticate a customer before a SIM swap or a port-out.
What should you know about SMS in the US?
Under FCC 23-21 (adopted 16 March 2023), mobile carriers must block texts that come from invalid, unallocated or unused numbers. Businesses that text from ordinary 10-digit numbers register their campaigns with The Campaign Registry (the "10DLC" system run by the carriers), and toll-free senders go through carrier verification. In practice most codes you receive come from short codes of five or six digits or from registered business numbers.
Questions about US numbers
Can I choose a New York or California area code?
Not at the moment. You choose the United States; the number comes from the US numbers in stock.
Is a rented US number a non-VoIP number?
We sell rentals by country and period. If a service only accepts numbers from mobile carriers, test the number before you rely on it.
Can a US number receive texts from outside the US?
It receives the SMS that reach it. International senders and short codes are routed by their own carriers, so delivery of foreign texts depends on them.
Other countries
- Canada numbers
+1 · from $9 for 7 days
- Mexico numbers
+52 · from $9.50 for 7 days
- United Kingdom numbers
+44 · from $9 for 7 days
- Brazil numbers
+55 · from $9.50 for 7 days
- NANPA, about the North American Numbering Plan, read 2026-10-18
- GSMA, mandatory registration of prepaid SIM cards, read 2026-10-18
- FCC 23-21, blocking of texts from invalid numbers (Federal Register, 11 April 2023), read 2026-10-18
- FCC rules on SIM swap and port-out authentication (Federal Register, 8 December 2023), read 2026-10-18
- T-Mobile completes acquisition of UScellular wireless operations (Cleary Gottlieb), read 2026-10-18