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Grenada (Country Code 1-473)

LAST UPDATE: July 27th, 2019

Calling to Grenada

  • A leading ‘1’ is included in the international call sequence.
  • A leading '+' in the phone number means 'dial your country's exit code'.
  • Calling from a mobile phone: dial from on the country where you're currently located.
  • Calling from a VoIP or satellite phone: dial from on the country where the phone is registered.

… to a mobile (cellular) phone or text (sms)

Use the same call sequence.

When calling a mobile phone user, dial to the country where the mobile phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.

… to a VoIP phone

Use the same call sequence.

When calling a VoIP phone user, dial to the country where the VoIP phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.

… to a satellite phone

Grenada does not have a country-specific satellite phone system.

Most satellite phones operate on their country code – calls to these satellite phones follow their call sequence.

… sending a fax

Use the same call sequence.

Calling within Grenada (domestic dialing)

There is no trunk prefix (1) or area code (473) used when calling within Grenada.

Only the seven-digit phone number is dialed.

seven digits
local phone number

Grenadian phone numbers explained

Number details

Grenada’s phone numbers are ten digits (eleven including a leading ‘1’ that acts as a country code for the entire NANP calling region).

The first three digits are ‘473’ – an area (geographic) code to designate Grenada within the North American Numbering Plan.
The first three digits of the local phone number are an exchange within the Grenadian code of ‘473’.

Mobile numbers are intermixed with land-line phone numbers.

An example of a Grenadian number

The Government of Grenada lists its phone number in St. George’s as (473) 440-2255.

Number explanation
1473440 2255
country code for Grenadaarea code for Grenada within the NANPlocal phone number in St. George's
Local example – calling from another location in St. George’s

Dial the seven-digit phone number when calling anywhere within Grenada. Do not include the trunk prefix/country code ‘1’ or the area code ‘473’ in domestic calls.

440 2255
local phone number in St. George's

Long distance example – calling from Petite Anse, Grenada (on the other side of the country)

Dial the seven-digit phone number when calling anywhere within Grenada. Do not include the trunk prefix/country code ‘1’ or the area code ‘473’ in domestic calls.

440 2255
local phone number in St. George's

International example – calling from the United States, Canada, or another country of the NANP (most of the Caribbean and U.S. territories in the Pacific)

To call within the NANP dial the phone call with the same call sequence as a U.S. or Canadian long distance call.

Dial the combined country code/trunk prefix of ‘1’, then Grenada’s area code within the NANP of ‘473’, then the local seven-digit phone number.

1473440 2255
long distance trunk prefixarea (geographic) code for Grenadalocal phone number in St. George's
International example – calling from a country outside of the NANP (the United States, Canada, most of the Caribbean, and U.S. Territories in the Pacific)

To call from a country from outside the NANP, dial the exit code of the country you’re calling from, then the NANP country code/trunk prefix of ‘1’, then Grenada’s area code of ‘473’, then the local phone number.

exit code1473440 2255
exit code of the country the call is dialed fromcountry code for the North American Numbering Planarea (geographic) code for Grenadalocal phone number in St. George's

Calling from Grenada

… to another country in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP)

NANP countries include Canada, the United States (and associated territories), and most regions of the Caribbean.

Dial the phone call starting with the trunk prefix/country code of ‘1’, then the area code and local phone number.

… to all other regions of the world

‘011’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international phone call from Grenada to a location outside the NANP calling region (the United States, Canada, most regions of the Caribbean, and U.S. Territories in the Pacific).

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