How many toll-free numbers does Bellsouth LD have?

Bellsouth LD (BD) manages 5,837 active toll-free numbers as of 2026-04, according to the Somos toll-free registry tracked by Resporgs.com.

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Bellsouth LD BD

Q: What is Bellsouth LD?

BellSouth Long Distance, Inc. (BSLD) is a telecommunications company providing long distance services, including outbound direct dial, inbound toll-free (e.g., 800/888), and operator-assisted calls, primarily to BellSouth Telecommunications customers under the AT&T brand.[1][5] It was founded in 1996 as a holding of AT&T and fully acquired by AT&T in 2006 following AT&T's purchase of BellSouth Corporation.[1] BSLD operates as part of the public company AT&T Inc. (website: https://www.att.com/); note that the listed HQ in St. Louis, MO lacks confirmation in sources, which associate BellSouth with Atlanta, GA.[1][2]

Q: Who owns Bellsouth LD?

Subsidiary/holding of AT&T Inc.; served BellSouth Telecommunications customers (now part of AT&T); related to BellSouth Corporation (acquired by AT&T in 2006).[1][2]

alias: AT&T

Large Telcom Group: AT&T

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Based in St Louis, MO · satellite · full size

Website: https://www.att.com/ Domain since 1986 (40y)
👥 Shared address (2 resporgs)

At a glance

Active numbers

5,837

#193 of 481

Change over 4 years

-23,253

-79.9%

Opportunism Index

0.61%

Harvested 28 / acquired 4,580

Vanity matches

25.8%

#57 of 201

Median inventory age

56 mo

4.7 years since last change
#62 of 201 oldest

Sub-codes in use

BDL01, BDL99, BDL30, BDL07, BDL77, BDL29

Inventory by NPA

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By status

WORKING 5,818 · 99.9%
UNAVAIL 5 · 0.1%

Inventory age buckets

< 1 month 15 · 0.2%
1–3 months 2 · 0.0%
3–12 months 31 · 0.5%
1–2 years 5 · 0.1%
2–5 years 4,950 · 77.4%
5+ years 786 · 12.3%

Ages are measured from each number's last change in the Somos registry — that's the most recent activation, transfer, or status move. Not necessarily the date this RespOrg originally acquired it.

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Trajectory

Total active inventory Numbers harvested from disconnect pool that month

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Month	Inventory	Acquired	Harvested	Lost	From spare	To spare
2018-03	29,090	0	0	0	0	0
2018-06	28,045	210	3	1,255	106	302
2018-09	27,037	215	1	1,223	86	185
2018-10	26,794	88	0	331	46	16
2018-11	26,495	74	2	373	39	9
2018-12	26,190	69	0	374	43	3
2019-01	25,824	56	0	422	29	6
2019-02	25,546	54	4	332	27	5
2019-03	25,208	45	1	383	15	6
2019-04	24,922	57	4	343	30	5
2019-05	24,640	68	3	350	46	6
2019-06	24,361	57	1	336	27	11
2019-08	21,523	98	3	2,936	53	2,336
2019-09	23,508	2,286	0	301	2,261	16
2019-10	23,301	57	0	264	33	27
2019-11	23,009	40	2	332	23	15
2019-12	22,741	30	0	298	18	9
2020-01	22,433	24	0	332	14	10
2020-02	22,130	42	1	345	25	4
2020-03	21,823	32	1	339	18	3
2020-04	21,567	28	2	284	14	5
2020-05	21,400	15	0	182	7	5
2020-06	21,013	25	0	412	12	3
2020-07	20,717	33	0	329	19	1
2020-08	20,602	29	0	144	18	0
2020-09	20,233	24	0	393	14	4
2020-10	20,044	17	0	206	9	4
2020-11	19,847	30	0	227	18	2
2020-12	19,640	11	0	218	6	0
2021-01	19,392	24	0	272	4	3
2021-02	19,168	17	0	241	11	0
2021-03	19,007	20	0	181	10	1
2021-04	10,378	21	0	8,650	14	2
2021-05	10,217	32	0	193	17	1
2022-05	6,849	13	0	3,381	4	1,400
2022-06	6,808	0	0	41	0	0
2022-07	6,784	0	0	24	0	0
2022-08	6,762	0	0	22	0	0
2022-09	6,716	0	0	46	0	0
2022-10	6,672	0	0	44	0	0
2022-11	6,646	0	0	26	0	0
2022-12	6,604	0	0	42	0	0
2023-01	6,559	0	0	45	0	0
2023-02	6,510	0	0	49	0	0
2023-03	6,474	0	0	36	0	0
2023-04	6,427	0	0	47	0	0
2023-05	6,381	0	0	46	0	0
2023-06	6,348	0	0	33	0	0
2023-07	6,784	436	0	0	3	0
2023-08	6,293	0	0	491	0	3
2023-09	6,258	0	0	35	0	0
2023-10	6,221	0	0	37	0	0
2023-11	6,186	0	0	35	0	0
2023-12	5,916	0	0	270	0	2
2024-02	6,109	193	0	0	1	0
2024-03	6,081	0	0	28	0	0
2024-04	6,049	0	0	32	0	0
2024-05	6,031	0	0	18	0	0
2024-06	6,016	0	0	15	0	0
2024-07	6,000	0	0	16	0	0
2024-08	5,981	0	0	19	0	0
2024-09	5,966	0	0	15	0	0
2024-10	5,955	0	0	11	0	0
2024-11	5,942	0	0	13	0	0
2024-12	5,922	0	0	20	0	0
2025-01	5,908	0	0	14	0	0
2025-02	5,904	0	0	4	0	0
2025-03	5,904	0	0	0	0	0
2025-04	5,898	0	0	6	0	0
2025-05	5,890	0	0	8	0	0
2025-06	5,881	0	0	9	0	0
2025-07	5,876	0	0	5	0	0
2025-08	5,870	0	0	6	0	0
2025-09	5,876	10	0	4	10	0
2025-10	5,872	0	0	4	0	0
2025-11	5,866	0	0	6	0	0
2025-12	5,858	0	0	8	0	0
2026-01	5,852	0	0	6	0	0
2026-02	5,848	0	0	4	0	0
2026-03	5,844	0	0	4	0	0
2026-04	5,837	0	0	7	0	0

Flow patterns (42-month cumulative)

Inbound (numbers acquired)

Direct transfer from another RespOrg	384.0
Harvested from disconnect pool	0.0
First assigned from spare pool	22.0
Reactivated own disconnects	0.0

Outbound (numbers lost)

Direct transfer to another RespOrg	2,344.0
Entered multi-month disconnect (aging)	0.0
Released directly to spare pool	4.0

Top direct-transfer sources (INto BD)

RB	88.0	RingCentral
JY	31.0	Bandwidth
AT	8.0	AT&T
JT	8.0	Comcast
GD	6.0	ANI Networks
LQ	5.0	Inteliquent
VZ	5.0	Verizon Business (Verizon)
QY	5.0	Inteliquent
KS	4.0	Lumen Technologies (Lumen)
WL	4.0	BCM One (BCM-One)

Top direct-transfer destinations (OUT of BD)

RB	391.0	RingCentral
JY	199.0	Bandwidth
JT	77.0	Comcast
AT	72.0	AT&T
KS	48.0	Lumen Technologies (Lumen)
LQ	39.0	Inteliquent
QY	37.0	Inteliquent
VZ	31.0	Verizon Business (Verizon)
GD	30.0	ANI Networks
RS	23.0	AccessLine

Top vanity holdings

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Summary

The name on the Resporg is still Bellsouth LD but it's part of AT&T. But since AT&T is like some other large companies that have grown through acquisitions, using multiple different resporgs and systems, it is very important to know which section a number is in.

About Bellsouth LD

BellSouth Long Distance, Inc. (BSLD) is a telecommunications company providing long distance services, including outbound direct dial, inbound toll-free (e.g., 800/888), and operator-assisted calls, primarily to BellSouth Telecommunications customers under the AT&T brand.[1][5] It was founded in 1996 as a holding of AT&T and fully acquired by AT&T in 2006 following AT&T's purchase of BellSouth Corporation.[1] BSLD operates as part of the public company AT&T Inc. (website: https://www.att.com/); note that the listed HQ in St. Louis, MO lacks confirmation in sources, which associate BellSouth with Atlanta, GA.[1][2]

Affiliations: Subsidiary/holding of AT&T Inc.; served BellSouth Telecommunications customers (now part of AT&T); related to BellSouth Corporation (acquired by AT&T in 2006).[1][2]

Toll-free / RespOrg activity: Offers inbound toll-free services (e.g., 800 or 888 numbers) as part of long distance offerings per tariff documents; no recent (past 36 months) RespOrg-specific news or activity found.[5]

AI-generated summary (confidence: medium), last updated 2026-04-30. Verify against primary sources before quoting.

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