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At a glance

Active numbers
21,461
#124 of 481
Change over 4 years
-19,794
-48.0% · #94 of 156
Opportunism Index
0.52%
#183 of 228
Vanity matches
22.2%
#82 of 201
Median inventory age
4 mo
0.3 years since last change
#176 of 201 oldest
Sub-codes in use
1
PBQ01

Inventory by NPA

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By status

  • WORKING 21,294 · 99.3%
  • TRANSIT 114 · 0.5%
  • DISCONN 38 · 0.2%
  • RESERVED 1 · 0.0%

Inventory age buckets

  • 1–3 months 5 · 0.0%
  • 3–12 months 12,399 · 53.6%
  • 1–2 years 458 · 2.0%
  • 2–5 years 8,296 · 35.8%
  • 5+ years 136 · 0.6%

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
41K31K21K10K02018-032022-112026-04
Show monthly numbers
MonthInventoryAcquiredHarvestedLostFrom spareTo spare
2018-03 41,255 0 0 0 0 0
2018-06 41,150 462 13 567 174 63
2018-09 40,614 468 1 1,004 142 86
2018-10 40,617 180 2 177 113 3
2018-11 40,627 146 0 136 68 1
2018-12 40,742 250 0 135 150 0
2019-01 40,044 152 2 850 52 10
2019-02 39,536 441 1 949 71 1
2019-03 38,179 90 1 1,447 44 3
2019-04 36,140 131 0 2,170 31 22
2019-05 35,432 102 0 810 49 1
2019-06 34,825 153 0 760 71 2
2019-08 31,819 182 0 3,188 124 3,019
2019-09 34,561 3,076 0 334 3,047 9
2019-10 34,412 61 0 210 35 18
2019-11 33,421 64 0 1,055 41 27
2019-12 30,199 76 0 3,298 47 5
2020-01 30,125 27 1 101 12 33
2020-02 30,199 156 0 82 85 4
2020-03 29,745 45 0 499 16 11
2020-04 29,694 72 0 123 52 6
2020-05 29,603 26 0 117 11 2
2020-06 29,579 92 0 116 47 0
2020-07 28,915 38 0 702 21 16
2020-08 28,741 91 0 265 66 1
2020-09 28,637 38 1 142 22 25
2020-10 28,559 34 0 112 24 2
2020-11 28,515 45 2 89 19 17
2020-12 28,444 51 0 122 41 0
2021-01 28,701 381 0 124 17 32
2021-02 28,639 73 0 135 42 2
2021-03 28,454 61 0 246 46 10
2021-04 28,300 35 1 189 18 8
2021-05 28,209 49 0 140 30 0
2022-05 27,093 377 22 1,493 169 282
2022-06 27,085 45 4 53 31 12
2022-07 27,059 75 0 101 12 17
2022-08 26,987 46 0 118 16 1
2022-09 26,909 5 0 83 1 7
2022-10 26,882 20 0 47 11 0
2022-11 26,834 21 0 69 15 0
2022-12 26,766 37 0 105 32 5
2023-01 26,708 1 0 59 1 8
2023-02 26,686 4 0 26 1 2
2023-03 26,657 11 0 40 5 0
2023-04 26,546 56 1 167 50 1
2023-05 26,472 5 0 79 2 4
2023-06 26,241 8 0 239 2 3
2023-07 27,059 978 13 160 106 71
2023-08 25,916 172 0 1,315 64 122
2023-09 25,773 11 0 154 0 1
2023-10 25,723 2 0 52 2 0
2023-11 25,644 6 0 85 4 0
2023-12 21,955 36 0 3,725 11 43
2024-02 25,499 3,568 2 24 31 6
2024-03 25,463 4 0 40 0 0
2024-04 25,408 3 0 58 0 0
2024-05 25,371 3 0 40 1 0
2024-06 25,317 1 0 55 0 0
2024-07 25,211 8 0 114 1 0
2024-08 22,200 0 0 3,011 0 0
2024-09 22,152 1 0 49 0 0
2024-10 22,110 2 0 44 2 0
2024-11 22,055 0 0 55 0 0
2024-12 21,974 2 0 83 2 0
2025-01 21,905 3 0 72 2 0
2025-02 21,870 0 0 35 0 0
2025-03 21,870 0 0 0 0 0
2025-04 21,831 0 0 39 0 0
2025-05 21,817 1 0 15 0 0
2025-06 21,757 0 0 60 0 0
2025-07 21,731 2 0 28 2 0
2025-08 21,702 0 0 29 0 0
2025-09 21,662 1 0 41 1 0
2025-10 21,645 3 0 20 2 0
2025-11 21,606 13 0 52 13 0
2025-12 21,584 1 0 23 0 0
2026-01 21,542 0 0 42 0 0
2026-02 21,520 2 0 24 2 0
2026-03 21,503 1 0 18 1 0
2026-04 21,461 0 0 42 0 0

Flow patterns (42-month cumulative)

Inbound (numbers acquired)

Direct transfer from another RespOrg11,226.0
Harvested from disconnect pool15.0
First assigned from spare pool711.0
Reactivated own disconnects36.0

Outbound (numbers lost)

Direct transfer to another RespOrg36,344.0
Standard disconnect aging process (3+ months in DISC)380
Abbreviated disconnect period (1–2 months in DISC)142
Released directly to spare pool412.0

Of the 522 disconnect episodes this RespOrg has sent through aging, 27% were abbreviated (1–2 snapshots in DISC status). This RespOrg lets most numbers age the full 3–4 months before release — normal pattern.

Top direct-transfer sources (INto PB)

NU3,000.0Navigata
UX88.0Allstream Business (Allstream)
CN82.0Bell Canada
JY52.0Bandwidth
RL47.0Rogers Communications
IT46.0Iristel
IU42.0Interactive RespOrg Management
RB33.0RingCentral
MT32.0Toll Free Management
ZX31.0Haven Partners (CHP)

Top direct-transfer destinations (OUT of PB)

NU6,154.0Navigata
GE377.0Fibernetics
RB208.0RingCentral
GA196.0Comet Media
JY193.0Bandwidth
IT171.0Iristel
CN171.0Bell Canada
IU162.0Interactive RespOrg Management
SO140.0Signal One
UX138.0Allstream Business (Allstream)

Top vanity holdings

Summary

A Canadian VOIP company and Hosted PBX service started over 20 years ago.

About Primus

Primus Telecommunications Canada is the largest national independent telecommunications service provider in Canada, offering internet, home phone, long distance, VoIP, hosted PBX, and bundled services to over 200,000 residential customers and 23,000 commercial accounts nationwide.[1][2][3] Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Toronto, ON (with an office in Montreal), it operates as a private company providing affordable plans with unlimited data and speeds up to 1Gbps in select regions.[3] No parent company or precise employee count is available from sources.[2]

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

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