213 numbers for Fashion District businesses

The Fashion District covers 107 blocks between Seventh Street and the Santa Monica Freeway, from Broadway east to Essex Street. Its business improvement district was the first property-based BID in Los Angeles.

It is a wholesale and retail district at once: apparel showrooms, fabric and notions stores, the bargain shops of Santee Alley and the LA Flower District all sit inside it. A number here gets read out to buyers and suppliers over the phone, so it pays to pick one that is hard to mishear.

Numbers that fit

Repeating digits survive being read out on a noisy line. The listings below run from the lowest price up.

No 213 number belongs to a particular neighborhood. Since the 2017 overlay, 213 numbers go to lines across the whole 213 and 323 area, not just downtown, and a 213 number on a mobile phone works anywhere.