Connecticut residents do not take kindly to spam robocalls.

Connecticut has the second-highest rate of active registrations in the National Do Not Call Registry and has filed the second-most complaints, per capita, to the Federal Communications Commission about unwanted calls. 

In 2024, there were 2,253 complaints about unwanted calls to the Consumer Help Center in Connecticut. The topics of the calls include solar panel services, IRS services, mortgage services and political campaigns, among others. 

That’s about 61.3 unwanted calls per 100,000 residents, a rate that trails only Washington.

So far in 2025, there have been 648 complaints, according to data from the Federal Communications Commission’s Consumer Inquiries and Complaints Division. 

Consumers can also file complaints about spam calls to another agency, the Federal Trade Commission. In the 2024 fiscal year, there were more than 2 million complaints about unwanted spam calls. In Connecticut, there were 23,048 complaints, which is about 639 per 100,000 residents.

Consumers can tell companies that they do not want telemarketing sales calls through the Federal Trade Commission’s Do Not Call registry, According to its website, “companies that make unwanted calls to consumers may be violating the Do Not Call rules.”

Connecticut ranks second in most the active registrations per population, behind only New Hampshire.

Even if a number is not in the registry, robocall sales are illegal, unless the caller has written permission from a consumer. However, robocalls still account for the majority of telemarketing sales complaints and lead the list of methods of contact.