Area code 248

About area code 248

Area code 248 is a geographic area code in Michigan, in service since May 10, 1997, according to the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA). It is an overlay: 248 and 947 cover the same territory, so neighbors on the same street can have different area codes. It is in the Eastern time zone. The places with the most assigned exchanges include Pontiac, Southfield, Royal Oak, Birmingham, and Troy. By population, its largest named places are Troy, Farmington Hills, Rochester Hills, Southfield, and West Bloomfield.

Where 248 numbers are local

248 holds 11% of the 6,882 central office codes assigned in Michigan, the most of any code in the state. 16 Census places could be matched to rate centers with 248 exchanges; the most populous are Troy (89,209), Farmington Hills (84,173), Rochester Hills (78,330), and Southfield (76,874). For a storefront or service area inside 248, the place pages show which prefixes are rated local there.

Dialing 248 numbers

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 248 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits. Ten-digit local dialing means the area code is part of how customers save and recognize your number, so print it in full everywhere.

Who holds 248 exchanges

28 carriers hold the 784 central office codes assigned in 248. Michigan Bell Tel CO has the most, with 250 (32%). 473 of the codes (60%) are pooled, meaning the code holder shares blocks of 1,000 numbers with other carriers instead of using all 10,000 itself. Numbers can move between carriers through porting, so a code's holder tells you where the block started, not where every number lives now.

Local calling areas in 248

NANPA assigns each central office code to a rate center, the local calling area that decides whether a call is local or toll. 248 has codes in 21 rate centers. The table lists the rate centers with the most codes, with the matching Census place where the abbreviation could be matched.

How full is area code 248?

An area code has 800 possible central office codes that start with 2 through 9, a few of which are reserved (such as N11 service codes and 555). 784 are assigned in 248, 98% of 800. 14 were assigned in 2020 or later.

A local 248 number on Callata

Callata is a business phone system priced at $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user. Callata Office includes up to 3 local business numbers, unlimited inbound calling, 1,500 pooled outbound US and Canada minutes per user each month, a browser softphone that can also ring your cell, voicemail with transcription, call recording with AI summaries, business-hours routing and E911 on every number.

If you already have a number in area code 248, porting it to Callata is free. Texting from a local number requires a one-time carrier registration (10DLC, $49), and the numbers available in any area code depend on carrier inventory when you choose them.

Optional AI agents (receptionist, sales, support or scheduler) can answer calls after hours or when nobody picks up, take messages, text, email and transfer to your team. They are billed from prepaid AI minutes at $0.25 per minute, identify themselves as AI, and may only place outbound calls to people who consented, between 8am and 9pm.