Area code 336

Area code 336 at a glance

Area code 336 is a geographic area code in North Carolina, in service since December 15, 1997, according to the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA). It is an overlay: 336 and 743 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 Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point, Burlington, and Lexington. By population, its largest named places are Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point, Burlington, and Kernersville.

Cities and towns in area code 336

336 holds 14% of the 5,574 central office codes assigned in North Carolina, the 2nd most of the state's 10 codes. 38 Census places could be matched to rate centers with 336 exchanges; the most populous are Greensboro (307,000), Winston-Salem (256,000), High Point (119,000), and Burlington (61,365). For a storefront or service area inside 336, the place pages show which prefixes are rated local there.

How calls are dialed in 336

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 336 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.

Phone companies in area code 336

49 carriers hold the 783 central office codes assigned in 336. Bellsouth Telecomm INC d/b/a Southern Bell Tel & Tel has the most, with 163 (21%). 536 of the codes (68%) 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 336

NANPA assigns each central office code to a rate center, the local calling area that decides whether a call is local or toll. 336 has codes in 88 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 336?

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). 783 are assigned in 336, 98% of 800. 10 were assigned in 2020 or later.

Getting a 336 number for your business

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If you already have a number in area code 336, 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.