Area code 701

Area code 701 at a glance

701 is one of 1 geographic area codes serving North Dakota; NANPA records its in-service date as January 1, 1947. It is not part of an overlay, so every number in its territory starts with 701. It is in the Central and Mountain time zone. The places with the most assigned exchanges include Fargo, Bismarck, Grand Forks, Dickinson, and Minot. By population, its largest named places are Fargo, Bismarck, Grand Forks, Minot, and Williston.

Places served by 701

701 holds 100% of the 743 central office codes assigned in North Dakota, the most of any code in the state. 261 Census places could be matched to rate centers with 701 exchanges; the most populous are Fargo (136,000), Bismarck (77,772), Grand Forks (59,845), and Minot (47,440). For a storefront or service area inside 701, the place pages show which prefixes are rated local there.

Ten-digit and seven-digit dialing in 701

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 701 are dialed as seven digits and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits. Seven-digit local dialing is still permitted here, but customers calling from other area codes, and every mobile contact list, use all ten digits.

Carriers with 701 numbers

71 carriers hold the 743 central office codes assigned in 701. Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - ND has the most, with 90 (12%). 381 of the codes (51%) 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.

Where 701 numbers are rated

NANPA assigns each central office code to a rate center, the local calling area that decides whether a call is local or toll. 701 has codes in 298 rate centers. The table lists the rate centers with the most codes, with the matching Census place where the abbreviation could be matched.

701 code assignments over time

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). 743 are assigned in 701, 93% of 800. 48 were assigned in 2020 or later.

Getting a 701 number for your business

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 701, 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.