Business phone system for drinking places in Akron, OH

The bar market in Akron, OH

The Census Bureau's 2023 County Business Patterns lists 134 establishments classified as Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (NAICS 722410) in the Akron, OH metro area. Together they reported 1,003 mid-March employees and $19.6 million of payroll for the year. That ranks 54th of the 740 metro and micropolitan areas where Census published a count for this industry.

With 702,000 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, that is 19.1 drinking places per 100,000 people, 58.9% above the national rate of 12.0. Establishments average 7.5 employees, 29.3% below the U.S. average of 10.6. Payroll per employee comes to $19,590, 23.5% below the national $25,612.

How big drinking places in Akron, OH are

Of the drinking places in Akron, OH that had employees in March 2023, 43.9% had fewer than five (the U.S. share is 38.7%). 74.2% had fewer than ten. Small teams usually share the phone: the person who answers is often also serving a customer or doing the job, which is when calls get missed.

What drinking places in Akron, OH use the phone for

Bars and taverns take calls about events, private parties and hours, often when the room is too loud to hear the phone. Capturing those calls helps book parties.

Typical inbound and outbound calls for drinking places in Akron, OH:

• A customer calls about a lost item.
• The bar calls a vendor about a delivery.
• A customer calls about trivia night.

When nobody can pick up

Bars are open late, so calls during service need capture and callback.

Business-hours routing in Callata sends calls to voicemail, a teammate's cell or an AI agent once the day ends, and voicemails arrive transcribed with an urgency flag.

What a phone system costs a bar in Akron, OH

The average bar in Akron, OH has 7.5 employees, so a 7-person team is a reasonable benchmark. Per-seat business phone plans bill every one of those people. At month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026, 7 users on RingCentral RingEX Core cost $210.00 a month and 7 on Ooma Office Pro cost $174.65. On Callata the same 7 people cost $139.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

The annual difference against RingCentral's monthly list price comes to $852. Some vendors discount annual contracts; the table shows month-to-month prices.

Which area code to use in Akron, OH

NANPA records place the exchanges of the area's named cities and towns in 2 area codes. 330 has the most, with 239 of 360 exchanges (66%). Callata's plan includes up to 3 local numbers; you can pick them in the area codes your guests recognize, subject to carrier inventory, or port the number you already have for free.

What drinking places in Akron, OH get with 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 Akron, OH, 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.