Business phone system for commercial printing companies in New Jersey

Commercial printing companies in New Jersey by the numbers

County Business Patterns counts 509 establishments in New Jersey classified as Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) (NAICS 323111) for 2023. They employed 10,296 people in mid-March and reported $799.2 million in annual payroll. That is the 8th highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. Commercial printing companies make up 0.21% of the 237,968 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) New Jersey has 5.4 commercial printing companies, 20.4% above the national rate of 4.5. The average establishment has 20.2 employees against 18.5 nationally. Payroll per employee is $77,621, 27.3% above the U.S. figure of $60,982.

Commercial printing companies by metro area in New Jersey

Census published commercial printer counts for 6 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of New Jersey. The largest is New York, NY-NJ, with 1,056 establishments (a multi-state area; its count covers every state it spans). Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 7.5% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at commercial printing companies in New Jersey

50.8% of New Jersey's commercial printing companies with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 50.9% nationally. 72.2% had fewer than ten. That is the size of team where a missed call usually means nobody was free, not that nobody was on staff.

What commercial printing companies in New Jersey use the phone for

Print shops handle quotes, proofs and deadlines, and clients call often to check on jobs. Rush jobs depend on quick responses.

Typical inbound and outbound calls for commercial printing companies in New Jersey:

• A client calls to approve a proof.
• A designer calls about paper stock.
• A client calls about a rush order.

After-hours calls

Deadline calls can arrive late in the day.

Callata voicemail is transcribed and triaged for urgency, and business-hours routing decides where calls go once you close.

What a phone system costs a commercial printer in New Jersey

Commercial printing companies in New Jersey average 20.2 employees, so the comparison uses a 20-person team. Priced per seat, 20 users would run $600.00 a month on RingCentral RingEX Core and $499.00 on Ooma Office Pro (month-to-month list prices, checked September 28, 2026). On Callata the same 20 people cost $399.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

The annual difference against RingCentral's monthly list price comes to $2,412. Some vendors discount annual contracts; the table shows month-to-month prices.

Area codes in New Jersey

New Jersey has 10 geographic area codes in service according to NANPA. You can choose local numbers in the area codes your clients know, subject to carrier inventory, or port your current number for free.

How Callata works for commercial printing companies in New Jersey

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 New Jersey, 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.