Business phone system for nonresidential property managers in South Dakota

Nonresidential property managers in South Dakota by the numbers

County Business Patterns counts 38 establishments in South Dakota classified as Nonresidential Property Managers (NAICS 531312) for 2023. They employed 192 people in mid-March and reported $9,975,000 in annual payroll. That is the 50th highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. Nonresidential property managers make up 0.13% of the 29,106 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) South Dakota has 4.1 nonresidential property managers, 22.6% below the national rate of 5.3. The average establishment has 5.1 employees against 9.5 nationally. Payroll per employee is $51,953, 42.1% below the U.S. figure of $89,718.

Nonresidential property managers by metro area in South Dakota

Census published commercial property management company counts for 4 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of South Dakota. The largest is Sioux Falls, SD-MN, with 17 establishments (a multi-state area; its count covers every state it spans). Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 37% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at nonresidential property managers in South Dakota

75.0% of South Dakota's nonresidential property managers with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 65.8% nationally. 91.7% 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.

Calls a commercial property management company in South Dakota has to catch

Commercial property managers coordinate tenants, building engineers and vendors across one or several buildings. Tenants expect quick answers about access, HVAC and maintenance during business hours. That holds for nonresidential property managers in South Dakota as much as anywhere.

Calls a commercial property management company in South Dakota might handle in a typical week include:

• The manager calls tenants about planned maintenance.
• Security calls about an alarm.
• A prospective tenant's broker calls about vacancy.

When nobody can pick up

Building emergencies need an after-hours path to an on-call engineer.

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

Phone system pricing for a 5-person commercial property management company

Nonresidential property managers in South Dakota average 5.1 employees, so the comparison uses a 5-person team. Per-seat business phone plans bill every one of those people. At month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026, 5 users on RingCentral RingEX Core cost $150.00 a month and 5 on Ooma Office Pro cost $124.75. On Callata the same 5 people cost $99.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

The annual difference against RingCentral's monthly list price comes to $612. Some vendors discount annual contracts; the table shows month-to-month prices.

Area codes in South Dakota

South Dakota has 1 geographic area code in service according to NANPA. You can choose local numbers in the area codes your tenants and owners know, subject to carrier inventory, or port your current number for free.

How Callata works for nonresidential property managers in South Dakota

For $99 a month, Callata puts a team of up to 5 on one plan ($20 for each person after that): up to 3 local numbers, unlimited inbound calls, a pooled allowance of 1,500 outbound US and Canada minutes per user, browser and cell calling, voicemail transcription with urgency triage, recorded calls with AI summaries and business-hours routing, with E911 on every number.

If you already have a number in South Dakota, 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.