Business phone system for site preparation contractors in North Dakota

How many site preparation contractors operate in North Dakota

County Business Patterns counts 231 establishments in North Dakota classified as Site Preparation Contractors (NAICS 238910) for 2023. They employed 2,489 people in mid-March and reported $250.1 million in annual payroll. That is the 45th highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. Site preparation contractors make up 0.91% of the 25,402 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) North Dakota has 29.0 site preparation contractors, 136.1% above the national rate of 12.3. The average establishment has 10.8 employees against 11.3 nationally. Payroll per employee is $100,474, 30.2% above the U.S. figure of $77,142.

Site preparation contractors by metro area in North Dakota

Census published site preparation contractor counts for 8 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of North Dakota. The largest is Fargo, ND-MN, with 44 establishments (a multi-state area; its count covers every state it spans). Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 45% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at site preparation contractors in North Dakota

64.9% of North Dakota's site preparation contractors with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 60.7% nationally. 78.8% 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 site preparation contractor in North Dakota has to catch

Excavation and site work contractors coordinate equipment, crews and permits across job sites. Builders and homeowners need to reach them quickly when schedules shift.

Calls a site preparation contractor in North Dakota might handle in a typical week include:

• The contractor calls a customer about access.
• A homeowner calls about grading a yard.
• A developer calls for a bid.

When nobody can pick up

After-hours calls are usually scheduling questions.

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

Phone system pricing for an 11-person site preparation contractor

Site preparation contractors in North Dakota average 10.8 employees, so the comparison uses an 11-person team. Per-seat business phone plans bill every one of those people. At month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026, 11 users on RingCentral RingEX Core cost $330.00 a month and 11 on Ooma Office Pro cost $274.45. On Callata the same 11 people cost $219.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

The annual difference against RingCentral's monthly list price comes to $1,332. Some vendors discount annual contracts; the table shows month-to-month prices.

Area codes in North Dakota

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

How Callata works for site preparation contractors in North Dakota

Callata Office costs $99 per month for up to 5 people, and each additional user is $20 a month. That covers up to 3 local numbers, calling from a browser or your cell, transcribed voicemail, recorded calls with AI summaries, after-hours routing and E911 on each number.

If you already have a number in North 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.