Business phone system for limited-service restaurants in North Dakota

How many limited-service restaurants operate in North Dakota

County Business Patterns counts 510 establishments in North Dakota classified as Limited-Service Restaurants (NAICS 722513) for 2023. They employed 9,354 people in mid-March and reported $195.0 million in annual payroll. That is the 48th highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. Limited-service restaurants make up 2.0% of the 25,402 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) North Dakota has 64.0 limited-service restaurants, 19.4% below the national rate of 79.4. The average establishment has 18.3 employees against 18.4 nationally. Payroll per employee is $20,849, in line with the U.S. figure of $20,857.

Limited-service restaurants by metro area in North Dakota

Census published limited-service restaurant counts for 8 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of North Dakota. The largest is Fargo, ND-MN, with 188 establishments (a multi-state area; its count covers every state it spans). Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 43% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at limited-service restaurants in North Dakota

16.9% of North Dakota's limited-service restaurants with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 24.3% nationally. 29.7% 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.

What limited-service restaurants in North Dakota use the phone for

Counter-service restaurants take phone orders and catering requests while serving a line of customers. Calls need to be answered quickly or captured for a callback.

Typical inbound and outbound calls for limited-service restaurants in North Dakota:

• The restaurant calls a customer about an order delay.
• An office calls about catering for a meeting.
• A delivery driver calls for directions.

When nobody can pick up

After-hours callers usually want hours or catering information.

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

Phone system pricing for an 18-person limited-service restaurant

Limited-service restaurants in North Dakota average 18.3 employees, so the comparison uses an 18-person team. Per-seat business phone plans bill every one of those people. At month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026, 18 users on RingCentral RingEX Core cost $540.00 a month and 18 on Ooma Office Pro cost $449.10. On Callata the same 18 people cost $359.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

The annual difference against RingCentral's monthly list price comes to $2,172. 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 limited-service restaurants in North 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 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.