Business phone system for general freight trucking companies (local) in South Dakota

How many general freight trucking companies (local) operate in South Dakota

County Business Patterns counts 136 establishments in South Dakota classified as General Freight Trucking, Local (NAICS 484110) for 2023. They employed 553 people in mid-March and reported $27.8 million in annual payroll. That is the 42nd highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. General freight trucking companies (local) make up 0.47% of the 29,106 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) South Dakota has 14.7 general freight trucking companies (local), 8.0% above the national rate of 13.6. The average establishment has 4.1 employees against 6.1 nationally. Payroll per employee is $50,250, 3.0% below the U.S. figure of $51,807.

South Dakota's largest markets for general freight trucking companies (local)

Census published local trucking company counts for 11 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of South Dakota. The largest is Sioux Falls, SD-MN, with 34 establishments (a multi-state area; its count covers every state it spans). Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 41% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at general freight trucking companies (local) in South Dakota

79.4% of South Dakota's general freight trucking companies (local) with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 77.6% nationally. 87.5% 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 local trucking company in South Dakota has to catch

Local freight carriers coordinate drivers, shippers and receivers throughout the day. Dispatchers need calls routed to them and drivers need to call from the road with a business number.

Calls a local trucking company in South Dakota might handle in a typical week include:

• A shipper calls to book a pickup.
• A broker calls about a load.
• A driver calls dispatch about a delay.

After-hours calls

Early-morning and evening calls from drivers are routine.

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 local trucking company in South Dakota

General freight trucking companies (local) in South Dakota average 4.1 employees, so the comparison uses a 4-person team. Priced per seat, 4 users would run $120.00 a month on RingCentral RingEX Core and $99.80 on Ooma Office Pro (month-to-month list prices, checked September 28, 2026). On Callata the same 4 people cost $99.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

The annual difference against RingCentral's monthly list price comes to $252. 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 shippers know, subject to carrier inventory, or port your current number for free.

How Callata works for general freight trucking companies (local) 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.