Business phone system for marinas in Minnesota

How many marinas operate in Minnesota

The Census Bureau counted 66 marinas in Minnesota in its 2023 County Business Patterns (NAICS 713930). They employed 305 people in mid-March and reported $19.1 million in annual payroll. That is the 19th highest count among the 48 states and DC with published figures. Marinas make up 0.04% of the 154,455 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) Minnesota has 1.1 marinas, 3.6% above the national rate of 1.1. The average establishment has 4.6 employees against 8.7 nationally. Payroll per employee is $62,633, 22.2% above the U.S. figure of $51,257.

Marinas by metro area in Minnesota

Census published marina counts for 4 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of Minnesota. The largest is Minneapolis, MN-WI, with 40 establishments (a multi-state area; its count covers every state it spans). Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 12% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at marinas in Minnesota

65.6% of Minnesota's marinas with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 54.5% nationally. 92.2% 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.

Calls a marina in Minnesota has to catch

Marinas take calls about slips, fuel, service and storage, often from boaters on the water. Staff are frequently on the docks.

Calls a marina in Minnesota might handle in a typical week include:

• A boater calls about a transient slip.
• A boater calls about service.
• The marina calls a customer about a haul-out.

After-hours calls

Boaters call evenings and weekends.

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 marina in Minnesota

Marinas in Minnesota average 4.6 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 Minnesota

Minnesota has 8 geographic area codes in service according to NANPA. You can choose local numbers in the area codes your boaters know, subject to carrier inventory, or port your current number for free.

How Callata works for marinas in Minnesota

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 Minnesota, 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.