Business phone system for marinas in New Jersey

Marinas in New Jersey by the numbers

County Business Patterns counts 180 establishments in New Jersey classified as Marinas (NAICS 713930) for 2023. They employed 999 people in mid-March and reported $57.2 million in annual payroll. That is the 5th highest count among the 48 states and DC with published figures. Marinas make up 0.08% of the 237,968 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) New Jersey has 1.9 marinas, 72.3% above the national rate of 1.1. The average establishment has 5.5 employees against 8.7 nationally. Payroll per employee is $57,213, 11.6% above the U.S. figure of $51,257.

New Jersey's largest markets for marinas

Census published marina counts for 4 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of New Jersey. The largest is New York, NY-NJ, with 335 establishments (a multi-state area; its count covers every state it spans). Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 22% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at marinas in New Jersey

64.8% of New Jersey's marinas with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 54.5% nationally. 83.2% had fewer than ten. At that size the phone is shared, so routing (who rings, when, and what happens after hours) matters more than the number of desk phones.

Calls a marina in New Jersey has to catch

Marinas take calls about slips, fuel, service and storage, often from boaters on the water. Staff are frequently on the docks. That holds for marinas in New Jersey as much as anywhere.

A few of the calls that come in to marinas in New Jersey:

• A boater calls about fuel dock hours.
• A boater calls about a transient slip.
• The marina calls a customer about a haul-out.

What marinas text about

Marinas text service updates and slip assignments.

Texting from a local number in New Jersey requires carrier registration (10DLC), a one-time $49 fee on Callata.

Phone system pricing for a 6-person marina

Marinas in New Jersey average 5.5 employees, so the comparison uses a 6-person team. On a per-user plan that headcount sets the bill: $149.70 a month on Ooma Office Pro or $180.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core at list price (checked September 28, 2026). Callata comes to $119.00 a month for 6 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.

Over a year, that is $732 less than RingCentral for a marina in New Jersey of that size. Annual contracts lower some competitors' prices, so compare the plan you would actually sign.

Area codes in New Jersey

New Jersey has 10 geographic area codes in service according to NANPA. Callata includes up to 3 local numbers, so a marina can hold a number in more than one of them.

How Callata works for marinas in New Jersey

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.

Porting a number you already use in New Jersey is free, and business texting is available once the carrier registration (10DLC) is approved; the registration carries a one-time $49 fee. Which specific numbers are open in a given area code depends on carrier inventory at the time you sign up.

AI agents are optional: an AI receptionist or scheduler can pick up when the team is busy or closed, take a message, send a text or email, or transfer the call. They draw on prepaid AI minutes ($0.25/minute), disclose that they are AI, and outbound AI calls require prior consent and are limited to 8am–9pm.