Business phone system for masonry contractors in Mississippi

Masonry contractors in Mississippi by the numbers

County Business Patterns counts 52 establishments in Mississippi classified as Masonry Contractors (NAICS 238140) for 2023. They employed 223 people in mid-March and reported $7,438,000 in annual payroll. That is the 48th highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. Masonry contractors make up 0.09% of the 60,465 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) Mississippi has 1.8 masonry contractors, 67.1% below the national rate of 5.4. The average establishment has 4.3 employees against 7.7 nationally. Payroll per employee is $33,354, 45.8% below the U.S. figure of $61,509.

Masonry contractors by metro area in Mississippi

Census published masonry contractor counts for 4 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of Mississippi. The largest is Memphis, TN-MS-AR, with 28 establishments (a multi-state area; its count covers every state it spans). Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 50% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at masonry contractors in Mississippi

66.7% of Mississippi's masonry contractors with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 68.7% nationally. 90.2% 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.

What masonry contractors in Mississippi use the phone for

Masonry contractors take calls about brick, stone, chimneys and retaining walls, and crews are typically outdoors on site. A business line that rings field phones keeps estimates from slipping.

Typical inbound and outbound calls for masonry contractors in Mississippi:

• A homeowner calls about a crumbling chimney.
• A property manager calls about repointing.
• A builder calls about a stone veneer.

Calls after closing time

After-hours calls are mostly estimate requests.

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

Phone system pricing for a 4-person masonry contractor

Masonry contractors in Mississippi average 4.3 employees, so the comparison uses a 4-person team. On a per-user plan that headcount sets the bill: $99.80 a month on Ooma Office Pro or $120.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core at list price (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 Mississippi

Mississippi has 5 geographic area codes 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 masonry contractors in Mississippi

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 Mississippi, 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.