Business phone system for residential remodelers in Hattiesburg, MS

Residential remodelers in Hattiesburg, MS by the numbers

County Business Patterns counts 20 residential remodelers (NAICS 236118, Residential Remodelers) in the Hattiesburg, MS metro area for 2023. Together they reported 71 mid-March employees and $2,340,000 of payroll for the year. That ranks 524th of the 883 metro and micropolitan areas where Census published a count for this industry.

With 157,000 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, that is 12.8 residential remodelers per 100,000 people, 67.9% below the national rate of 39.8. Establishments average 3.5 employees, in line with the U.S. average of 3.5. Payroll per employee comes to $32,958, 42.1% below the national $56,954.

How big residential remodelers in Hattiesburg, MS are

Of the residential remodelers in Hattiesburg, MS that had employees in March 2023, 77.8% had fewer than five (the U.S. share is 81.0%). 100.0% had fewer than ten. Small teams usually share the phone: the person who answers is often also serving a customer or doing the job, which is when calls get missed.

Calls a residential remodeler in Hattiesburg, MS has to catch

Remodelers sell projects through consultations and manage them through many calls with homeowners, subcontractors and suppliers. Keeping every call on a business line helps the whole team see project history.

Calls a residential remodeler in Hattiesburg, MS might handle in a typical week include:

• An inspector calls to confirm an inspection.
• A subcontractor calls about a schedule change.
• The remodeler calls a homeowner to review a change order.

Calls after closing time

Homeowners often call in the evening to discuss projects, so transcribed voicemails help.

Callata transcribes voicemail and triages it for urgency, so the first callback in the morning can go to the caller who needs it most.

Phone system pricing for a 4-person residential remodeler

The average residential remodeler in Hattiesburg, MS has 3.5 employees, so a 4-person team is a reasonable benchmark. Per-seat business phone plans bill every one of those people. At month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026, 4 users on RingCentral RingEX Core cost $120.00 a month and 4 on Ooma Office Pro cost $99.80. 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.

Which area code to use in Hattiesburg, MS

NANPA records place the exchanges of the area's named cities and towns in 2 area codes. 601 has the most, with 77 of 94 exchanges (82%). Callata's plan includes up to 3 local numbers; you can pick them in the area codes your homeowners recognize, subject to carrier inventory, or port the number you already have for free.

How Callata works for residential remodelers

Callata is a business phone system priced at $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user. Callata Office includes up to 3 local business numbers, unlimited inbound calling, 1,500 pooled outbound US and Canada minutes per user each month, a browser softphone that can also ring your cell, voicemail with transcription, call recording with AI summaries, business-hours routing and E911 on every number.

If you already have a number in Hattiesburg, MS, 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.