Business phone system for residential remodelers in Texas

Residential remodelers in Texas by the numbers

County Business Patterns counts 6,224 establishments in Texas classified as Residential Remodelers (NAICS 236118) for 2023. They employed 23,064 people in mid-March and reported $1.4 billion in annual payroll. That is the 4th highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. Residential remodelers make up 0.93% of the 670,878 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) Texas has 19.9 residential remodelers, 50.0% below the national rate of 39.8. The average establishment has 3.7 employees against 3.5 nationally. Payroll per employee is $59,051, 3.7% above the U.S. figure of $56,954.

Residential remodelers by metro area in Texas

Census published residential remodeler counts for 53 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of Texas. The largest is Dallas, TX, with 1,851 establishments. Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 95% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at residential remodelers in Texas

81.3% of Texas's residential remodelers with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 81.0% nationally. 92.9% 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 residential remodeler in Texas 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. That holds for residential remodelers in Texas as much as anywhere.

Calls a residential remodeler in Texas might handle in a typical week include:

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

After-hours calls

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

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 residential remodeler in Texas

Residential remodelers in Texas average 3.7 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 Texas

Texas has 29 geographic area codes in service according to NANPA. You can choose local numbers in the area codes your homeowners know, subject to carrier inventory, or port your current number for free.

How Callata works for residential remodelers in Texas

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.

If you already have a number in Texas, 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.