Business phone system for full-service restaurants in Mississippi

How many full-service restaurants operate in Mississippi

Mississippi had 1,752 full-service restaurants in 2023, according to Census County Business Patterns (NAICS 722511, Full-Service Restaurants). They employed 36,665 people in mid-March and reported $768.3 million in annual payroll. That is the 35th highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. Full-service restaurants make up 2.9% of the 60,465 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) Mississippi has 59.5 full-service restaurants, 21.7% below the national rate of 76.0. The average establishment has 20.9 employees against 20.8 nationally. Payroll per employee is $20,953, 25.2% below the U.S. figure of $28,018.

Full-service restaurants by metro area in Mississippi

Census published full-service restaurant counts for 21 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of Mississippi. The largest is Memphis, TN-MS-AR, with 849 establishments (a multi-state area; its count covers every state it spans). Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 77% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at full-service restaurants in Mississippi

23.6% of Mississippi's full-service restaurants with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 26.3% nationally. 41.3% 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.

Why the phone matters for full-service restaurants in Mississippi

Restaurants take reservations, takeout orders and catering inquiries by phone during the same rush when staff are busiest. Unanswered calls during service often mean lost covers. That holds for full-service restaurants in Mississippi as much as anywhere.

A few of the calls that come in to full-service restaurants in Mississippi:

• The restaurant calls a guest to confirm a reservation.
• A customer calls in a takeout order.
• An event planner calls about a private room.

After-hours calls

After closing, callers want hours and reservations, which a greeting or AI receptionist can handle.

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

Callata vs. per-seat pricing for full-service restaurants in Mississippi

Full-service restaurants in Mississippi average 20.9 employees, so the comparison uses a 21-person team. Per-seat business phone plans bill every one of those people. At month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026, 21 users on RingCentral RingEX Core cost $630.00 a month and 21 on Ooma Office Pro cost $523.95. On Callata the same 21 people cost $419.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

The annual difference against RingCentral's monthly list price comes to $2,532. 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 guests know, subject to carrier inventory, or port your current number for free.

How Callata works for full-service restaurants in Mississippi

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 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.