Business phone system for solid waste collection companies in North Dakota

How many solid waste collection companies operate in North Dakota

County Business Patterns counts 53 establishments in North Dakota classified as Solid Waste Collection (NAICS 562111) for 2023. That is the 44th highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. Solid waste collection companies make up 0.21% of the 25,402 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) North Dakota has 6.7 solid waste collection companies, 106.1% above the national rate of 3.2.

North Dakota's largest markets for solid waste collection companies

Census published waste collection company counts for 6 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of North Dakota. The largest is Fargo, ND-MN, with 8 establishments (a multi-state area; its count covers every state it spans). Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 34% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at solid waste collection companies in North Dakota

54.7% of North Dakota's solid waste collection companies with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 43.6% nationally. 75.5% 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 solid waste collection companies in North Dakota use the phone for

Waste haulers take calls about missed pickups, dumpster rentals and billing. Customers want quick answers when a pickup is missed.

Typical inbound and outbound calls for solid waste collection companies in North Dakota:

• A customer calls about a missed pickup.
• A customer calls about a billing question.
• A business calls about adding service.

After-hours calls

After-hours calls are usually service requests for the next day.

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 waste collection company in North Dakota

The comparison uses a 22-person team, the rounded U.S. average for solid waste collection companies. Priced per seat, 22 users would run $660.00 a month on RingCentral RingEX Core and $548.90 on Ooma Office Pro (month-to-month list prices, checked September 28, 2026). On Callata the same 22 people cost $439.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

The annual difference against RingCentral's monthly list price comes to $2,652. Some vendors discount annual contracts; the table shows month-to-month prices.

Area codes in North Dakota

North Dakota has 1 geographic area code 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 solid waste collection companies in North Dakota

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 North Dakota, 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.