Get a local business phone number in Ashford, AL

Area codes in Ashford

With 2,397 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Ashford sits in Houston County, Alabama. All 3 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 334. 334 is part of an overlay with 483, so a new local number in Ashford may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Ashford is in the Central time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 334 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Ashford exchanges by carrier

2 carriers hold the 3 exchanges assigned to Ashford's rate center. Knology Total Communications, INC. has the most, with 2. 1 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. Holding a code means NANPA assigned that block of numbers to the carrier for this rate center; individual numbers may since have been ported elsewhere.

Exchanges (NPA-NXX) assigned in Ashford

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Ashford. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2018. None were assigned in 2020 or later.

How local numbers work in Ashford

What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Ashford, those come from the ASHFORD rate center, as recorded by NANPA.

If your business already has a Ashford number, porting it to Callata is free and keeps it on your cards, listings and vehicles.

Who does business near Ashford

Ashford is part of the Dothan, AL metro area, home to 155,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 3,594 business establishments in the Dothan, AL metro area in 2023, employing 52,879 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (674), health care and social assistance (414), and other services (except public administration) (390).

Business phone service in Ashford

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Porting a number you already use in Ashford is free, and business texting is available once the carrier registration (10DLC) is approved; the registration carries a one-time $49 fee. Which specific numbers are open in a given area code depends on carrier inventory at the time you sign up.

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A 15-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in the Dothan, AL metro area. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $450.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $374.25. Callata comes to $299.00 a month for 15 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.