Get a local business phone number in Clayton, AL

Area codes in Clayton

Clayton, in Barbour County, Alabama, had a Census-estimated population of 2,192 in July 2024. All 7 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 Clayton may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Clayton 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.

Phone carriers in Clayton

6 carriers hold the 7 exchanges assigned to Clayton's rate center. Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - Al has the most, with 2. 6 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 Clayton

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Clayton's rate center (CLAYTON). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2002. 2 of the 7 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Clayton's exchanges were assigned

Assignment dates show when each block of Clayton numbers was added to the local supply.

Rate centers and local calling in Clayton

Phone numbers are tied to a rate center, the local calling area used to decide whether a call is local or toll. Clayton's numbers are rated to the CLAYTON rate center in NANPA's records. A business number from one of the prefixes above shows up on customers' phones as a Clayton number.

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 334 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

Who does business near Clayton

Clayton is part of the Eufaula, AL-GA micropolitan area, home to 26,681 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 446 business establishments in the Eufaula, AL-GA micropolitan area in 2023, employing 6,441 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (86), accommodation and food services (53), and other services (except public administration) (50).

Setting up a Clayton business line

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 Clayton, 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.

A 14-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in the Eufaula, AL-GA micropolitan area. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $420.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $349.30. On Callata the same 14 people cost $279.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.