Get a local business phone number in Scottsboro, AL

Area codes in Scottsboro

Scottsboro, in Jackson County, Alabama, had a Census-estimated population of 15,957 in July 2024. NANPA lists 33 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 256 has the most (18, 55%). 256 is part of an overlay with 938, so a new local number in Scottsboro may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Scottsboro is in the Central time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 256 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Phone carriers in Scottsboro

7 carriers hold the 33 exchanges assigned to Scottsboro's rate center. New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - Ga has the most, with 19. 29 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 Scottsboro

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Scottsboro's rate center (SCOTTSBORO). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2003. 19 of the 33 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Scottsboro's exchanges were assigned

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

How local numbers work in Scottsboro

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

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 256 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

The local business market

Scottsboro is part of the Scottsboro, AL micropolitan area, home to 53,780 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 876 business establishments in the Scottsboro, AL micropolitan area in 2023, employing 13,444 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (174), health care and social assistance (115), and other services (except public administration) (93).

Business phone service in Scottsboro

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