Get a local business phone number in Selma, AL

What area code is Selma, AL?

With 16,312 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Selma sits in Dallas County, Alabama. NANPA lists 26 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 334 has the most (25, 96%). 334 is part of an overlay with 483, so a new local number in Selma may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Selma 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.

Who holds Selma phone exchanges

12 carriers hold the 26 exchanges assigned to Selma's rate center. Bellsouth Telecomm INC d/b/a South Central Bell Tel has the most, with 6. 19 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. The table counts codes by the operating company NANPA assigned them to, not by who serves each number today.

Local prefixes for Selma

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Selma's rate center (SELMA). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2002. 4 of the 26 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Selma's exchanges were assigned

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

Rate centers and local calling in Selma

NANPA ties every exchange to a rate center. For Selma that is SELMA, so a number from one of these exchanges reads as local to people in and around Selma.

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

Who does business near Selma

Selma is part of the Selma, AL micropolitan area, home to 35,545 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 651 business establishments in the Selma, AL micropolitan area in 2023, employing 9,170 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (136), other services (except public administration) (92), and health care and social assistance (81).

Setting up a Selma business line

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