Get a local business phone number in Bay, AR

Bay area codes

Bay city is a Census place in Craighead County, Arkansas, with an estimated 1,817 residents in 2024. All 5 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 870. 870 is part of an overlay with 327, so a new local number in Bay may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Bay is in the Central time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 870 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Who holds Bay phone exchanges

4 carriers hold the 5 exchanges assigned to Bay's rate center. CSC Voice, LLC has the most, with 2. 4 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.

Bay phone prefixes

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Bay. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2007. None were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Bay's exchanges were assigned

The table groups Bay's exchanges by the decade NANPA recorded them as assigned.

Rate centers and local calling in Bay

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

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

Businesses around Bay

Bay is part of the Jonesboro, AR metro area, home to 138,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 3,121 business establishments in the Jonesboro, AR metro area in 2023, employing 52,570 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (520), health care and social assistance (445), and accommodation and food services (305).

Setting up a Bay business line

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.

Porting a number you already use in Bay 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.

AI agents are optional: an AI receptionist or scheduler can pick up when the team is busy or closed, take a message, send a text or email, or transfer the call. They draw on prepaid AI minutes ($0.25/minute), disclose that they are AI, and outbound AI calls require prior consent and are limited to 8am–9pm.

The comparison below uses 17 users, the rounded average establishment size in the Jonesboro, AR metro area. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $424.15 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $510.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. Callata comes to $339.00 a month for 17 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.