Get a local business phone number in Fort Smith, AR

Area codes in Fort Smith

Fort Smith city is a Census place in Sebastian County, Arkansas, with an estimated 90,507 residents in 2024. All 89 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 479. Fort Smith is in the Central time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 479 are dialed as seven digits and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Phone carriers in Fort Smith

25 carriers hold the 89 exchanges assigned to Fort Smith's rate center. New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - Il has the most, with 24. 58 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 Fort Smith

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Fort Smith's rate center (FORT SMITH). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 28 of the 89 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Fort Smith's exchanges were assigned

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

Rate centers and local calling in Fort Smith

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

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

Who does business near Fort Smith

Fort Smith is part of the Fort Smith, AR-OK metro area, home to 233,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 5,123 business establishments in the Fort Smith, AR-OK metro area in 2023, employing 82,941 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (821), health care and social assistance (706), and accommodation and food services (499).

Setting up a Fort Smith business line

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If you already have a number in Fort Smith, 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.

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