Get a local business phone number in Newark, AR

Newark area codes

Newark, in Independence County, Arkansas, had a Census-estimated population of 1,177 in July 2024. All 3 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 Newark may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Newark 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.

Newark exchanges by carrier

3 carriers hold the 3 exchanges assigned to Newark's rate center. New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - Il has the most, with 1. 3 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.

Exchanges (NPA-NXX) assigned in Newark

These are the central office codes NANPA records for Newark. A caller seeing one of them recognizes a local number. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2018. 1 of the 3 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Newark's exchanges were assigned

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

Rate centers and local calling in Newark

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

Keeping an existing Newark number costs nothing on Callata, because porting is free; a new number depends on what carriers have open in 870 when you pick it.

Businesses around Newark

Newark is part of the Batesville, AR micropolitan area, home to 38,345 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 810 business establishments in the Batesville, AR micropolitan area in 2023, employing 16,206 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (157), health care and social assistance (111), and other services (except public administration) (94).

A Newark number on Callata

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.

Porting a number you already use in Newark 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.

Per-seat phone plans multiply by headcount. For the rounded average establishment size in the Batesville, AR micropolitan area, 20 users on RingCentral RingEX Core come to $600.00 a month and on Ooma Office Pro $499.00, at month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026. Callata comes to $399.00 a month for 20 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.