Get a local business phone number in Paragould, AR

Area codes in Paragould

Paragould, in Greene County, Arkansas, had a Census-estimated population of 30,680 in July 2024. NANPA lists 15 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 870 has the most (14, 93%). 870 is part of an overlay with 327, so a new local number in Paragould may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Paragould 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.

Phone carriers in Paragould

7 carriers hold the 15 exchanges assigned to Paragould's rate center. Southwestern Bell has the most, with 7. 10 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 Paragould

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Paragould's rate center (PARAGOULD). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 3 of the 15 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Paragould's exchanges were assigned

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

How local numbers work in Paragould

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

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

Who does business near Paragould

Paragould is part of the Paragould, AR micropolitan area, home to 46,928 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 842 business establishments in the Paragould, AR micropolitan area in 2023, employing 14,019 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (157), health care and social assistance (111), and other services (except public administration) (88).

Business phone service in Paragould

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.

If you already have a number in Paragould, 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.

Optional AI agents (receptionist, sales, support or scheduler) can answer calls after hours or when nobody picks up, take messages, text, email and transfer to your team. They are billed from prepaid AI minutes at $0.25 per minute, identify themselves as AI, and may only place outbound calls to people who consented, between 8am and 9pm.

The comparison below uses 17 users, the rounded average establishment size in the Paragould, AR micropolitan 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. On Callata the same 17 people cost $339.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.