Get a local business phone number in Bakersfield, CA

Area codes in Bakersfield

Bakersfield, in Kern County, California, had a Census-estimated population of 417,468 in July 2024. NANPA lists 237 exchanges for its rate centers across 2 area codes; 661 has the most (229, 97%). Bakersfield is in the Pacific time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 661 are dialed as seven digits and toll calls as seven digits.

Bakersfield exchanges by carrier

40 carriers hold the 237 exchanges assigned to Bakersfield's rate centers. Pacific Bell has the most, with 64. 179 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 Bakersfield

These are the central office codes NANPA records for Bakersfield. A caller seeing one of them recognizes a local number. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 36 of the 237 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Bakersfield's exchanges were assigned

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

What makes a number local to Bakersfield

What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Bakersfield, those come from 3 rate centers (BKFD MAIN, BKFD NORTH, and BKFD SOUTH), as recorded by NANPA.

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

The local business market

Bakersfield is part of the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area, home to 923,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 14,352 business establishments in the Bakersfield, CA metro area in 2023, employing 219,016 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (2,007), health care and social assistance (1,896), and accommodation and food services (1,590).

A Bakersfield 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 Bakersfield 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 Bakersfield, CA metro area, 15 users on RingCentral RingEX Core come to $450.00 a month and on Ooma Office Pro $374.25, at month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026. Callata comes to $299.00 a month for 15 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.