Get a local business phone number in Covina, CA
Covina's area code, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Covina number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 626
- Exchanges
- 126NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 26
- Population
- 49,245Census 2024 est.
Covina area codes
Covina city is a Census place in Los Angeles County, California, with an estimated 49,245 residents in 2024. All 126 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 626. Covina is in the Pacific time zone.
According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 626 are dialed as 1 plus ten digits and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.
| Area code | Exchanges here | Share | In service since | Overlay with | Time zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 626 | 126 | 100% | 1997 | none | Pacific |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file and NPA report, dated 10/01/2026.
Who holds Covina phone exchanges
26 carriers hold the 126 exchanges assigned to Covina's rate center. Frontier California INC. has the most, with 29. 78 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. A business number in Covina can come from any of these blocks; once it is yours, porting lets it move between providers.
| Carrier (NANPA operating company) | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Frontier California INC. | 29 | 23% |
| Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - CA | 21 | 17% |
| T-mobile USA, INC. | 13 | 10% |
| New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC | 12 | 9.5% |
| Metropcs Networks, LLC | 9 | 7.1% |
| Level 3 Communications, LLC - CA | 6 | 4.8% |
| U.s. Telepacific Corp. d/b/a TPX Communications | 6 | 4.8% |
| Onvoy, LLC - CA | 4 | 3.2% |
| Fractel, LLC | 4 | 3.2% |
| Teleport Communications America, LLC - CA | 3 | 2.4% |
| Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - CA | 3 | 2.4% |
| Onvoy Spectrum, LLC | 2 | 1.6% |
Carrier names are the operating company (OCN) names on NANPA's utilized central office code file dated 10/01/2026. A carrier holding a code may port numbers to other carriers.
Covina phone prefixes
Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Covina's rate center (COVINA). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 11 of the 126 were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 626 | 201, 206, 209, 214, 221, 222, 251, 252, 257, 259, 260, 261, 276, 290, 323, 324, 331, 332, 337, 338, 339, 343, 347, 364, 367, 373, 383, 384, 388, 391, 392, 393, 404, 412, 419, 422, 426, 430, 468, 472, 479, 480, 482, 483, 484, 485, 488, 494, 498, 502, 506, 521, 523, 533, 536, 541, 543, 549, 587, 591, 593, 598, 608, 612, 622, 634, 646, 653, 655, 664, 665, 671, 678, 690, 699, 705, 712, 718, 722, 727, 732, 736, 746, 756, 761, 772, 806, 813, 814, 824, 825, 826, 827, 833, 838, 848, 850, 851, 856, 858, 859, 860, 862, 869, 885, 889, 890, 893, 901, 915, 916, 917, 918, 919, 922, 926, 931, 938, 939, 945, 960, 962, 966, 967, 974, 991 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
When Covina's exchanges were assigned
The table groups Covina's exchanges by the decade NANPA recorded them as assigned.
| Decade assigned | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12 | 34% |
| 2010s | 12 | 34% |
| 2020s | 11 | 31% |
Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.
Rate centers and local calling in Covina
Phone numbers are tied to a rate center, the local calling area used to decide whether a call is local or toll. Covina's numbers are rated to the COVINA rate center in NANPA's records. A business number from one of the prefixes above shows up on customers' phones as a Covina number.
Keeping an existing Covina number costs nothing on Callata, because porting is free; a new number depends on what carriers have open in 626 when you pick it.
Businesses around Covina
Covina is part of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, home to 12.9 million people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 411,949 business establishments in the Los Angeles, CA metro area in 2023, employing 5,568,514 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are professional, scientific, and technical services (61,848), health care and social assistance (53,869), and retail trade (38,838).
| Industry | Establishments | Employees | Employees per establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician practices | 13,775 | 86,725 | 6.3 |
| Limited-service restaurants | 12,756 | 218,098 | 17.1 |
| Law offices | 11,330 | 74,795 | 6.6 |
| Full-service restaurants | 11,133 | 237,368 | 21.3 |
| Dental offices | 9,296 | 50,762 | 5.5 |
| Offices of real estate agents and brokers | 8,931 | 19,620 | 2.2 |
| Management consulting firms | 8,377 | 36,309 | 4.3 |
| Insurance agencies and brokerages | 5,786 | 31,913 | 5.5 |
Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.
Setting up a Covina business line
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 Covina 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 14 users, the rounded average establishment size in the Los Angeles, CA metro area. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $349.30 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $420.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. Callata comes to $279.00 a month for 14 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.
| Provider (plan) | Pricing basis | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callata (Callata Office) | $99 incl. 5 users, $20 per extra user | $279.00 | $3,348.00 |
| Quo (Starter) | $19.00 per user | $266.00 | $3,192.00 |
| Nextiva (Core) | $23.00 per user | $322.00 | $3,864.00 |
| Ooma (Office Pro) | $24.95 per user | $349.30 | $4,191.60 |
| Dialpad (Standard) | $27.00 per user | $378.00 | $4,536.00 |
| RingCentral (RingEX Core) | $30.00 per user | $420.00 | $5,040.00 |
Competitor prices are each vendor's published month-to-month list price per user for its lowest plan that includes business calling and texting, checked September 28, 2026: Quo Starter $19, Nextiva Core $23, Ooma Office Pro $24.95 (Essentials excludes texting; one-time $29.95 activation not included), Dialpad Standard $27, RingCentral RingEX Core $30 ($20 billed annually). Prices exclude taxes and fees and may change; annual contracts lower some competitors' prices.
Frequently asked questions
What area code is Covina, CA?
626. All exchanges NANPA lists for Covina are in 626.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Covina?
26, holding 126 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Covina business number?
Yes. Porting an existing number to Callata is free. Texting from it starts after carrier registration (10DLC), a one-time $49 fee.
How much is a business phone line in Covina?
Callata is $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user, with up to 3 local numbers; 14 users come to $279.00 a month. For comparison, 14 users on RingCentral RingEX Core list at $420.00 a month (checked September 28, 2026).