Get a local business phone number in Highland, CA
Highland's area codes, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Highland number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 909 / 840
- Exchanges
- 25NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 11
- Population
- 56,499Census 2024 est.
Highland area codes
Highland city is a Census place in San Bernardino County, California, with an estimated 56,499 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 25 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 909 has the most (20, 80%). 909 is part of an overlay with 840, so a new local number in Highland may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Highland is in the Pacific time zone.
According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 909 are dialed as 1 plus ten digits and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.
Highland exchanges by carrier
11 carriers hold the 25 exchanges assigned to Highland's rate center. Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - CA has the most, with 7. 16 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.
| Carrier (NANPA operating company) | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - CA | 7 | 28% |
| Pacific Bell | 5 | 20% |
| T-mobile USA, INC. | 3 | 12% |
| Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - CA | 3 | 12% |
| Fractel, LLC | 1 | 4.0% |
| Ip Horizon LLC | 1 | 4.0% |
| AT&T Enterprises, LLC | 1 | 4.0% |
| New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC | 1 | 4.0% |
| Level 3 Telecom of California, LP - CA | 1 | 4.0% |
| 33 Wireless INC. | 1 | 4.0% |
| Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC | 1 | 4.0% |
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.
Highland phone prefixes
Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Highland's rate center (HIGHLAND). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 6 of the 25 were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 840 | 215, 247, 258, 899, 998 |
| 909 | 280, 359, 362, 425, 633, 647, 649, 672, 725, 737, 742, 759, 834, 838, 855, 862, 863, 864, 907, 936 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
When Highland's exchanges were assigned
Assignment dates show when each block of Highland numbers was added to the local supply.
| Decade assigned | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4 | 31% |
| 2010s | 3 | 23% |
| 2020s | 6 | 46% |
Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.
How local numbers work in Highland
What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Highland, those come from the HIGHLAND rate center, as recorded by NANPA.
Keeping an existing Highland number costs nothing on Callata, because porting is free; a new number depends on what carriers have open in 909 when you pick it.
The local business market
Highland is part of the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area, home to 4.7 million people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 88,815 business establishments in the Riverside, CA metro area in 2023, employing 1,406,138 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are health care and social assistance (11,275), retail trade (10,992), and construction (9,892).
| Industry | Establishments | Employees | Employees per establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limited-service restaurants | 3,907 | 77,317 | 19.8 |
| Physician practices | 2,650 | 22,783 | 8.6 |
| Full-service restaurants | 2,583 | 56,869 | 22.0 |
| Offices of real estate agents and brokers | 1,934 | 3,888 | 2.0 |
| Dental offices | 1,904 | 12,827 | 6.7 |
| General freight trucking companies (local) | 1,711 | 6,633 | 3.9 |
| Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors | 1,442 | 13,434 | 9.3 |
| Residential remodelers | 1,368 | 5,743 | 4.2 |
Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.
Business phone service in Highland
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.
If you already have a number in Highland, 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 16 users, the rounded average establishment size in the Riverside, CA metro area. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $399.20 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $480.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. On Callata the same 16 people cost $319.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.
| Provider (plan) | Pricing basis | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callata (Callata Office) | $99 incl. 5 users, $20 per extra user | $319.00 | $3,828.00 |
| Quo (Starter) | $19.00 per user | $304.00 | $3,648.00 |
| Nextiva (Core) | $23.00 per user | $368.00 | $4,416.00 |
| Ooma (Office Pro) | $24.95 per user | $399.20 | $4,790.40 |
| Dialpad (Standard) | $27.00 per user | $432.00 | $5,184.00 |
| RingCentral (RingEX Core) | $30.00 per user | $480.00 | $5,760.00 |
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 Highland, CA?
Highland has exchanges in 909 and 840; 909 has the most.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Highland?
11, holding 25 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Highland 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 Highland?
Callata is $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user, with up to 3 local numbers; 16 users come to $319.00 a month. For comparison, 16 users on RingCentral RingEX Core list at $480.00 a month (checked September 28, 2026).