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La Puente's area code, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a La Puente number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 626
- Exchanges
- 64NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 18
- Population
- 36,670Census 2024 est.
What area code is La Puente, CA?
With 36,670 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, La Puente sits in Los Angeles County, California. All 64 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 626. La Puente 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 | 64 | 100% | 1997 | none | Pacific |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file and NPA report, dated 10/01/2026.
Who holds La Puente phone exchanges
18 carriers hold the 64 exchanges assigned to La Puente's rate center. Frontier California INC. has the most, with 19. 47 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.
| Carrier (NANPA operating company) | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Frontier California INC. | 19 | 30% |
| T-mobile USA, INC. | 12 | 19% |
| Fractel, LLC | 6 | 9.4% |
| Onvoy, LLC - CA | 5 | 7.8% |
| U.s. Telepacific Corp. d/b/a TPX Communications | 4 | 6.3% |
| Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC | 3 | 4.7% |
| Teleport Communications America, LLC - CA | 2 | 3.1% |
| Level 3 Communications, LLC - CA | 2 | 3.1% |
| Peerless Network of California, LLC - CA | 2 | 3.1% |
| Centurylink Communications, LLC | 1 | 1.6% |
| Paetec Itel, LLC | 1 | 1.6% |
| Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - CA | 1 | 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.
Local prefixes for La Puente
A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to La Puente. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2002. 13 of the 64 were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 626 | 217, 225, 269, 271, 295, 322, 330, 333, 336, 341, 346, 362, 363, 369, 413, 420, 435, 465, 474, 530, 559, 581, 600, 601, 606, 624, 626, 638, 640, 667, 702, 707, 709, 715, 723, 735, 754, 764, 778, 810, 820, 839, 845, 854, 855, 876, 880, 886, 912, 913, 923, 933, 934, 935, 937, 956, 961, 964, 965, 968, 977, 986, 996, 998 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
When La Puente's exchanges were assigned
Assignment dates show when each block of La Puente numbers was added to the local supply.
| Decade assigned | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 3.4% |
| 2010s | 15 | 52% |
| 2020s | 13 | 45% |
Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.
Rate centers and local calling in La Puente
NANPA ties every exchange to a rate center. For La Puente that is LA PUENTE, so a number from one of these exchanges reads as local to people in and around La Puente.
If your business already has a La Puente number, porting it to Callata is free and keeps it on your cards, listings and vehicles.
Who does business near La Puente
La Puente 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 La Puente business line
For $99 a month, Callata puts a team of up to 5 on one plan ($20 for each person after that): up to 3 local numbers, unlimited inbound calls, a pooled allowance of 1,500 outbound US and Canada minutes per user, browser and cell calling, voicemail transcription with urgency triage, recorded calls with AI summaries and business-hours routing, with E911 on every number.
If you already have a number in La Puente, 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 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. On Callata the same 14 people cost $279.00 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 | $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 La Puente, CA?
626. All exchanges NANPA lists for La Puente are in 626.
How many phone companies have exchanges in La Puente?
18, holding 64 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing La Puente 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 La Puente?
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).