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Laguna Beach's area codes, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Laguna Beach number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 949 / 714
- Exchanges
- 70NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 22
- Population
- 22,564Census 2024 est.
Area codes in Laguna Beach
With 22,564 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Laguna Beach sits in Orange County, California. NANPA lists 70 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 949 has the most (69, 99%). Laguna Beach is in the Pacific time zone.
According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 949 are dialed as 1 plus ten digits and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.
Phone carriers in Laguna Beach
22 carriers hold the 70 exchanges assigned to Laguna Beach's rate center. New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC has the most, with 21. 58 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 |
|---|---|---|
| New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC | 21 | 30% |
| Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - CA | 7 | 10% |
| T-mobile USA, INC. | 7 | 10% |
| Frontier California INC. | 7 | 10% |
| Fractel, LLC | 5 | 7.1% |
| Level 3 Communications, LLC - CA | 3 | 4.3% |
| Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - CA | 3 | 4.3% |
| Onvoy, LLC - CA | 3 | 4.3% |
| Matrix Telecom, LLC. S/i/i Tnci - CA | 1 | 1.4% |
| Paetec Itel, LLC | 1 | 1.4% |
| Shelcomm | 1 | 1.4% |
| Utility Telecom Group, LLC - CA | 1 | 1.4% |
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 Laguna Beach
Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Laguna Beach's rate center (LAGUNA BCH). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 26 of the 70 were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 714 | 915 |
| 949 | 204, 228, 235, 280, 281, 290, 295, 306, 313, 314, 315, 320, 338, 339, 342, 357, 371, 376, 395, 397, 403, 409, 415, 416, 424, 436, 463, 464, 484, 494, 497, 499, 510, 513, 516, 541, 549, 569, 593, 594, 607, 613, 627, 637, 663, 684, 692, 715, 730, 741, 746, 758, 765, 772, 779, 780, 782, 793, 813, 816, 828, 834, 843, 848, 879, 921, 935, 989, 995 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
When Laguna Beach's exchanges were assigned
The table groups Laguna Beach's exchanges by the decade NANPA recorded them as assigned.
| Decade assigned | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4 | 11% |
| 2010s | 8 | 21% |
| 2020s | 26 | 68% |
Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.
What makes a number local to Laguna Beach
NANPA ties every exchange to a rate center. For Laguna Beach that is LAGUNA BCH, so a number from one of these exchanges reads as local to people in and around Laguna Beach.
Keeping an existing Laguna Beach number costs nothing on Callata, because porting is free; a new number depends on what carriers have open in 949 when you pick it.
The local business market
Laguna Beach 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.
Business phone service in Laguna Beach
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 Laguna Beach 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 Laguna Beach, CA?
Laguna Beach has exchanges in 949 and 714; 949 has the most.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Laguna Beach?
22, holding 70 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Laguna Beach 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 Laguna Beach?
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).