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Long Beach's area code, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Long Beach number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 562
- Exchanges
- 186NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 26
- Population
- 450,901Census 2024 est.
What area code is Long Beach, CA?
With 450,901 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Long Beach sits in Los Angeles County, California. All 186 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 562. Long Beach is in the Pacific time zone.
According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 562 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 562 | 186 | 100% | 1997 | none | Pacific |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file and NPA report, dated 10/01/2026.
Who holds Long Beach phone exchanges
26 carriers hold the 186 exchanges assigned to Long Beach's rate center. Frontier California INC. has the most, with 36. 124 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Frontier California INC. | 36 | 19% |
| New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC | 31 | 17% |
| Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - CA | 26 | 14% |
| T-mobile USA, INC. | 24 | 13% |
| Onvoy, LLC - CA | 13 | 7.0% |
| Level 3 Communications, LLC - CA | 7 | 3.8% |
| U.s. Telepacific Corp. d/b/a TPX Communications | 7 | 3.8% |
| Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - CA | 6 | 3.2% |
| Charter Ip Enabled Services, LLC | 4 | 2.2% |
| Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC | 4 | 2.2% |
| Onvoy Spectrum, LLC | 4 | 2.2% |
| Teleport Communications America, LLC - CA | 3 | 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.
Long Beach phone prefixes
A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Long Beach. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 41 of the 186 were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 562 | 200, 206, 216, 218, 221, 233, 243, 244, 247, 253, 254, 256, 257, 264, 269, 270, 276, 277, 279, 283, 285, 289, 290, 294, 304, 305, 308, 310, 313, 317, 323, 326, 327, 335, 336, 337, 349, 350, 355, 362, 366, 369, 380, 388, 394, 400, 422, 423, 424, 426, 427, 428, 432, 435, 436, 437, 453, 471, 472, 473, 477, 480, 481, 482, 485, 486, 487, 489, 490, 491, 492, 495, 499, 505, 506, 507, 508, 512, 513, 514, 515, 517, 518, 519, 522, 527, 528, 532, 533, 534, 535, 537, 540, 542, 544, 548, 549, 552, 554, 560, 563, 570, 572, 573, 577, 580, 585, 590, 591, 595, 599, 605, 606, 607, 610, 612, 617, 619, 620, 624, 625, 628, 637, 642, 661, 664, 673, 675, 676, 681, 682, 683, 684, 685, 704, 706, 708, 714, 717, 718, 721, 726, 728, 733, 736, 738, 743, 751, 753, 754, 756, 759, 760, 769, 772, 778, 786, 787, 798, 800, 810, 812, 822, 824, 833, 843, 850, 852, 855, 881, 896, 900, 901, 912, 933, 951, 972, 978, 980, 981, 983, 984, 988, 989, 997, 999 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
When Long Beach's exchanges were assigned
The table groups Long Beach's exchanges by the decade NANPA recorded them as assigned.
| Decade assigned | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22 | 28% |
| 2010s | 15 | 19% |
| 2020s | 41 | 53% |
Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.
Rate centers and local calling in Long Beach
Phone numbers are tied to a rate center, the local calling area used to decide whether a call is local or toll. Long Beach's numbers are rated to the LONG BEACH rate center in NANPA's records. A business number from one of the prefixes above shows up on customers' phones as a Long Beach number.
If your business already has a Long Beach number, porting it to Callata is free and keeps it on your cards, listings and vehicles.
Businesses around Long Beach
Long 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.
A Long Beach number on Callata
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.
Porting a number you already use in Long 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.
A 14-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in the Los Angeles, CA metro area. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $420.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $349.30. 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 Long Beach, CA?
562. All exchanges NANPA lists for Long Beach are in 562.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Long Beach?
26, holding 186 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Long 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 Long 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).