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Los Gatos's area codes, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Los Gatos number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 408 / 669
- Exchanges
- 37NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 13
- Population
- 32,952Census 2024 est.
What area code is Los Gatos, CA?
Los Gatos town is a Census place in Santa Clara County, California, with an estimated 32,952 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 37 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 408 has the most (24, 65%). 408 is part of an overlay with 669, so a new local number in Los Gatos may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Los Gatos is in the Pacific time zone.
According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 408 are dialed as 1 plus ten digits and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.
Who holds Los Gatos phone exchanges
13 carriers hold the 37 exchanges assigned to Los Gatos's rate center. Frontier California INC. has the most, with 9. 30 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. | 9 | 24% |
| Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - CA | 6 | 16% |
| New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC | 5 | 14% |
| T-mobile USA, INC. | 3 | 8.1% |
| Fractel, LLC | 3 | 8.1% |
| Peerless Network of California, LLC - CA | 2 | 5.4% |
| Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - CA | 2 | 5.4% |
| Level 3 Communications, LLC - CA | 2 | 5.4% |
| Onvoy, LLC - CA | 1 | 2.7% |
| Pacific Bell (competitive) | 1 | 2.7% |
| U.s. Telepacific Corp. d/b/a TPX Communications | 1 | 2.7% |
| Teleport Communications America, LLC - CA | 1 | 2.7% |
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 Los Gatos
These are the central office codes NANPA records for Los Gatos. A caller seeing one of them recognizes a local number. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 7 of the 37 were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 408 | 317, 335, 348, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 384, 395, 399, 402, 438, 442, 455, 458, 502, 560, 596, 656, 698, 827, 884 |
| 669 | 208, 221, 232, 233, 240, 271, 291, 346, 356, 363, 639, 758, 899 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
When Los Gatos's exchanges were assigned
Assignment dates show when each block of Los Gatos numbers was added to the local supply.
| Decade assigned | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4 | 20% |
| 2010s | 9 | 45% |
| 2020s | 7 | 35% |
Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.
What makes a number local to Los Gatos
What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Los Gatos, those come from the LOS GATOS rate center, as recorded by NANPA.
Keeping an existing Los Gatos number costs nothing on Callata, because porting is free; a new number depends on what carriers have open in 408 when you pick it.
Businesses around Los Gatos
Los Gatos is part of the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area, home to 2.0 million people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 50,322 business establishments in the San Jose, CA metro area in 2023, employing 1,185,619 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are professional, scientific, and technical services (8,761), health care and social assistance (6,467), and accommodation and food services (5,230).
| Industry | Establishments | Employees | Employees per establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full-service restaurants | 1,743 | 32,332 | 18.5 |
| Limited-service restaurants | 1,647 | 28,627 | 17.4 |
| Custom computer programming services firms | 1,640 | 52,263 | 31.9 |
| Dental offices | 1,566 | 9,786 | 6.2 |
| Physician practices | 1,164 | 10,553 | 9.1 |
| Offices of real estate agents and brokers | 1,159 | 3,412 | 2.9 |
| Residential remodelers | 914 | 4,459 | 4.9 |
| Computer systems design services firms | 902 | 24,542 | 27.2 |
Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.
A Los Gatos number on Callata
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 Los Gatos, 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.
A 24-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in the San Jose, CA metro area. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $720.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $598.80. On Callata the same 24 people cost $479.00 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 | $479.00 | $5,748.00 |
| Quo (Starter) | $19.00 per user | $456.00 | $5,472.00 |
| Nextiva (Core) | $23.00 per user | $552.00 | $6,624.00 |
| Ooma (Office Pro) | $24.95 per user | $598.80 | $7,185.60 |
| Dialpad (Standard) | $27.00 per user | $648.00 | $7,776.00 |
| RingCentral (RingEX Core) | $30.00 per user | $720.00 | $8,640.00 |
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 Los Gatos, CA?
Los Gatos has exchanges in 408 and 669; 408 has the most.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Los Gatos?
13, holding 37 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Los Gatos 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 Los Gatos?
Callata is $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user, with up to 3 local numbers; 24 users come to $479.00 a month. For comparison, 24 users on RingCentral RingEX Core list at $720.00 a month (checked September 28, 2026).