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Santa Maria's area codes, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Santa Maria number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 805 / 820
- Exchanges
- 51NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 16
- Population
- 111,346Census 2024 est.
What area code is Santa Maria, CA?
Santa Maria city is a Census place in Santa Barbara County, California, with an estimated 111,346 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 51 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 805 has the most (45, 88%). 805 is part of an overlay with 820, so a new local number in Santa Maria may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Santa Maria is in the Pacific time zone.
According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 805 are dialed as 1 plus ten digits and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.
Phone carriers in Santa Maria
16 carriers hold the 51 exchanges assigned to Santa Maria's rate center. Frontier California INC. has the most, with 16. 35 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. | 16 | 31% |
| Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - CA | 10 | 20% |
| New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC | 6 | 12% |
| T-mobile USA, INC. | 3 | 5.9% |
| Level 3 Communications, LLC - CA | 3 | 5.9% |
| Onvoy, LLC - CA | 2 | 3.9% |
| Fractel, LLC | 2 | 3.9% |
| Metropcs, INC. | 1 | 2.0% |
| Ymax Communications Corp. - CA | 1 | 2.0% |
| Pacific Bell (competitive) | 1 | 2.0% |
| Level 3 Telecom of California, LP - CA | 1 | 2.0% |
| Teleport Communications America, LLC - CA | 1 | 2.0% |
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.
Local prefixes for Santa Maria
A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Santa Maria. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 7 of the 51 were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 805 | 260, 264, 266, 268, 287, 310, 314, 332, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 352, 354, 357, 361, 363, 406, 478, 554, 598, 608, 614, 615, 621, 623, 631, 714, 720, 739, 803, 862, 863, 867, 868, 878, 922, 925, 928, 934, 937, 938, 998, 999 |
| 820 | 221, 227, 244, 248, 899, 946 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
When Santa Maria's exchanges were assigned
The table groups Santa Maria's exchanges by the decade NANPA recorded them as assigned.
| Decade assigned | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11 | 42% |
| 2010s | 8 | 31% |
| 2020s | 7 | 27% |
Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.
Rate centers and local calling in Santa Maria
What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Santa Maria, those come from the SANTAMARIA rate center, as recorded by NANPA.
If your business already has a Santa Maria number, porting it to Callata is free and keeps it on your cards, listings and vehicles.
Businesses around Santa Maria
Santa Maria is part of the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metro area, home to 445,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 12,484 business establishments in the Santa Maria, CA metro area in 2023, employing 160,460 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are professional, scientific, and technical services (1,569), health care and social assistance (1,558), and retail trade (1,479).
| Industry | Establishments | Employees | Employees per establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limited-service restaurants | 420 | 7,700 | 18.3 |
| Full-service restaurants | 404 | 8,974 | 22.2 |
| Physician practices | 395 | 3,017 | 7.6 |
| Landscaping services | 261 | 2,072 | 7.9 |
| Law offices | 243 | 935 | 3.8 |
| Offices of real estate agents and brokers | 242 | — | — |
| Dental offices | 240 | 1,677 | 7.0 |
| Residential remodelers | 228 | 1,289 | 5.7 |
Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.
Setting up a Santa Maria 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.
Porting a number you already use in Santa Maria 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 13-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in the Santa Maria, CA metro area. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $390.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $324.35. Callata comes to $259.00 a month for 13 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 | $259.00 | $3,108.00 |
| Quo (Starter) | $19.00 per user | $247.00 | $2,964.00 |
| Nextiva (Core) | $23.00 per user | $299.00 | $3,588.00 |
| Ooma (Office Pro) | $24.95 per user | $324.35 | $3,892.20 |
| Dialpad (Standard) | $27.00 per user | $351.00 | $4,212.00 |
| RingCentral (RingEX Core) | $30.00 per user | $390.00 | $4,680.00 |
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 Santa Maria, CA?
Santa Maria has exchanges in 805 and 820; 805 has the most.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Santa Maria?
16, holding 51 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Santa Maria 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 Santa Maria?
Callata is $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user, with up to 3 local numbers; 13 users come to $259.00 a month. For comparison, 13 users on RingCentral RingEX Core list at $390.00 a month (checked September 28, 2026).