CallataGuidesGet a local business phone number in Santa Paula, CA
Santa Paula's area codes, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Santa Paula number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 805 / 820
- Exchanges
- 12NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 8
- Population
- 31,786Census 2024 est.
Area codes in Santa Paula
With 31,786 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Santa Paula sits in Ventura County, California. NANPA lists 12 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 805 has the most (10, 83%). 805 is part of an overlay with 820, so a new local number in Santa Paula may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Santa Paula 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 Paula
8 carriers hold the 12 exchanges assigned to Santa Paula's rate center. Frontier California INC. has the most, with 4. 10 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. A business number in Santa Paula can come from any of these blocks; once it is yours, porting lets it move between providers.
| Carrier (NANPA operating company) | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Frontier California INC. | 4 | 33% |
| Onvoy, LLC - CA | 2 | 17% |
| TWC Ip Enabled Services, LLC | 1 | 8.3% |
| Level 3 Telecom of California, LP - CA | 1 | 8.3% |
| Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - CA | 1 | 8.3% |
| Metropcs Networks, LLC | 1 | 8.3% |
| New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC | 1 | 8.3% |
| Fractel, LLC | 1 | 8.3% |
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.
Exchanges (NPA-NXX) assigned in Santa Paula
Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Santa Paula's rate center (SANTAPAULA). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2012. 1 of the 12 were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 805 | 229, 317, 392, 420, 421, 525, 749, 873, 921, 933 |
| 820 | 245, 777 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
When Santa Paula's exchanges were assigned
Assignment dates show when each block of Santa Paula numbers was added to the local supply.
| Decade assigned | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4 | 80% |
| 2020s | 1 | 20% |
Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.
Rate centers and local calling in Santa Paula
What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Santa Paula, those come from the SANTAPAULA rate center, as recorded by NANPA.
Keeping an existing Santa Paula number costs nothing on Callata, because porting is free; a new number depends on what carriers have open in 805 when you pick it.
Who does business near Santa Paula
Santa Paula is part of the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area, home to 835,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 22,992 business establishments in the Oxnard, CA metro area in 2023, employing 273,697 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are health care and social assistance (3,270), professional, scientific, and technical services (3,100), and retail trade (2,552).
| Industry | Establishments | Employees | Employees per establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician practices | 903 | 4,027 | 4.5 |
| Limited-service restaurants | 710 | 13,883 | 19.6 |
| Full-service restaurants | 584 | 13,076 | 22.4 |
| Dental offices | 486 | 2,964 | 6.1 |
| Offices of real estate agents and brokers | 454 | 1,070 | 2.4 |
| Law offices | 450 | 1,632 | 3.6 |
| Residential remodelers | 425 | 1,830 | 4.3 |
| Insurance agencies and brokerages | 413 | 1,813 | 4.4 |
Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.
Setting up a Santa Paula business line
Callata Office costs $99 per month for up to 5 people, and each additional user is $20 a month. That covers up to 3 local numbers, calling from a browser or your cell, transcribed voicemail, recorded calls with AI summaries, after-hours routing and E911 on each number.
If you already have a number in Santa Paula, 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 12 users, the rounded average establishment size in the Oxnard, CA metro area. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $299.40 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $360.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. On Callata the same 12 people cost $239.00 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 | $239.00 | $2,868.00 |
| Quo (Starter) | $19.00 per user | $228.00 | $2,736.00 |
| Nextiva (Core) | $23.00 per user | $276.00 | $3,312.00 |
| Ooma (Office Pro) | $24.95 per user | $299.40 | $3,592.80 |
| Dialpad (Standard) | $27.00 per user | $324.00 | $3,888.00 |
| RingCentral (RingEX Core) | $30.00 per user | $360.00 | $4,320.00 |
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 Paula, CA?
Santa Paula has exchanges in 805 and 820; 805 has the most.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Santa Paula?
8, holding 12 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Santa Paula 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 Paula?
Callata is $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user, with up to 3 local numbers; 12 users come to $239.00 a month. For comparison, 12 users on RingCentral RingEX Core list at $360.00 a month (checked September 28, 2026).