Get a local business phone number in Westminster, CA
Westminster's area codes, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Westminster number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 657 / 714
- Exchanges
- 105NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 18
- Population
- 89,537Census 2024 est.
Area codes in Westminster
Westminster city is a Census place in Orange County, California, with an estimated 89,537 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 105 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 657 has the most (60, 57%). 657 is part of an overlay with 714, so a new local number in Westminster may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Westminster is in the Pacific time zone.
According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 657 are dialed as 1 plus ten digits and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.
Phone carriers in Westminster
18 carriers hold the 105 exchanges assigned to Westminster's rate center. Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - CA has the most, with 43. 83 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - CA | 43 | 41% |
| Frontier California INC. | 17 | 16% |
| T-mobile USA, INC. | 16 | 15% |
| New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC | 7 | 6.7% |
| Onvoy, LLC - CA | 4 | 3.8% |
| Fractel, LLC | 3 | 2.9% |
| Metropcs Networks, LLC | 2 | 1.9% |
| Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC - CA | 2 | 1.9% |
| Level 3 Communications, LLC - CA | 2 | 1.9% |
| TWC Ip Enabled Services, LLC | 1 | 0.95% |
| Peerless Network of California, LLC - CA | 1 | 0.95% |
| Vonage America LLC | 1 | 0.95% |
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 Westminster
These are the central office codes NANPA records for Westminster. A caller seeing one of them recognizes a local number. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 35 of the 105 were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 657 | 200, 227, 257, 271, 277, 288, 302, 306, 318, 334, 340, 349, 350, 352, 364, 367, 368, 370, 376, 384, 400, 402, 407, 420, 425, 431, 435, 441, 443, 447, 458, 463, 471, 491, 524, 528, 548, 551, 552, 559, 593, 599, 621, 629, 666, 670, 698, 746, 765, 770, 779, 790, 807, 840, 849, 870, 876, 887, 955, 977 |
| 714 | 217, 222, 230, 248, 334, 372, 373, 379, 413, 487, 514, 548, 614, 615, 622, 650, 653, 657, 677, 702, 722, 725, 766, 793, 799, 837, 857, 889, 890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 897, 898, 899, 901, 902, 903, 908, 933, 934, 943 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
When Westminster's exchanges were assigned
Assignment dates show when each block of Westminster numbers was added to the local supply.
| Decade assigned | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11 | 16% |
| 2010s | 22 | 32% |
| 2020s | 35 | 51% |
Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.
Rate centers and local calling in Westminster
What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Westminster, those come from the WESTMINSTR rate center, as recorded by NANPA.
Keeping an existing Westminster number costs nothing on Callata, because porting is free; a new number depends on what carriers have open in 657 when you pick it.
Who does business near Westminster
Westminster 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.
Setting up a Westminster 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 Westminster, 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 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. On Callata the same 14 people cost $279.00 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 | $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 Westminster, CA?
Westminster has exchanges in 657 and 714; 657 has the most.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Westminster?
18, holding 105 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Westminster 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 Westminster?
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).