Get a local business phone number in Alachua, FL

What area code is Alachua, FL?

Alachua city is a Census place in Alachua County, Florida, with an estimated 10,856 residents in 2024. All 13 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 386. Alachua is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 386 are dialed as seven digits and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Who holds Alachua phone exchanges

5 carriers hold the 13 exchanges assigned to Alachua's rate center. Powertel Jacksonville Licenses, INC. has the most, with 8. 11 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.

Alachua phone prefixes

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Alachua's rate center (ALACHUA). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 6 of the 13 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Alachua's exchanges were assigned

The table groups Alachua's exchanges by the decade NANPA recorded them as assigned.

How local numbers work in Alachua

What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Alachua, those come from the ALACHUA rate center, as recorded by NANPA.

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 386 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

Who does business near Alachua

Alachua is part of the Gainesville, FL metro area, home to 360,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 7,902 business establishments in the Gainesville, FL metro area in 2023, employing 112,872 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (1,112), health care and social assistance (1,036), and professional, scientific, and technical services (1,012).

Setting up a Alachua business line

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.

Porting a number you already use in Alachua 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.

The comparison below uses 14 users, the rounded average establishment size in the Gainesville, FL metro area. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $349.30 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $420.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. Callata comes to $279.00 a month for 14 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.