Get a local business phone number in Plant City, FL
Plant City's area codes, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Plant City number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 813 / 656
- Exchanges
- 51NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 18
- Population
- 43,046Census 2024 est.
What area code is Plant City, FL?
Plant City city is a Census place in Hillsborough County, Florida, with an estimated 43,046 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 51 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 813 has the most (44, 86%). 813 is part of an overlay with 656, so a new local number in Plant City may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Plant City is in the Eastern time zone.
According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 813 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.
Who holds Plant City phone exchanges
18 carriers hold the 51 exchanges assigned to Plant City's rate center. Frontier Florida LLC d/b/a Frontier Comm of Florida has the most, with 11. 45 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. The table counts codes by the operating company NANPA assigned them to, not by who serves each number today.
| Carrier (NANPA operating company) | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Frontier Florida LLC d/b/a Frontier Comm of Florida | 11 | 22% |
| Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - FL | 5 | 9.8% |
| Onvoy, LLC - FL | 4 | 7.8% |
| New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - Ga | 4 | 7.8% |
| MCI Worldcom Communications, INC. - FL | 4 | 7.8% |
| Metropcs, INC. | 4 | 7.8% |
| Paetec Itel, LLC | 3 | 5.9% |
| Fractel, LLC | 2 | 3.9% |
| Onvoy Spectrum, LLC | 2 | 3.9% |
| Level 3 Communications, LLC - FL | 2 | 3.9% |
| Level 3 Telecom of Florida, LP - FL | 2 | 3.9% |
| Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - FL | 2 | 3.9% |
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.
Plant City phone prefixes
Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Plant City's rate center (PLANT CITY). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 13 of the 51 were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 656 | 208, 250, 251, 270, 300, 650, 777 |
| 813 | 214, 305, 359, 365, 398, 441, 473, 478, 567, 578, 588, 608, 650, 652, 659, 668, 703, 704, 707, 708, 716, 717, 719, 720, 721, 730, 737, 747, 750, 752, 754, 756, 757, 759, 763, 764, 772, 798, 836, 848, 856, 896, 946, 967 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
When Plant City's exchanges were assigned
The table groups Plant City's exchanges by the decade NANPA recorded them as assigned.
| Decade assigned | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5 | 21% |
| 2010s | 6 | 25% |
| 2020s | 13 | 54% |
Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.
How local numbers work in Plant City
What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Plant City, those come from the PLANT CITY rate center, as recorded by NANPA.
New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 813 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.
Who does business near Plant City
Plant City is part of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area, home to 3.4 million people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 91,335 business establishments in the Tampa, FL metro area in 2023, employing 1,288,208 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are professional, scientific, and technical services (13,859), health care and social assistance (11,513), and retail trade (10,673).
| Industry | Establishments | Employees | Employees per establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician practices | 3,070 | 35,311 | 11.5 |
| Offices of real estate agents and brokers | 2,856 | 5,073 | 1.8 |
| Full-service restaurants | 2,388 | 57,691 | 24.2 |
| Limited-service restaurants | 2,381 | 41,528 | 17.4 |
| Law offices | 2,361 | 16,213 | 6.9 |
| Insurance agencies and brokerages | 1,624 | 15,791 | 9.7 |
| Management consulting firms | 1,621 | 12,530 | 7.7 |
| Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors | 1,429 | 14,263 | 10.0 |
Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.
Setting up a Plant City 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.
Porting a number you already use in Plant City 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.
Per-seat phone plans multiply by headcount. For the rounded average establishment size in the Tampa, FL metro area, 14 users on RingCentral RingEX Core come to $420.00 a month and on Ooma Office Pro $349.30, at month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026. Callata comes to $279.00 a month for 14 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 | $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 Plant City, FL?
Plant City has exchanges in 813 and 656; 813 has the most.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Plant City?
18, holding 51 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Plant City 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 Plant City?
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).