Get a local business phone number in St. Maries, ID

Area codes in St. Maries

With 2,487 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, St. Maries sits in Benewah County, Idaho. NANPA lists 4 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 208 has the most (3, 75%). 208 is part of an overlay with 986, so a new local number in St. Maries may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. St. Maries is in the Mountain and Pacific time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 208 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Phone carriers in St. Maries

4 carriers hold the 4 exchanges assigned to St. Maries's rate center. Ziply Fiber Northwest, LLC d/b/a Ziply Fiber has the most, with 1. 3 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.

Local prefixes for St. Maries

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to St. Maries's rate center (ST MARIES). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2003. 1 of the 4 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When St. Maries's exchanges were assigned

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

How local numbers work in St. Maries

Phone numbers are tied to a rate center, the local calling area used to decide whether a call is local or toll. St. Maries's numbers are rated to the ST MARIES rate center in NANPA's records. A business number from one of the prefixes above shows up on customers' phones as a St. Maries number.

If your business already has a St. Maries number, porting it to Callata is free and keeps it on your cards, listings and vehicles.

Who does business near St. Maries

St. Maries is outside any Census metro or micropolitan area, so the figures below are statewide. County Business Patterns counted 58,100 business establishments in Idaho in 2023, employing 709,721 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are construction (9,895), health care and social assistance (6,739), and retail trade (6,268).

Setting up a St. Maries 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 St. Maries 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 12 users, the rounded average establishment size in Idaho. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $299.40 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $360.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. Callata comes to $239.00 a month for 12 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.