Get a local business phone number in Monroe, IN

What area code is Monroe, IN?

With 8,949 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Monroe sits in Madison County, Indiana. All 4 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 260. Monroe is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 260 are dialed as seven digits and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Phone carriers in Monroe

3 carriers hold the 4 exchanges assigned to Monroe's rate center. Metropcs, INC. has the most, with 2. 4 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.

Local prefixes for Monroe

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Monroe. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 1 of the 4 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Monroe's exchanges were assigned

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

How local numbers work in Monroe

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

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

Who does business near Monroe

Monroe is part of the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN metro area, home to 2.2 million people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 51,076 business establishments in the Indianapolis, IN metro area in 2023, employing 982,448 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are health care and social assistance (6,448), retail trade (5,880), and professional, scientific, and technical services (5,803).

Business phone service in Monroe

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 Monroe 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 Indianapolis, IN metro area, 19 users on RingCentral RingEX Core come to $570.00 a month and on Ooma Office Pro $474.05, at month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026. Callata comes to $379.00 a month for 19 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.