Get a local business phone number in Henderson, KY

What area code is Henderson, KY?

With 27,750 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Henderson sits in Henderson County, Kentucky. All 23 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 270. 270 is part of an overlay with 364, so a new local number in Henderson may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Henderson is in the Eastern and Central time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 270 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Phone carriers in Henderson

9 carriers hold the 23 exchanges assigned to Henderson's rate center. Bellsouth Telecomm INC d/b/a South Central Bell Tel has the most, with 6. 15 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 Henderson

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Henderson. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. None were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Henderson's exchanges were assigned

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

How local numbers work in Henderson

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

Keeping an existing Henderson number costs nothing on Callata, because porting is free; a new number depends on what carriers have open in 270 when you pick it.

Who does business near Henderson

Henderson is part of the Henderson, KY micropolitan area, home to 57,029 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 1,168 business establishments in the Henderson, KY micropolitan area in 2023, employing 18,197 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (180), health care and social assistance (155), and other services (except public administration) (135).

Business phone service in Henderson

For $99 a month, Callata puts a team of up to 5 on one plan ($20 for each person after that): up to 3 local numbers, unlimited inbound calls, a pooled allowance of 1,500 outbound US and Canada minutes per user, browser and cell calling, voicemail transcription with urgency triage, recorded calls with AI summaries and business-hours routing, with E911 on every number.

Porting a number you already use in Henderson 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 Henderson, KY micropolitan area, 16 users on RingCentral RingEX Core come to $480.00 a month and on Ooma Office Pro $399.20, at month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026. Callata comes to $319.00 a month for 16 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.