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Get a local business phone number in Tompkinsville, KY

Tompkinsville's area code, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Tompkinsville number in front of your customers.

Area code
270
Exchanges
5NANPA-assigned
Carriers
5
Population
2,239Census 2024 est.

Area codes in Tompkinsville

Tompkinsville city is a Census place in Monroe County, Kentucky, with an estimated 2,239 residents in 2024. All 5 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 Tompkinsville may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Tompkinsville 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.

Area codes with exchanges in Tompkinsville, KY
Area codeExchanges hereShareIn service sinceOverlay withTime zone
2705100%1999364Eastern and Central

Source: NANPA utilized central office code file and NPA report, dated 10/01/2026.

Tompkinsville exchanges by carrier

5 carriers hold the 5 exchanges assigned to Tompkinsville's rate center. Level 3 Communications, LLC - KY has the most, with 1. 5 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. A business number in Tompkinsville can come from any of these blocks; once it is yours, porting lets it move between providers.

Carriers holding exchanges in Tompkinsville, KY
Carrier (NANPA operating company)ExchangesShare
Level 3 Communications, LLC - KY120%
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - Ga120%
Windstream Kentucky East, INC. - Lexington120%
MCC Telephony of the South, LLC - KY120%
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC120%

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.

Exchanges (NPA-NXX) assigned in Tompkinsville

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Tompkinsville. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2002. None were assigned in 2020 or later.

Prefixes assigned in Tompkinsville, KY
Area codePrefixes (NXX)
270255, 407, 487, 649, 819

Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.

When Tompkinsville's exchanges were assigned

Assignment dates show when each block of Tompkinsville numbers was added to the local supply.

Tompkinsville, KY: exchanges by decade assigned
Decade assignedExchangesShare
2000s267%
2010s133%

Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.

How local numbers work in Tompkinsville

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

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

The local business market

Tompkinsville is outside any Census metro or micropolitan area, so the figures below are statewide. County Business Patterns counted 94,402 business establishments in Kentucky in 2023, employing 1,708,602 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (15,020), health care and social assistance (12,636), and other services (except public administration) (9,543).

Selected industries in Kentucky, 2023
IndustryEstablishmentsEmployeesEmployees per establishment
Limited-service restaurants3,49981,15423.2
Full-service restaurants2,80864,02822.8
Physician practices2,71040,09914.8
Law offices1,8129,6035.3
Insurance agencies and brokerages1,7719,0605.1
Offices of real estate agents and brokers1,4502,7511.9
Dental offices1,44010,5497.3
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors1,37915,83711.5

Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.

Business phone service in Tompkinsville

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.

If you already have a number in Tompkinsville, porting it to Callata is free. Texting from a local number requires a one-time carrier registration (10DLC, $49), and the numbers available in any area code depend on carrier inventory when you choose them.

Optional AI agents (receptionist, sales, support or scheduler) can answer calls after hours or when nobody picks up, take messages, text, email and transfer to your team. They are billed from prepaid AI minutes at $0.25 per minute, identify themselves as AI, and may only place outbound calls to people who consented, between 8am and 9pm.

The comparison below uses 18 users, the rounded average establishment size in Kentucky. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $449.10 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $540.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. On Callata the same 18 people cost $359.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

Monthly list price for an 18-person team
Provider (plan)Pricing basisPer monthPer year
Callata (Callata Office)$99 incl. 5 users, $20 per extra user$359.00$4,308.00
Quo (Starter)$19.00 per user$342.00$4,104.00
Nextiva (Core)$23.00 per user$414.00$4,968.00
Ooma (Office Pro)$24.95 per user$449.10$5,389.20
Dialpad (Standard)$27.00 per user$486.00$5,832.00
RingCentral (RingEX Core)$30.00 per user$540.00$6,480.00

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 Tompkinsville, KY?

270. All exchanges NANPA lists for Tompkinsville are in 270.

How many phone companies have exchanges in Tompkinsville?

5, holding 5 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.

Can I keep my existing Tompkinsville 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 Tompkinsville?

Callata is $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user, with up to 3 local numbers; 18 users come to $359.00 a month. For comparison, 18 users on RingCentral RingEX Core list at $540.00 a month (checked September 28, 2026).