Get a local business phone number in Portland, ME

What area code is Portland, ME?

Portland city is a Census place in Cumberland County, Maine, with an estimated 69,568 residents in 2024. All 111 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 207. Portland is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 207 are dialed as seven digits and toll calls as seven digits.

Phone carriers in Portland

27 carriers hold the 111 exchanges assigned to Portland's rate center. Consolidated Comm of No. New England-me has the most, with 35. 69 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 Portland

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Portland. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 3 of the 111 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Portland's exchanges were assigned

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

How local numbers work in Portland

NANPA ties every exchange to a rate center. For Portland that is PORTLAND, so a number from one of these exchanges reads as local to people in and around Portland.

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 207 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

Who does business near Portland

Portland is part of the Portland-South Portland, ME metro area, home to 572,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 19,167 business establishments in the Portland, ME metro area in 2023, employing 261,252 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are construction (2,515), retail trade (2,392), and health care and social assistance (2,307).

Business phone service in Portland

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Porting a number you already use in Portland 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.

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A 14-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in the Portland, ME metro area. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $420.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $349.30. Callata comes to $279.00 a month for 14 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.