Get a local business phone number in Blackstone, MA

What area code is Blackstone, MA?

With 9,374 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Blackstone sits in Worcester County, Massachusetts. NANPA lists 6 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 508 has the most (3, 50%). 508 is part of an overlay with 774, so a new local number in Blackstone may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Blackstone is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 508 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Who holds Blackstone phone exchanges

5 carriers hold the 6 exchanges assigned to Blackstone's rate center. Verizon New England INC. has the most, with 2. 5 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.

Blackstone phone prefixes

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Blackstone's rate center (BLACKSTONE). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2002. 1 of the 6 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Blackstone's exchanges were assigned

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

Rate centers and local calling in Blackstone

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

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

Businesses around Blackstone

Blackstone is part of the Worcester, MA metro area, home to 881,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 19,181 business establishments in the Worcester, MA metro area in 2023, employing 319,255 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are construction (2,610), health care and social assistance (2,418), and retail trade (2,405).

A Blackstone number on Callata

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 Blackstone 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 17-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in the Worcester, MA metro area. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $510.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $424.15. Callata comes to $339.00 a month for 17 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.