Get a local business phone number in Carver, MA
Carver's area codes, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Carver number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 774 / 508
- Exchanges
- 6NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 6
- Population
- 11,817Census 2024 est.
What area code is Carver, MA?
Carver town is a Census town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, with an estimated 11,817 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 6 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 774 has the most (4, 67%). 774 is part of an overlay with 508, so a new local number in Carver may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Carver is in the Eastern time zone.
According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 774 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.
Carver exchanges by carrier
6 carriers hold the 6 exchanges assigned to Carver's rate center. Comcast Ip Phone, LLC has the most, with 1. 6 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.
| Carrier (NANPA operating company) | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Comcast Ip Phone, LLC | 1 | 17% |
| Verizon New England INC. | 1 | 17% |
| TC Systems, INC. | 1 | 17% |
| Paetec Itel, LLC | 1 | 17% |
| Ton80 Communications, LLC | 1 | 17% |
| Onvoy, LLC - Ma | 1 | 17% |
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.
Carver phone prefixes
These are the central office codes NANPA records for Carver. A caller seeing one of them recognizes a local number. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2002. 1 of the 6 were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 508 | 465, 866 |
| 774 | 376, 435, 663, 800 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
When Carver's exchanges were assigned
Assignment dates show when each block of Carver numbers was added to the local supply.
| Decade assigned | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2 | 50% |
| 2010s | 1 | 25% |
| 2020s | 1 | 25% |
Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.
What makes a number local to Carver
Phone numbers are tied to a rate center, the local calling area used to decide whether a call is local or toll. Carver's numbers are rated to the CARVER rate center in NANPA's records. A business number from one of the prefixes above shows up on customers' phones as a Carver number.
If your business already has a Carver number, porting it to Callata is free and keeps it on your cards, listings and vehicles.
Businesses around Carver
Carver is part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, home to 5.0 million people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 133,807 business establishments in the Boston, MA-NH metro area in 2023, employing 2,681,704 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are professional, scientific, and technical services (17,803), retail trade (15,568), and health care and social assistance (15,127).
| Industry | Establishments | Employees | Employees per establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full-service restaurants | 4,652 | 104,689 | 22.5 |
| Limited-service restaurants | 3,920 | 51,825 | 13.2 |
| Residential remodelers | 3,263 | 11,112 | 3.4 |
| Law offices | 2,967 | 24,707 | 8.3 |
| Landscaping services | 2,876 | 12,494 | 4.3 |
| Dental offices | 2,419 | 19,313 | 8.0 |
| Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors | 2,169 | 22,860 | 10.5 |
| Beauty salons | 2,025 | 10,995 | 5.4 |
Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.
Business phone service in Carver
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 Carver, 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 20 users, the rounded average establishment size in the Boston, MA-NH metro area. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $499.00 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $600.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. On Callata the same 20 people cost $399.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.
| Provider (plan) | Pricing basis | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callata (Callata Office) | $99 incl. 5 users, $20 per extra user | $399.00 | $4,788.00 |
| Quo (Starter) | $19.00 per user | $380.00 | $4,560.00 |
| Nextiva (Core) | $23.00 per user | $460.00 | $5,520.00 |
| Ooma (Office Pro) | $24.95 per user | $499.00 | $5,988.00 |
| Dialpad (Standard) | $27.00 per user | $540.00 | $6,480.00 |
| RingCentral (RingEX Core) | $30.00 per user | $600.00 | $7,200.00 |
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 Carver, MA?
Carver has exchanges in 774 and 508; 774 has the most.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Carver?
6, holding 6 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Carver 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 Carver?
Callata is $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user, with up to 3 local numbers; 20 users come to $399.00 a month. For comparison, 20 users on RingCentral RingEX Core list at $600.00 a month (checked September 28, 2026).