Get a local business phone number in Chatham, MA

Chatham area codes

Chatham town is a Census town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, with an estimated 6,711 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 7 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 508 has the most (5, 71%). 508 is part of an overlay with 774, so a new local number in Chatham may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Chatham 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.

Chatham exchanges by carrier

6 carriers hold the 7 exchanges assigned to Chatham's rate center. New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - DC has the most, with 2. 5 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.

Exchanges (NPA-NXX) assigned in Chatham

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Chatham's rate center (CHATHAM). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2002. 1 of the 7 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Chatham's exchanges were assigned

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

Rate centers and local calling in Chatham

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

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

Businesses around Chatham

Chatham is part of the Barnstable Town, MA metro area, home to 233,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 8,957 business establishments in the Barnstable Town, MA metro area in 2023, employing 76,963 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are construction (1,516), retail trade (1,402), and accommodation and food services (1,097).

A Chatham 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 Chatham 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.

A 9-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in the Barnstable Town, MA metro area. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $270.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $224.55. Callata comes to $179.00 a month for 9 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.