Get a local business phone number in Dennis, MA
Dennis's area codes, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Dennis number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 508 / 774
- Exchanges
- 13NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 7
- Population
- 14,862Census 2024 est.
Dennis area codes
Dennis, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, had a Census-estimated population of 14,862 in July 2024. NANPA lists 13 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 508 has the most (8, 62%). 508 is part of an overlay with 774, so a new local number in Dennis may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Dennis 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.
Phone carriers in Dennis
7 carriers hold the 13 exchanges assigned to Dennis's rate center. Verizon New England INC. has the most, with 4. 9 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.
| Carrier (NANPA operating company) | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Verizon New England INC. | 4 | 31% |
| Paetec Itel, LLC | 2 | 15% |
| Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - Ma | 2 | 15% |
| Metropcs, INC. | 2 | 15% |
| Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - Ma | 1 | 7.7% |
| Level 3 Communications, LLC - Ma | 1 | 7.7% |
| Onvoy, LLC - Ma | 1 | 7.7% |
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 Dennis
Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Dennis's rate center (DENNIS). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 2 of the 13 were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 508 | 258, 385, 394, 398, 470, 619, 694, 760 |
| 774 | 212, 268, 352, 546, 733 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
When Dennis's exchanges were assigned
Assignment dates show when each block of Dennis numbers was added to the local supply.
| Decade assigned | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2 | 50% |
| 2020s | 2 | 50% |
Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.
What makes a number local to Dennis
NANPA ties every exchange to a rate center. For Dennis that is DENNIS, so a number from one of these exchanges reads as local to people in and around Dennis.
Keeping an existing Dennis number costs nothing on Callata, because porting is free; a new number depends on what carriers have open in 508 when you pick it.
Businesses around Dennis
Dennis 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).
| Industry | Establishments | Employees | Employees per establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landscaping services | 478 | 2,236 | 4.7 |
| Full-service restaurants | 446 | 5,822 | 13.1 |
| Residential remodelers | 443 | 1,531 | 3.5 |
| Limited-service restaurants | 215 | 2,041 | 9.5 |
| Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors | 205 | 1,444 | 7.0 |
| Offices of real estate agents and brokers | 170 | 324 | 1.9 |
| Law offices | 163 | 545 | 3.3 |
| Hotels and motels | 149 | 1,626 | 10.9 |
Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.
Business phone service in Dennis
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.
If you already have a number in Dennis, 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.
Per-seat phone plans multiply by headcount. For the rounded average establishment size in the Barnstable Town, MA metro area, 9 users on RingCentral RingEX Core come to $270.00 a month and on Ooma Office Pro $224.55, at month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026. On Callata the same 9 people cost $179.00 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 | $179.00 | $2,148.00 |
| Quo (Starter) | $19.00 per user | $171.00 | $2,052.00 |
| Nextiva (Core) | $23.00 per user | $207.00 | $2,484.00 |
| Ooma (Office Pro) | $24.95 per user | $224.55 | $2,694.60 |
| Dialpad (Standard) | $27.00 per user | $243.00 | $2,916.00 |
| RingCentral (RingEX Core) | $30.00 per user | $270.00 | $3,240.00 |
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 Dennis, MA?
Dennis has exchanges in 508 and 774; 508 has the most.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Dennis?
7, holding 13 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Dennis 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 Dennis?
Callata is $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user, with up to 3 local numbers; 9 users come to $179.00 a month. For comparison, 9 users on RingCentral RingEX Core list at $270.00 a month (checked September 28, 2026).