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Get a local business phone number in Everett, MA

Everett's area codes, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Everett number in front of your customers.

Area code
617 / 857
Exchanges
19NANPA-assigned
Carriers
10
Population
51,825Census 2024 est.

Everett area codes

Everett city is a Census place in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, with an estimated 51,825 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 19 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 617 has the most (15, 79%). 617 is part of an overlay with 857, so a new local number in Everett may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Everett is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 617 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Area codes with exchanges in Everett, MA
Area codeExchanges hereShareIn service sinceOverlay withTime zone
6171579%1947857Eastern
857421%2001617Eastern

Source: NANPA utilized central office code file and NPA report, dated 10/01/2026.

Phone carriers in Everett

10 carriers hold the 19 exchanges assigned to Everett's rate center. Verizon New England INC. has the most, with 5. 15 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.

Carriers holding exchanges in Everett, MA
Carrier (NANPA operating company)ExchangesShare
Verizon New England INC.526%
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC316%
Comcast Ip Phone, LLC211%
Paetec Itel, LLC211%
Onvoy, LLC - Ma211%
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - Ma15.3%
Norfolk County Internet, INC.15.3%
Airus, INC. - Ma15.3%
Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - Ma15.3%
Metropcs, INC.15.3%

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 Everett

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Everett's rate center (EVERETT). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 1 of the 19 were assigned in 2020 or later.

Prefixes assigned in Everett, MA
Area codePrefixes (NXX)
617203, 294, 381, 382, 387, 389, 394, 410, 420, 544, 545, 601, 843, 917, 944
857355, 363, 428, 888

Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.

When Everett's exchanges were assigned

Assignment dates show when each block of Everett numbers was added to the local supply.

Everett, MA: exchanges by decade assigned
Decade assignedExchangesShare
2000s571%
2010s114%
2020s114%

Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.

What makes a number local to Everett

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

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

Businesses around Everett

Everett 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).

Selected industries in the Boston, MA-NH metro area, 2023
IndustryEstablishmentsEmployeesEmployees per establishment
Full-service restaurants4,652104,68922.5
Limited-service restaurants3,92051,82513.2
Residential remodelers3,26311,1123.4
Law offices2,96724,7078.3
Landscaping services2,87612,4944.3
Dental offices2,41919,3138.0
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors2,16922,86010.5
Beauty salons2,02510,9955.4

Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.

Business phone service in Everett

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 Everett, 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.

Monthly list price for a 20-person team
Provider (plan)Pricing basisPer monthPer 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 Everett, MA?

Everett has exchanges in 617 and 857; 617 has the most.

How many phone companies have exchanges in Everett?

10, holding 19 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.

Can I keep my existing Everett 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 Everett?

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).