Get a local business phone number in Fall River, MA

What area code is Fall River, MA?

Fall River city is a Census place in Bristol County, Massachusetts, with an estimated 94,689 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 52 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 508 has the most (31, 60%). 508 is part of an overlay with 774, so a new local number in Fall River may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Fall River 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 Fall River

15 carriers hold the 52 exchanges assigned to Fall River's rate center. Verizon New England INC. has the most, with 14. 40 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.

Local prefixes for Fall River

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Fall River. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 4 of the 52 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Fall River's exchanges were assigned

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

How local numbers work in Fall River

What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Fall River, those come from the FALL RIVER rate center, as recorded by NANPA.

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

Who does business near Fall River

Fall River is part of the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area, home to 1.7 million people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 42,731 business establishments in the Providence, RI-MA metro area in 2023, employing 645,576 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (5,533), construction (5,278), and health care and social assistance (4,723).

Business phone service in Fall River

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 Fall River 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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Per-seat phone plans multiply by headcount. For the rounded average establishment size in the Providence, RI-MA metro area, 15 users on RingCentral RingEX Core come to $450.00 a month and on Ooma Office Pro $374.25, at month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026. Callata comes to $299.00 a month for 15 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.