Get a local business phone number in Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA

Manchester-by-the-Sea area codes

Manchester-by-the-Sea, in Essex County, Massachusetts, had a Census-estimated population of 5,467 in July 2024. NANPA lists 6 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 978 has the most (4, 67%). 978 is part of an overlay with 351, so a new local number in Manchester-by-the-Sea may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Manchester-by-the-Sea is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 978 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Manchester-by-the-Sea exchanges by carrier

4 carriers hold the 6 exchanges assigned to Manchester-by-the-Sea's rate center. Onvoy, LLC - Ma has the most, with 2. 6 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 Manchester-by-the-Sea

These are the central office codes NANPA records for Manchester-by-the-Sea. A caller seeing one of them recognizes a local number. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2017. 1 of the 6 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Manchester-by-the-Sea's exchanges were assigned

The table groups Manchester-by-the-Sea's exchanges by the decade NANPA recorded them as assigned.

Rate centers and local calling in Manchester-by-the-Sea

What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Manchester-by-the-Sea, those come from the MANCHESTER rate center, as recorded by NANPA.

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 978 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

Businesses around Manchester-by-the-Sea

Manchester-by-the-Sea 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).

A Manchester-by-the-Sea number on Callata

For $99 a month, Callata puts a team of up to 5 on one plan ($20 for each person after that): up to 3 local numbers, unlimited inbound calls, a pooled allowance of 1,500 outbound US and Canada minutes per user, browser and cell calling, voicemail transcription with urgency triage, recorded calls with AI summaries and business-hours routing, with E911 on every number.

Porting a number you already use in Manchester-by-the-Sea 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 20-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in the Boston, MA-NH metro area. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $600.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $499.00. Callata comes to $399.00 a month for 20 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.