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Middleborough's area codes, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Middleborough number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 774 / 508
- Exchanges
- 9NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 4
- Population
- 24,847Census 2024 est.
Middleborough area codes
Middleborough town is a Census town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, with an estimated 24,847 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 9 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 774 has the most (6, 67%). 774 is part of an overlay with 508, so a new local number in Middleborough may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Middleborough is in the Eastern time zone.
According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 774 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.
Phone carriers in Middleborough
4 carriers hold the 9 exchanges assigned to Middleborough's rate center. Verizon New England INC. has the most, with 3. 7 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. | 3 | 33% |
| Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - Ma | 3 | 33% |
| Paetec Itel, LLC | 2 | 22% |
| Comcast Ip Phone, LLC | 1 | 11% |
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 Middleborough
A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Middleborough. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. None were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 508 | 923, 946, 947 |
| 774 | 213, 260, 373, 384, 419, 766 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
When Middleborough's exchanges were assigned
Assignment dates show when each block of Middleborough numbers was added to the local supply.
| Decade assigned | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3 | 60% |
| 2010s | 2 | 40% |
Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.
What makes a number local to Middleborough
What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Middleborough, those come from the MIDDLEBORO rate center, as recorded by NANPA.
New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 774 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.
Businesses around Middleborough
Middleborough 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).
| Industry | Establishments | Employees | Employees per establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full-service restaurants | 4,652 | 104,689 | 22.5 |
| Limited-service restaurants | 3,920 | 51,825 | 13.2 |
| Residential remodelers | 3,263 | 11,112 | 3.4 |
| Law offices | 2,967 | 24,707 | 8.3 |
| Landscaping services | 2,876 | 12,494 | 4.3 |
| Dental offices | 2,419 | 19,313 | 8.0 |
| Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors | 2,169 | 22,860 | 10.5 |
| Beauty salons | 2,025 | 10,995 | 5.4 |
Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.
Business phone service in Middleborough
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.
If you already have a number in Middleborough, 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.
| Provider (plan) | Pricing basis | Per month | Per 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 Middleborough, MA?
Middleborough has exchanges in 774 and 508; 774 has the most.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Middleborough?
4, holding 9 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Middleborough 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 Middleborough?
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).