Get a local business phone number in Oxford, MA

Area codes in Oxford

Oxford town is a Census town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, with an estimated 13,503 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 7 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 508 has the most (4, 57%). 508 is part of an overlay with 774, so a new local number in Oxford may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Oxford 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.

Oxford exchanges by carrier

6 carriers hold the 7 exchanges assigned to Oxford's rate center. Paetec Itel, LLC has the most, with 2. 7 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.

Exchanges (NPA-NXX) assigned in Oxford

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Oxford. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2003. 2 of the 7 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Oxford's exchanges were assigned

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

How local numbers work in Oxford

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

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

Who does business near Oxford

Oxford is part of the Worcester, MA metro area, home to 881,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 19,181 business establishments in the Worcester, MA metro area in 2023, employing 319,255 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are construction (2,610), health care and social assistance (2,418), and retail trade (2,405).

Business phone service in Oxford

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Porting a number you already use in Oxford 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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