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Get a local business phone number in Winthrop Town, MA

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

Area code
857 / 617
Exchanges
11NANPA-assigned
Carriers
9
Population
18,739Census 2024 est.

Winthrop Town area codes

Winthrop Town city is a Census place in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, with an estimated 18,739 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 11 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 857 has the most (6, 55%). 857 is part of an overlay with 617, so a new local number in Winthrop Town may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Winthrop Town is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 857 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Area codes with exchanges in Winthrop Town, MA
Area codeExchanges hereShareIn service sinceOverlay withTime zone
857655%2001617Eastern
617545%1947857Eastern

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

Who holds Winthrop Town phone exchanges

9 carriers hold the 11 exchanges assigned to Winthrop Town's rate center. Verizon New England INC. has the most, with 2. 10 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. A business number in Winthrop Town can come from any of these blocks; once it is yours, porting lets it move between providers.

Carriers holding exchanges in Winthrop Town, MA
Carrier (NANPA operating company)ExchangesShare
Verizon New England INC.218%
Onvoy, LLC - Ma218%
Comcast Ip Phone, LLC19.1%
RCN Telecom Services, INC. - Ma19.1%
Level 3 Communications, LLC - Ma19.1%
Metropcs, INC.19.1%
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - Ma19.1%
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC19.1%
Onvoy Spectrum, LLC19.1%

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.

Winthrop Town phone prefixes

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Winthrop Town's rate center (WINTHROP). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 2 of the 11 were assigned in 2020 or later.

Prefixes assigned in Winthrop Town, MA
Area codePrefixes (NXX)
617207, 329, 539, 841, 846
857201, 336, 349, 597, 816, 833

Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.

When Winthrop Town's exchanges were assigned

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

Winthrop Town, MA: exchanges by decade assigned
Decade assignedExchangesShare
2000s233%
2010s233%
2020s233%

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

Rate centers and local calling in Winthrop Town

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

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

Businesses around Winthrop Town

Winthrop Town 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.

Setting up a Winthrop Town business line

Callata Office costs $99 per month for up to 5 people, and each additional user is $20 a month. That covers up to 3 local numbers, calling from a browser or your cell, transcribed voicemail, recorded calls with AI summaries, after-hours routing and E911 on each number.

Porting a number you already use in Winthrop Town 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.

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 Winthrop Town, MA?

Winthrop Town has exchanges in 857 and 617; 857 has the most.

How many phone companies have exchanges in Winthrop Town?

9, holding 11 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.

Can I keep my existing Winthrop Town 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 Winthrop Town?

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).