CallataGuidesGet a local business phone number in Woburn, MA
Woburn's area codes, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Woburn number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 781 / 339
- Exchanges
- 43NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 11
- Population
- 43,895Census 2024 est.
What area code is Woburn, MA?
Woburn city is a Census place in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, with an estimated 43,895 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 43 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 781 has the most (38, 88%). 781 is part of an overlay with 339, so a new local number in Woburn may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Woburn is in the Eastern time zone.
According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 781 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.
Woburn exchanges by carrier
11 carriers hold the 43 exchanges assigned to Woburn's rate center. Verizon New England INC. has the most, with 11. 35 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.
| Carrier (NANPA operating company) | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Verizon New England INC. | 11 | 26% |
| Metropcs, INC. | 9 | 21% |
| Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC | 6 | 14% |
| Paetec Itel, LLC | 4 | 9.3% |
| Level 3 Communications, LLC - Ma | 3 | 7.0% |
| TC Systems, INC. | 3 | 7.0% |
| New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - DC | 2 | 4.7% |
| Onvoy, LLC - Ma | 2 | 4.7% |
| Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - Ma | 1 | 2.3% |
| Comcast Ip Phone, LLC | 1 | 2.3% |
| RCN Telecom Services, INC. - Ma | 1 | 2.3% |
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.
Woburn phone prefixes
A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Woburn. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. None were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 339 | 227, 298, 645, 927, 999 |
| 781 | 281, 287, 305, 367, 376, 404, 405, 460, 491, 496, 497, 503, 504, 528, 537, 569, 608, 638, 640, 696, 704, 759, 782, 787, 865, 883, 897, 904, 932, 933, 935, 937, 938, 939, 962, 970, 994, 995 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
Rate centers and local calling in Woburn
What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Woburn, those come from the WOBURN rate center, as recorded by NANPA.
New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 781 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.
Who does business near Woburn
Woburn 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.
A Woburn number on Callata
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.
If you already have a number in Woburn, 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 Woburn, MA?
Woburn has exchanges in 781 and 339; 781 has the most.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Woburn?
11, holding 43 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Woburn 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 Woburn?
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).