Get a local business phone number in Aurora, MN

Area codes in Aurora

With 1,652 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Aurora sits in St. Louis County, Minnesota. All 3 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 218. Aurora is in the Central time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 218 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Phone carriers in Aurora

3 carriers hold the 3 exchanges assigned to Aurora's rate center. Citizens Telecom CO Mn-frontier Citizens Com-mn has the most, with 1. 3 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. A business number in Aurora can come from any of these blocks; once it is yours, porting lets it move between providers.

Local prefixes for Aurora

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Aurora. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2005. 1 of the 3 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Aurora's exchanges were assigned

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

What makes a number local to Aurora

Phone numbers are tied to a rate center, the local calling area used to decide whether a call is local or toll. Aurora's numbers are rated to the AURORA rate center in NANPA's records. A business number from one of the prefixes above shows up on customers' phones as a Aurora number.

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

The local business market

Aurora is part of the Duluth, MN-WI metro area, home to 282,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 7,066 business establishments in the Duluth, MN-WI metro area in 2023, employing 106,305 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are health care and social assistance (1,042), retail trade (1,022), and other services (except public administration) (808).

Business phone service in Aurora

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 Aurora 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 15-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in the Duluth, MN-WI metro area. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $450.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $374.25. Callata comes to $299.00 a month for 15 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.