Get a local business phone number in Ely, MN

What area code is Ely, MN?

With 3,214 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Ely sits in St. Louis County, Minnesota. All 5 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 218. Ely 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.

Who holds Ely phone exchanges

4 carriers hold the 5 exchanges assigned to Ely's rate center. New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - Il has the most, with 2. 4 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. A business number in Ely can come from any of these blocks; once it is yours, porting lets it move between providers.

Ely phone prefixes

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Ely. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 2 of the 5 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Ely's exchanges were assigned

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

Rate centers and local calling in Ely

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

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

Businesses around Ely

Ely 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).

A Ely number on Callata

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 Ely 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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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.