Get a local business phone number in Hinckley, MN
Hinckley's area code, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Hinckley number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 320
- Exchanges
- 7NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 6
- Population
- 1,918Census 2024 est.
What area code is Hinckley, MN?
Hinckley city is a Census place in Pine County, Minnesota, with an estimated 1,918 residents in 2024. All 7 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 320. Hinckley is in the Central time zone.
According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 320 are dialed as seven digits and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.
| Area code | Exchanges here | Share | In service since | Overlay with | Time zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 320 | 7 | 100% | 1996 | none | Central |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file and NPA report, dated 10/01/2026.
Who holds Hinckley phone exchanges
6 carriers hold the 7 exchanges assigned to Hinckley's rate center. Aerial Communications, INC. has the most, with 2. 7 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. The table counts codes by the operating company NANPA assigned them to, not by who serves each number today.
| Carrier (NANPA operating company) | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Aerial Communications, INC. | 2 | 29% |
| Onvoy, LLC - MN | 1 | 14% |
| New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - Il | 1 | 14% |
| Qwest Corporation | 1 | 14% |
| Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - MN | 1 | 14% |
| Telnyx LLC | 1 | 14% |
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.
Local prefixes for Hinckley
These are the central office codes NANPA records for Hinckley. A caller seeing one of them recognizes a local number. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2002. None were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 320 | 207, 279, 280, 336, 384, 385, 390 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
What makes a number local to Hinckley
What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Hinckley, those come from the HINCKLEY rate center, as recorded by NANPA.
Keeping an existing Hinckley number costs nothing on Callata, because porting is free; a new number depends on what carriers have open in 320 when you pick it.
Businesses around Hinckley
Hinckley is outside any Census metro or micropolitan area, so the figures below are statewide. County Business Patterns counted 154,455 business establishments in Minnesota in 2023, employing 2,803,410 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are health care and social assistance (19,985), retail trade (17,727), and construction (17,568).
| Industry | Establishments | Employees | Employees per establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full-service restaurants | 3,879 | 87,230 | 22.5 |
| Limited-service restaurants | 3,848 | 75,564 | 19.6 |
| Offices of real estate agents and brokers | 3,247 | 6,341 | 2.0 |
| Insurance agencies and brokerages | 3,131 | 16,007 | 5.1 |
| Residential remodelers | 2,988 | 9,125 | 3.1 |
| Landscaping services | 2,397 | 13,696 | 5.7 |
| Law offices | 2,052 | 15,663 | 7.6 |
| Dental offices | 1,884 | 17,650 | 9.4 |
Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.
A Hinckley 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 Hinckley, 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.
Per-seat phone plans multiply by headcount. For the rounded average establishment size in Minnesota, 18 users on RingCentral RingEX Core come to $540.00 a month and on Ooma Office Pro $449.10, at month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026. On Callata the same 18 people cost $359.00 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 | $359.00 | $4,308.00 |
| Quo (Starter) | $19.00 per user | $342.00 | $4,104.00 |
| Nextiva (Core) | $23.00 per user | $414.00 | $4,968.00 |
| Ooma (Office Pro) | $24.95 per user | $449.10 | $5,389.20 |
| Dialpad (Standard) | $27.00 per user | $486.00 | $5,832.00 |
| RingCentral (RingEX Core) | $30.00 per user | $540.00 | $6,480.00 |
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 Hinckley, MN?
320. All exchanges NANPA lists for Hinckley are in 320.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Hinckley?
6, holding 7 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Hinckley 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 Hinckley?
Callata is $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user, with up to 3 local numbers; 18 users come to $359.00 a month. For comparison, 18 users on RingCentral RingEX Core list at $540.00 a month (checked September 28, 2026).