Get a local business phone number in Owatonna, MN

Area codes in Owatonna

Owatonna, in Steele County, Minnesota, had a Census-estimated population of 26,626 in July 2024. All 20 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 507. 507 is part of an overlay with 924, so a new local number in Owatonna may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Owatonna is in the Central time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 507 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Who holds Owatonna phone exchanges

9 carriers hold the 20 exchanges assigned to Owatonna's rate center. Qwest Corporation has the most, with 5. 16 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.

Local prefixes for Owatonna

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Owatonna. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2002. None were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Owatonna's exchanges were assigned

Assignment dates show when each block of Owatonna numbers was added to the local supply.

How local numbers work in Owatonna

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

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The local business market

Owatonna is part of the Owatonna, MN micropolitan area, home to 37,434 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 1,024 business establishments in the Owatonna, MN micropolitan area in 2023, employing 18,853 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (145), other services (except public administration) (138), and health care and social assistance (129).

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