CallataGuidesGet a local business phone number in Virginia, MN
Virginia's area code, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Virginia number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 218
- Exchanges
- 17NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 7
- Population
- 8,267Census 2024 est.
Virginia area codes
Virginia city is a Census place in St. Louis County, Minnesota, with an estimated 8,267 residents in 2024. All 17 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 218. Virginia 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.
| Area code | Exchanges here | Share | In service since | Overlay with | Time zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 218 | 17 | 100% | 1947 | none | Central |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file and NPA report, dated 10/01/2026.
Phone carriers in Virginia
7 carriers hold the 17 exchanges assigned to Virginia's rate center. Qwest Corporation has the most, with 6. 13 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. A business number in Virginia can come from any of these blocks; once it is yours, porting lets it move between providers.
| Carrier (NANPA operating company) | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Qwest Corporation | 6 | 35% |
| New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - Il | 4 | 24% |
| Aerial Communications, INC. | 2 | 12% |
| Level 3 Communications, LLC - MN | 2 | 12% |
| Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - MN | 1 | 5.9% |
| Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - MN | 1 | 5.9% |
| Commio, LLC | 1 | 5.9% |
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.
Exchanges (NPA-NXX) assigned in Virginia
Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Virginia's rate center (VIRGINIA). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. None were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 218 | 248, 288, 290, 305, 404, 410, 471, 550, 735, 741, 742, 744, 748, 749, 750, 780, 994 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
What makes a number local to Virginia
NANPA ties every exchange to a rate center. For Virginia that is VIRGINIA, so a number from one of these exchanges reads as local to people in and around Virginia.
Keeping an existing Virginia number costs nothing on Callata, because porting is free; a new number depends on what carriers have open in 218 when you pick it.
Businesses around Virginia
Virginia 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).
| Industry | Establishments | Employees | Employees per establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full-service restaurants | 228 | 4,847 | 21.3 |
| Limited-service restaurants | 162 | 2,925 | 18.1 |
| Drinking places | 137 | 1,180 | 8.6 |
| Residential remodelers | 135 | 488 | 3.6 |
| Insurance agencies and brokerages | 115 | 468 | 4.1 |
| Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors | 100 | 1,525 | 15.3 |
| Dental offices | 88 | 828 | 9.4 |
| New single-family housing construction contractors | 87 | 274 | 3.1 |
Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.
Business phone service in Virginia
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.
If you already have a number in Virginia, 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 the Duluth, MN-WI metro area, 15 users on RingCentral RingEX Core come to $450.00 a month and on Ooma Office Pro $374.25, at month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026. On Callata the same 15 people cost $299.00 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 | $299.00 | $3,588.00 |
| Quo (Starter) | $19.00 per user | $285.00 | $3,420.00 |
| Nextiva (Core) | $23.00 per user | $345.00 | $4,140.00 |
| Ooma (Office Pro) | $24.95 per user | $374.25 | $4,491.00 |
| Dialpad (Standard) | $27.00 per user | $405.00 | $4,860.00 |
| RingCentral (RingEX Core) | $30.00 per user | $450.00 | $5,400.00 |
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 Virginia, MN?
218. All exchanges NANPA lists for Virginia are in 218.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Virginia?
7, holding 17 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Virginia 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 Virginia?
Callata is $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user, with up to 3 local numbers; 15 users come to $299.00 a month. For comparison, 15 users on RingCentral RingEX Core list at $450.00 a month (checked September 28, 2026).