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Get a local business phone number in Brookhaven, MS

Brookhaven's area codes, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Brookhaven number in front of your customers.

Area code
601 / 769
Exchanges
23NANPA-assigned
Carriers
9
Population
11,654Census 2024 est.

Brookhaven area codes

Brookhaven city is a Census place in Lincoln County, Mississippi, with an estimated 11,654 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 23 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 601 has the most (20, 87%). 601 is part of an overlay with 769, so a new local number in Brookhaven may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Brookhaven is in the Central time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 601 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Area codes with exchanges in Brookhaven, MS
Area codeExchanges hereShareIn service sinceOverlay withTime zone
6012087%1947769Central
769313%2005601Central

Source: NANPA utilized central office code file and NPA report, dated 10/01/2026.

Brookhaven exchanges by carrier

9 carriers hold the 23 exchanges assigned to Brookhaven's rate center. New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - Ga has the most, with 5. 13 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.

Carriers holding exchanges in Brookhaven, MS
Carrier (NANPA operating company)ExchangesShare
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - Ga522%
Powertel Memphis Licenses, INC.417%
Bellsouth Telecomm INC d/b/a South Central Bell Tel417%
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - MS28.7%
Telepak Networks, INC. - MS28.7%
Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - MS28.7%
Cellular South, INC.28.7%
Teletouch Communications, INC.14.3%
Tec of Jackson, INC. - MS14.3%

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 Brookhaven

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Brookhaven's rate center (BROOKHAVEN). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 3 of the 23 were assigned in 2020 or later.

Prefixes assigned in Brookhaven, MS
Area codePrefixes (NXX)
601265, 280, 320, 327, 380, 412, 435, 515, 669, 695, 734, 748, 754, 757, 823, 833, 835, 931, 967, 990
769258, 281, 286

Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.

When Brookhaven's exchanges were assigned

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

Brookhaven, MS: exchanges by decade assigned
Decade assignedExchangesShare
2000s660%
2010s110%
2020s330%

Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.

What makes a number local to Brookhaven

NANPA ties every exchange to a rate center. For Brookhaven that is BROOKHAVEN, so a number from one of these exchanges reads as local to people in and around Brookhaven.

Keeping an existing Brookhaven number costs nothing on Callata, because porting is free; a new number depends on what carriers have open in 601 when you pick it.

The local business market

Brookhaven is part of the Brookhaven, MS micropolitan area, home to 34,956 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 810 business establishments in the Brookhaven, MS micropolitan area in 2023, employing 11,675 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (160), other services (except public administration) (103), and health care and social assistance (80).

Selected industries in the Brookhaven, MS micropolitan area, 2023
IndustryEstablishmentsEmployeesEmployees per establishment
Limited-service restaurants3479823.5
Physician practices1920911.0
Insurance agencies and brokerages19603.2
Full-service restaurants1637623.5
Law offices12453.8
Dental offices11696.3
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors1111210.2
Electrical contractors10858.5

Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.

Business phone service in Brookhaven

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 Brookhaven 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 14-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in the Brookhaven, MS micropolitan area. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $420.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $349.30. Callata comes to $279.00 a month for 14 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.

Monthly list price for a 14-person team
Provider (plan)Pricing basisPer monthPer year
Callata (Callata Office)$99 incl. 5 users, $20 per extra user$279.00$3,348.00
Quo (Starter)$19.00 per user$266.00$3,192.00
Nextiva (Core)$23.00 per user$322.00$3,864.00
Ooma (Office Pro)$24.95 per user$349.30$4,191.60
Dialpad (Standard)$27.00 per user$378.00$4,536.00
RingCentral (RingEX Core)$30.00 per user$420.00$5,040.00

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 Brookhaven, MS?

Brookhaven has exchanges in 601 and 769; 601 has the most.

How many phone companies have exchanges in Brookhaven?

9, holding 23 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.

Can I keep my existing Brookhaven 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 Brookhaven?

Callata is $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user, with up to 3 local numbers; 14 users come to $279.00 a month. For comparison, 14 users on RingCentral RingEX Core list at $420.00 a month (checked September 28, 2026).