Get a local business phone number in Meridian, MS

What area code is Meridian, MS?

With 33,549 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Meridian sits in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. NANPA lists 69 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 601 has the most (50, 72%). 601 is part of an overlay with 769, so a new local number in Meridian may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Meridian 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.

Phone carriers in Meridian

17 carriers hold the 69 exchanges assigned to Meridian's rate center. New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - Ga has the most, with 24. 47 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 Meridian

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Meridian. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 22 of the 69 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Meridian's exchanges were assigned

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

How local numbers work in Meridian

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

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 601 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

Who does business near Meridian

Meridian is part of the Meridian, MS micropolitan area, home to 85,743 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 1,978 business establishments in the Meridian, MS micropolitan area in 2023, employing 29,549 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (394), other services (except public administration) (253), and health care and social assistance (234).

Business phone service in Meridian

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.

Porting a number you already use in Meridian 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.

The comparison below uses 15 users, the rounded average establishment size in the Meridian, MS micropolitan area. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $374.25 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $450.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. Callata comes to $299.00 a month for 15 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.