Get a local business phone number in Union, MS

What area code is Union, MS?

With 2,003 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Union sits in Newton County, Mississippi. NANPA lists 6 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 601 has the most (3, 50%). 601 is part of an overlay with 769, so a new local number in Union may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Union 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.

Who holds Union phone exchanges

5 carriers hold the 6 exchanges assigned to Union's rate center. Telepak Networks, INC. - MS has the most, with 2. 3 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. Holding a code means NANPA assigned that block of numbers to the carrier for this rate center; individual numbers may since have been ported elsewhere.

Union phone prefixes

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Union. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2005. 1 of the 6 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Union's exchanges were assigned

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

Rate centers and local calling in Union

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

If your business already has a Union number, porting it to Callata is free and keeps it on your cards, listings and vehicles.

Businesses around Union

Union is outside any Census metro or micropolitan area, so the figures below are statewide. County Business Patterns counted 60,465 business establishments in Mississippi in 2023, employing 956,079 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (11,303), health care and social assistance (7,038), and other services (except public administration) (6,523).

A Union 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.

Porting a number you already use in Union 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 16 users, the rounded average establishment size in Mississippi. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $399.20 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $480.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. Callata comes to $319.00 a month for 16 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.