Get a local business phone number in Waynesboro, MS

What area code is Waynesboro, MS?

Waynesboro city is a Census place in Wayne County, Mississippi, with an estimated 4,507 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 11 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 601 has the most (10, 91%). 601 is part of an overlay with 769, so a new local number in Waynesboro may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Waynesboro 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 Waynesboro

8 carriers hold the 11 exchanges assigned to Waynesboro's rate center. Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - MS has the most, with 2. 9 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.

Local prefixes for Waynesboro

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Waynesboro. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 2 of the 11 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Waynesboro's exchanges were assigned

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

Rate centers and local calling in Waynesboro

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

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

Businesses around Waynesboro

Waynesboro 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).

Setting up a Waynesboro business line

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Porting a number you already use in Waynesboro 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.

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