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Get a local business phone number in Fair Lawn, NJ

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

Area code
201 / 551
Exchanges
45NANPA-assigned
Carriers
13
Population
36,489Census 2024 est.

Fair Lawn area codes

Fair Lawn borough is a Census place in Bergen County, New Jersey, with an estimated 36,489 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 45 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 201 has the most (28, 62%). 201 is part of an overlay with 551, so a new local number in Fair Lawn may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Fair Lawn is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 201 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as ten digits (area code plus number).

Area codes with exchanges in Fair Lawn, NJ
Area codeExchanges hereShareIn service sinceOverlay withTime zone
2012862%1947551Eastern
5511738%2001201Eastern

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

Fair Lawn exchanges by carrier

13 carriers hold the 45 exchanges assigned to Fair Lawn's rate center. Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - NJ has the most, with 14. 36 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.

Carriers holding exchanges in Fair Lawn, NJ
Carrier (NANPA operating company)ExchangesShare
Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - NJ1431%
Verizon New Jersey, INC.716%
Omnipoint Communications, INC. - NJ511%
Level 3 Communications, LLC - NJ48.9%
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC36.7%
Onvoy, LLC - NJ36.7%
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - NJ24.4%
Paetec Itel, LLC24.4%
Teleport Communications America, LLC - NJ12.2%
CSC Voice, LLC12.2%
Cablevision Lightpath, INC. - NJ12.2%
Monmouth Telephone and Telegraph, INC. - NJ12.2%

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 Fair Lawn

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Fair Lawn's rate center (FAIR LAWN). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 6 of the 45 were assigned in 2020 or later.

Prefixes assigned in Fair Lawn, NJ
Area codePrefixes (NXX)
201249, 254, 280, 300, 321, 398, 410, 414, 421, 458, 468, 475, 509, 534, 566, 625, 663, 693, 703, 773, 791, 794, 796, 797, 815, 835, 873, 956
551204, 206, 223, 224, 238, 243, 246, 250, 266, 299, 341, 367, 419, 444, 455, 795, 966

Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.

When Fair Lawn's exchanges were assigned

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

Fair Lawn, NJ: exchanges by decade assigned
Decade assignedExchangesShare
2000s933%
2010s1244%
2020s622%

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

Rate centers and local calling in Fair Lawn

What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Fair Lawn, those come from the FAIR LAWN rate center, as recorded by NANPA.

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 201 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

Businesses around Fair Lawn

Fair Lawn is part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, home to 19.9 million people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 562,802 business establishments in the New York, NY-NJ metro area in 2023, employing 8,559,248 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are professional, scientific, and technical services (71,000), retail trade (70,682), and health care and social assistance (65,817).

Selected industries in the New York, NY-NJ metro area, 2023
IndustryEstablishmentsEmployeesEmployees per establishment
Full-service restaurants19,706318,73916.2
Limited-service restaurants18,189193,21310.6
Physician practices15,136159,08410.5
Residential remodelers12,75142,5933.3
Law offices12,736122,2039.6
Dental offices9,58262,1166.5
Supermarkets and grocery stores8,596164,59119.1
Beauty salons8,44436,8824.4

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

A Fair Lawn number on Callata

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 Fair Lawn 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 New York, NY-NJ metro 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.

Monthly list price for a 15-person team
Provider (plan)Pricing basisPer monthPer 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 Fair Lawn, NJ?

Fair Lawn has exchanges in 201 and 551; 201 has the most.

How many phone companies have exchanges in Fair Lawn?

13, holding 45 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.

Can I keep my existing Fair Lawn 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 Fair Lawn?

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).