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Get a local business phone number in Frenchtown, NJ

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

Area code
908
Exchanges
4NANPA-assigned
Carriers
4
Population
1,495Census 2024 est.

What area code is Frenchtown, NJ?

Frenchtown borough is a Census place in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, with an estimated 1,495 residents in 2024. All 4 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 908. Frenchtown is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 908 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as ten digits (area code plus number).

Area codes with exchanges in Frenchtown, NJ
Area codeExchanges hereShareIn service sinceOverlay withTime zone
9084100%1990noneEastern

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

Who holds Frenchtown phone exchanges

4 carriers hold the 4 exchanges assigned to Frenchtown's rate center. Onvoy, LLC - NJ has the most, with 1. 4 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. A business number in Frenchtown can come from any of these blocks; once it is yours, porting lets it move between providers.

Carriers holding exchanges in Frenchtown, NJ
Carrier (NANPA operating company)ExchangesShare
Onvoy, LLC - NJ125%
Boost Subscriberco L.l.c.125%
Level 3 Communications, LLC - NJ125%
Brightspeed of New Jersey, INC.125%

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.

Local prefixes for Frenchtown

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Frenchtown's rate center (FRENCHTOWN). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2002. 2 of the 4 were assigned in 2020 or later.

Prefixes assigned in Frenchtown, NJ
Area codePrefixes (NXX)
908544, 571, 628, 996

Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.

When Frenchtown's exchanges were assigned

Assignment dates show when each block of Frenchtown numbers was added to the local supply.

Frenchtown, NJ: exchanges by decade assigned
Decade assignedExchangesShare
2000s133%
2020s267%

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

Rate centers and local calling in Frenchtown

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

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 908 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

Who does business near Frenchtown

Frenchtown 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.

Setting up a Frenchtown business line

Callata Office costs $99 per month for up to 5 people, and each additional user is $20 a month. That covers up to 3 local numbers, calling from a browser or your cell, transcribed voicemail, recorded calls with AI summaries, after-hours routing and E911 on each number.

If you already have a number in Frenchtown, porting it to Callata is free. Texting from a local number requires a one-time carrier registration (10DLC, $49), and the numbers available in any area code depend on carrier inventory when you choose them.

Optional AI agents (receptionist, sales, support or scheduler) can answer calls after hours or when nobody picks up, take messages, text, email and transfer to your team. They are billed from prepaid AI minutes at $0.25 per minute, identify themselves as AI, and may only place outbound calls to people who consented, between 8am and 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. On Callata the same 15 people cost $299.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

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 Frenchtown, NJ?

908. All exchanges NANPA lists for Frenchtown are in 908.

How many phone companies have exchanges in Frenchtown?

4, holding 4 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.

Can I keep my existing Frenchtown 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 Frenchtown?

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).