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Get a local business phone number in Hopatcong, NJ

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

Area code
862 / 973
Exchanges
14NANPA-assigned
Carriers
9
Population
14,750Census 2024 est.

Hopatcong area codes

Hopatcong borough is a Census place in Sussex County, New Jersey, with an estimated 14,750 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 14 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 862 has the most (7, 50%). 862 is part of an overlay with 973, so a new local number in Hopatcong may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Hopatcong is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 862 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as ten digits (area code plus number).

Area codes with exchanges in Hopatcong, NJ
Area codeExchanges hereShareIn service sinceOverlay withTime zone
862750%2001973Eastern
973750%1997862Eastern

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

Hopatcong exchanges by carrier

9 carriers hold the 14 exchanges assigned to Hopatcong's rate center. Verizon New Jersey, INC. has the most, with 4. 12 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.

Carriers holding exchanges in Hopatcong, NJ
Carrier (NANPA operating company)ExchangesShare
Verizon New Jersey, INC.429%
Omnipoint Communications, INC. - NJ214%
Onvoy, LLC - NJ214%
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC17.1%
Cablevision Lightpath, INC. - NJ17.1%
CSC Voice, LLC17.1%
Monmouth Telephone and Telegraph, INC. - NJ17.1%
Level 3 Communications, LLC - NJ17.1%
Teleport Communications America, LLC - NJ17.1%

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 Hopatcong

These are the central office codes NANPA records for Hopatcong. A caller seeing one of them recognizes a local number. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 4 of the 14 were assigned in 2020 or later.

Prefixes assigned in Hopatcong, NJ
Area codePrefixes (NXX)
862243, 299, 391, 425, 462, 473, 803
973234, 288, 398, 601, 663, 770, 810

Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.

When Hopatcong's exchanges were assigned

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

Hopatcong, NJ: exchanges by decade assigned
Decade assignedExchangesShare
2000s225%
2010s225%
2020s450%

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

What makes a number local to Hopatcong

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

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

The local business market

Hopatcong 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.

Business phone service in Hopatcong

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.

Porting a number you already use in Hopatcong 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.

Per-seat phone plans multiply by headcount. For the rounded average establishment size in the New York, NY-NJ metro area, 15 users on RingCentral RingEX Core come to $450.00 a month and on Ooma Office Pro $374.25, at month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026. 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 Hopatcong, NJ?

Hopatcong has exchanges in 862 and 973; 862 has the most.

How many phone companies have exchanges in Hopatcong?

9, holding 14 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.

Can I keep my existing Hopatcong 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 Hopatcong?

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).