CallataGuidesGet a local business phone number in Jersey City, NJ
Jersey City's area codes, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Jersey City number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 201 / 551
- Exchanges
- 191NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 29
- Population
- 302,824Census 2024 est.
Jersey City area codes
With 302,824 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Jersey City sits in Hudson County, New Jersey. NANPA lists 191 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 201 has the most (138, 72%). 201 is part of an overlay with 551, so a new local number in Jersey City may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Jersey City 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).
Phone carriers in Jersey City
29 carriers hold the 191 exchanges assigned to Jersey City's rate center. Verizon New Jersey, INC. has the most, with 57. 138 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.
| Carrier (NANPA operating company) | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Verizon New Jersey, INC. | 57 | 30% |
| Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - NJ | 24 | 13% |
| Omnipoint Communications, INC. - NJ | 19 | 9.9% |
| Onvoy, LLC - NJ | 13 | 6.8% |
| New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - DC | 10 | 5.2% |
| Metropcs, INC. | 9 | 4.7% |
| Level 3 Communications, LLC - NJ | 7 | 3.7% |
| Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC | 7 | 3.7% |
| Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - NJ | 6 | 3.1% |
| Teleport Communications America, LLC - NJ | 5 | 2.6% |
| Cablevision Lightpath, INC. - NJ | 5 | 2.6% |
| Paetec Itel, LLC | 4 | 2.1% |
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 Jersey City
These are the central office codes NANPA records for Jersey City. A caller seeing one of them recognizes a local number. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 30 of the 191 were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 201 | 200, 201, 204, 205, 208, 209, 216, 217, 219, 222, 232, 234, 238, 239, 240, 241, 253, 268, 273, 275, 284, 309, 318, 320, 324, 332, 333, 344, 356, 360, 369, 377, 386, 388, 395, 401, 409, 413, 418, 420, 423, 424, 427, 432, 433, 434, 435, 448, 451, 459, 469, 479, 484, 492, 499, 502, 516, 517, 521, 524, 526, 533, 536, 539, 544, 547, 551, 557, 565, 577, 589, 593, 595, 600, 604, 610, 616, 619, 626, 630, 631, 633, 640, 653, 656, 659, 668, 671, 680, 683, 685, 687, 705, 706, 710, 714, 716, 721, 725, 736, 737, 743, 744, 748, 761, 763, 780, 792, 793, 795, 798, 827, 830, 839, 850, 855, 860, 876, 878, 884, 885, 892, 898, 901, 912, 915, 918, 920, 936, 938, 942, 946, 963, 978, 984, 985, 988, 993 |
| 551 | 200, 201, 203, 205, 208, 220, 222, 225, 226, 227, 229, 233, 235, 247, 256, 260, 261, 263, 267, 277, 280, 298, 307, 309, 325, 328, 338, 344, 349, 350, 353, 358, 359, 362, 371, 376, 387, 414, 417, 428, 430, 431, 525, 550, 551, 554, 655, 689, 697, 758, 842, 997, 998 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
When Jersey City's exchanges were assigned
Assignment dates show when each block of Jersey City numbers was added to the local supply.
| Decade assigned | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 36 | 35% |
| 2010s | 36 | 35% |
| 2020s | 30 | 29% |
Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.
How local numbers work in Jersey City
Phone numbers are tied to a rate center, the local calling area used to decide whether a call is local or toll. Jersey City's numbers are rated to the JERSEYCITY rate center in NANPA's records. A business number from one of the prefixes above shows up on customers' phones as a Jersey City number.
If your business already has a Jersey City number, porting it to Callata is free and keeps it on your cards, listings and vehicles.
The local business market
Jersey City 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).
| Industry | Establishments | Employees | Employees per establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full-service restaurants | 19,706 | 318,739 | 16.2 |
| Limited-service restaurants | 18,189 | 193,213 | 10.6 |
| Physician practices | 15,136 | 159,084 | 10.5 |
| Residential remodelers | 12,751 | 42,593 | 3.3 |
| Law offices | 12,736 | 122,203 | 9.6 |
| Dental offices | 9,582 | 62,116 | 6.5 |
| Supermarkets and grocery stores | 8,596 | 164,591 | 19.1 |
| Beauty salons | 8,444 | 36,882 | 4.4 |
Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.
Setting up a Jersey City business line
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.
If you already have a number in Jersey City, 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.
| Provider (plan) | Pricing basis | Per month | Per 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 Jersey City, NJ?
Jersey City has exchanges in 201 and 551; 201 has the most.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Jersey City?
29, holding 191 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Jersey City 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 Jersey City?
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).