Get a local business phone number in Lakehurst, NJ
Lakehurst's area codes, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Lakehurst number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 732 / 848
- Exchanges
- 11NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 6
- Population
- 2,713Census 2024 est.
Lakehurst area codes
With 2,713 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Lakehurst sits in Ocean County, New Jersey. NANPA lists 11 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 732 has the most (7, 64%). 732 is part of an overlay with 848, so a new local number in Lakehurst may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Lakehurst is in the Eastern time zone.
According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 732 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as ten digits (area code plus number).
Who holds Lakehurst phone exchanges
6 carriers hold the 11 exchanges assigned to Lakehurst's rate center. Verizon New Jersey, INC. has the most, with 6. 8 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. A business number in Lakehurst can come from any of these blocks; once it is yours, porting lets it move between providers.
| Carrier (NANPA operating company) | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Verizon New Jersey, INC. | 6 | 55% |
| Paetec Itel, LLC | 1 | 9.1% |
| Teleport Communications America, LLC - NJ | 1 | 9.1% |
| Comcast Ip Phone, LLC | 1 | 9.1% |
| Barr Tell USA, INC. - NJ | 1 | 9.1% |
| Onvoy, LLC - NJ | 1 | 9.1% |
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.
Lakehurst phone prefixes
Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Lakehurst's rate center (LAKEHURST). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2010. 2 of the 11 were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 732 | 323, 350, 408, 657, 716, 849, 941 |
| 848 | 227, 258, 499, 909 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
When Lakehurst's exchanges were assigned
The table groups Lakehurst's exchanges by the decade NANPA recorded them as assigned.
| Decade assigned | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2 | 50% |
| 2020s | 2 | 50% |
Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.
Rate centers and local calling in Lakehurst
Phone numbers are tied to a rate center, the local calling area used to decide whether a call is local or toll. Lakehurst's numbers are rated to the LAKEHURST rate center in NANPA's records. A business number from one of the prefixes above shows up on customers' phones as a Lakehurst number.
Keeping an existing Lakehurst number costs nothing on Callata, because porting is free; a new number depends on what carriers have open in 732 when you pick it.
Businesses around Lakehurst
Lakehurst 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 Lakehurst 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.
Porting a number you already use in Lakehurst 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.
| 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 Lakehurst, NJ?
Lakehurst has exchanges in 732 and 848; 732 has the most.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Lakehurst?
6, holding 11 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Lakehurst 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 Lakehurst?
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).