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Get a local business phone number in Mendham, NJ

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

Area code
973 / 862
Exchanges
7NANPA-assigned
Carriers
7
Population
6,057Census 2024 est.

Mendham area codes

With 6,057 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Mendham sits in Morris County, New Jersey. NANPA lists 7 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 973 has the most (4, 57%). 973 is part of an overlay with 862, so a new local number in Mendham may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Mendham is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 973 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as ten digits (area code plus number).

Area codes with exchanges in Mendham, NJ
Area codeExchanges hereShareIn service sinceOverlay withTime zone
973457%1997862Eastern
862343%2001973Eastern

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

Mendham exchanges by carrier

7 carriers hold the 7 exchanges assigned to Mendham's rate center. Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - NJ has the most, with 1. 6 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. A business number in Mendham can come from any of these blocks; once it is yours, porting lets it move between providers.

Carriers holding exchanges in Mendham, NJ
Carrier (NANPA operating company)ExchangesShare
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - NJ114%
Coretel New Jersey, INC. - NJ114%
Onvoy Spectrum, LLC114%
Level 3 Communications, LLC - NJ114%
Cablevision Lightpath, INC. - NJ114%
Verizon New Jersey, INC.114%
Teleport Communications America, LLC - NJ114%

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.

Mendham phone prefixes

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Mendham's rate center (MENDHAM). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 1 of the 7 were assigned in 2020 or later.

Prefixes assigned in Mendham, NJ
Area codePrefixes (NXX)
862263, 829, 858
973370, 531, 543, 813

Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.

When Mendham's exchanges were assigned

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

Mendham, NJ: exchanges by decade assigned
Decade assignedExchangesShare
2000s125%
2010s250%
2020s125%

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

How local numbers work in Mendham

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

Keeping an existing Mendham number costs nothing on Callata, because porting is free; a new number depends on what carriers have open in 973 when you pick it.

The local business market

Mendham 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 Mendham

Callata is a business phone system priced at $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user. Callata Office includes up to 3 local business numbers, unlimited inbound calling, 1,500 pooled outbound US and Canada minutes per user each month, a browser softphone that can also ring your cell, voicemail with transcription, call recording with AI summaries, business-hours routing and E911 on every number.

If you already have a number in Mendham, 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.

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. 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 Mendham, NJ?

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

How many phone companies have exchanges in Mendham?

7, holding 7 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.

Can I keep my existing Mendham 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 Mendham?

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).