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Get a local business phone number in Teaneck, NJ

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

Area code
201 / 551
Exchanges
28NANPA-assigned
Carriers
12
Population
42,578Census 2024 est.

Teaneck area codes

Teaneck township is a Census town in Bergen County, New Jersey, with an estimated 42,578 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 28 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 201 has the most (23, 82%). 201 is part of an overlay with 551, so a new local number in Teaneck may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Teaneck 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).

Area codes with exchanges in Teaneck, NJ
Area codeExchanges hereShareIn service sinceOverlay withTime zone
2012382%1947551Eastern
551518%2001201Eastern

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

Who holds Teaneck phone exchanges

12 carriers hold the 28 exchanges assigned to Teaneck's rate center. Verizon New Jersey, INC. has the most, with 11. 23 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. Holding a code means NANPA assigned that block of numbers to the carrier for this rate center; individual numbers may since have been ported elsewhere.

Carriers holding exchanges in Teaneck, NJ
Carrier (NANPA operating company)ExchangesShare
Verizon New Jersey, INC.1139%
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC311%
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - NJ27.1%
Level 3 Communications, LLC - NJ27.1%
Paetec Itel, LLC27.1%
Onvoy, LLC - NJ27.1%
Metropcs, INC.13.6%
Teleport Communications America, LLC - NJ13.6%
Monmouth Telephone and Telegraph, INC. - NJ13.6%
Cooperative Communications, INC.13.6%
Cablevision Lightpath, INC. - NJ13.6%
Vonage America LLC13.6%

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.

Teaneck phone prefixes

These are the central office codes NANPA records for Teaneck. 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 28 were assigned in 2020 or later.

Prefixes assigned in Teaneck, NJ
Area codePrefixes (NXX)
201287, 304, 347, 353, 357, 371, 379, 530, 578, 591, 645, 692, 764, 801, 808, 817, 833, 836, 837, 862, 907, 928, 992
551212, 322, 369, 391, 437

Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.

When Teaneck's exchanges were assigned

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

Teaneck, NJ: exchanges by decade assigned
Decade assignedExchangesShare
2000s117%
2010s117%
2020s467%

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

What makes a number local to Teaneck

NANPA ties every exchange to a rate center. For Teaneck that is TEANECK, so a number from one of these exchanges reads as local to people in and around Teaneck.

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 201 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

The local business market

Teaneck 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.

A Teaneck number on Callata

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 Teaneck 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.

A 15-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in the New York, NY-NJ metro area. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $450.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $374.25. 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 Teaneck, NJ?

Teaneck has exchanges in 201 and 551; 201 has the most.

How many phone companies have exchanges in Teaneck?

12, holding 28 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.

Can I keep my existing Teaneck 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 Teaneck?

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).