Get a local business phone number in Lockport, NY

Area codes in Lockport

With 20,559 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Lockport sits in Niagara County, New York. All 17 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 716. 716 is part of an overlay with 624, so a new local number in Lockport may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Lockport is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 716 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as ten digits (area code plus number).

Phone carriers in Lockport

11 carriers hold the 17 exchanges assigned to Lockport's rate center. Verizon New York, INC. has the most, with 4. 14 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. A business number in Lockport can come from any of these blocks; once it is yours, porting lets it move between providers.

Local prefixes for Lockport

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Lockport. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2002. 3 of the 17 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Lockport's exchanges were assigned

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

What makes a number local to Lockport

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

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 716 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

The local business market

Lockport is part of the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area, home to 1.2 million people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 26,972 business establishments in the Buffalo, NY metro area in 2023, employing 475,966 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (3,838), health care and social assistance (3,163), and accommodation and food services (2,855).

Business phone service in Lockport

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.

Porting a number you already use in Lockport 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 Buffalo, NY metro area, 18 users on RingCentral RingEX Core come to $540.00 a month and on Ooma Office Pro $449.10, at month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026. Callata comes to $359.00 a month for 18 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.