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Bessemer City's area codes, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Bessemer City number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 980 / 704
- Exchanges
- 9NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 7
- Population
- 5,730Census 2024 est.
Area codes in Bessemer City
Bessemer City city is a Census place in Gaston County, North Carolina, with an estimated 5,730 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 9 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 980 has the most (6, 67%). 980 is part of an overlay with 704, so a new local number in Bessemer City may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Bessemer City is in the Eastern time zone.
According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 980 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.
Who holds Bessemer City phone exchanges
7 carriers hold the 9 exchanges assigned to Bessemer City's rate center. Onvoy, LLC - NC has the most, with 3. 9 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. A business number in Bessemer City can come from any of these blocks; once it is yours, porting lets it move between providers.
| Carrier (NANPA operating company) | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Onvoy, LLC - NC | 3 | 33% |
| Bellsouth Telecomm INC d/b/a Southern Bell Tel & Tel | 1 | 11% |
| Level 3 Communications, LLC - NC | 1 | 11% |
| Paetec Itel, LLC | 1 | 11% |
| Eon Telecom, INC. | 1 | 11% |
| Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - NC | 1 | 11% |
| Boost Subscriberco L.l.c. | 1 | 11% |
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.
Local prefixes for Bessemer City
A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Bessemer City. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2011. 3 of the 9 were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 704 | 629, 702, 729 |
| 980 | 243, 437, 509, 533, 577, 981 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
When Bessemer City's exchanges were assigned
Assignment dates show when each block of Bessemer City numbers was added to the local supply.
| Decade assigned | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3 | 50% |
| 2020s | 3 | 50% |
Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.
Rate centers and local calling in Bessemer City
What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Bessemer City, those come from the BESSEMERCY rate center, as recorded by NANPA.
New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 980 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.
Who does business near Bessemer City
Bessemer City is part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area, home to 2.9 million people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 71,411 business establishments in the Charlotte, NC-SC metro area in 2023, employing 1,238,884 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are professional, scientific, and technical services (8,569), retail trade (8,197), and construction (7,500).
| Industry | Establishments | Employees | Employees per establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offices of real estate agents and brokers | 2,400 | 5,131 | 2.1 |
| Full-service restaurants | 2,176 | 49,186 | 22.6 |
| Limited-service restaurants | 2,134 | 46,224 | 21.7 |
| Physician practices | 1,460 | 26,313 | 18.0 |
| Management consulting firms | 1,360 | 15,206 | 11.2 |
| Insurance agencies and brokerages | 1,129 | 8,168 | 7.2 |
| Dental offices | 1,123 | 9,718 | 8.7 |
| Landscaping services | 1,103 | 9,685 | 8.8 |
Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.
A Bessemer City number on Callata
Callata Office costs $99 per month for up to 5 people, and each additional user is $20 a month. That covers up to 3 local numbers, calling from a browser or your cell, transcribed voicemail, recorded calls with AI summaries, after-hours routing and E911 on each number.
If you already have a number in Bessemer 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 17 users, the rounded average establishment size in the Charlotte, NC-SC metro area. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $424.15 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $510.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. On Callata the same 17 people cost $339.00 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 | $339.00 | $4,068.00 |
| Quo (Starter) | $19.00 per user | $323.00 | $3,876.00 |
| Nextiva (Core) | $23.00 per user | $391.00 | $4,692.00 |
| Ooma (Office Pro) | $24.95 per user | $424.15 | $5,089.80 |
| Dialpad (Standard) | $27.00 per user | $459.00 | $5,508.00 |
| RingCentral (RingEX Core) | $30.00 per user | $510.00 | $6,120.00 |
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 Bessemer City, NC?
Bessemer City has exchanges in 980 and 704; 980 has the most.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Bessemer City?
7, holding 9 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Bessemer 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 Bessemer City?
Callata is $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user, with up to 3 local numbers; 17 users come to $339.00 a month. For comparison, 17 users on RingCentral RingEX Core list at $510.00 a month (checked September 28, 2026).