Get a local business phone number in Fayetteville, NC
Fayetteville's area codes, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Fayetteville number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 910 / 472
- Exchanges
- 168NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 39
- Population
- 209,496Census 2024 est.
What area code is Fayetteville, NC?
Fayetteville city is a Census place in Cumberland County, North Carolina, with an estimated 209,496 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 168 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 910 has the most (155, 92%). 910 is part of an overlay with 472, so a new local number in Fayetteville may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Fayetteville is in the Eastern time zone.
According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 910 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.
Who holds Fayetteville phone exchanges
39 carriers hold the 168 exchanges assigned to Fayetteville's rate center. Brightspeed of Eastern North Carolina, LLC has the most, with 51. 100 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. The table counts codes by the operating company NANPA assigned them to, not by who serves each number today.
| Carrier (NANPA operating company) | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Brightspeed of Eastern North Carolina, LLC | 51 | 30% |
| Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - NC | 27 | 16% |
| Suncom d/b/a T-mobile USA | 21 | 13% |
| Onvoy, LLC - NC | 8 | 4.8% |
| New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - Ga | 8 | 4.8% |
| Level 3 Telecom of North Carolina, LP - NC | 8 | 4.8% |
| Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC - NC | 5 | 3.0% |
| Paetec Itel, LLC | 3 | 1.8% |
| TWC Ip Enabled Services, LLC | 3 | 1.8% |
| Teleport Communications America, LLC - NC | 2 | 1.2% |
| Level 3 Communications, LLC - NC | 2 | 1.2% |
| Onvoy Spectrum, LLC | 2 | 1.2% |
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 Fayetteville
These are the central office codes NANPA records for Fayetteville. A caller seeing one of them recognizes a local number. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 20 of the 168 were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 472 | 202, 210, 215, 234, 242, 248, 260, 263, 272, 279, 300, 372, 465 |
| 910 | 203, 213, 221, 222, 223, 224, 229, 237, 243, 252, 257, 261, 263, 273, 286, 288, 302, 303, 306, 307, 308, 309, 321, 322, 323, 339, 354, 364, 366, 391, 394, 396, 401, 412, 423, 424, 425, 426, 429, 432, 433, 435, 436, 437, 438, 475, 476, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 491, 493, 494, 495, 496, 497, 500, 527, 551, 560, 568, 570, 574, 578, 580, 583, 584, 587, 598, 600, 605, 609, 615, 624, 626, 630, 635, 643, 644, 651, 656, 670, 672, 676, 677, 678, 689, 699, 703, 705, 709, 710, 717, 723, 728, 729, 745, 748, 751, 753, 758, 759, 764, 771, 778, 779, 797, 804, 806, 813, 818, 822, 823, 824, 826, 829, 835, 847, 849, 850, 853, 860, 861, 864, 867, 868, 882, 884, 900, 907, 908, 912, 916, 920, 922, 925, 927, 929, 930, 951, 960, 964, 965, 973, 977, 978, 987, 988 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
When Fayetteville's exchanges were assigned
Assignment dates show when each block of Fayetteville numbers was added to the local supply.
| Decade assigned | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31 | 41% |
| 2010s | 25 | 33% |
| 2020s | 20 | 26% |
Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.
What makes a number local to Fayetteville
Phone numbers are tied to a rate center, the local calling area used to decide whether a call is local or toll. Fayetteville's numbers are rated to the FAYETTEVL rate center in NANPA's records. A business number from one of the prefixes above shows up on customers' phones as a Fayetteville number.
New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 910 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.
Businesses around Fayetteville
Fayetteville is part of the Fayetteville, NC metro area, home to 394,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 6,438 business establishments in the Fayetteville, NC metro area in 2023, employing 104,346 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (1,157), health care and social assistance (885), and accommodation and food services (835).
| Industry | Establishments | Employees | Employees per establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limited-service restaurants | 358 | 8,344 | 23.3 |
| Full-service restaurants | 256 | 5,277 | 20.6 |
| Physician practices | 157 | 2,135 | 13.6 |
| Offices of real estate agents and brokers | 134 | 313 | 2.3 |
| Child day care services | 119 | 1,318 | 11.1 |
| Law offices | 108 | 572 | 5.3 |
| Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors | 96 | 898 | 9.4 |
| Dental offices | 90 | 1,236 | 13.7 |
Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.
A Fayetteville 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.
If you already have a number in Fayetteville, 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 Fayetteville, NC metro area, 16 users on RingCentral RingEX Core come to $480.00 a month and on Ooma Office Pro $399.20, at month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026. On Callata the same 16 people cost $319.00 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 | $319.00 | $3,828.00 |
| Quo (Starter) | $19.00 per user | $304.00 | $3,648.00 |
| Nextiva (Core) | $23.00 per user | $368.00 | $4,416.00 |
| Ooma (Office Pro) | $24.95 per user | $399.20 | $4,790.40 |
| Dialpad (Standard) | $27.00 per user | $432.00 | $5,184.00 |
| RingCentral (RingEX Core) | $30.00 per user | $480.00 | $5,760.00 |
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 Fayetteville, NC?
Fayetteville has exchanges in 910 and 472; 910 has the most.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Fayetteville?
39, holding 168 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Fayetteville 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 Fayetteville?
Callata is $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user, with up to 3 local numbers; 16 users come to $319.00 a month. For comparison, 16 users on RingCentral RingEX Core list at $480.00 a month (checked September 28, 2026).