Get a local business phone number in Roxboro, NC
Roxboro's area codes, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Roxboro number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 336 / 743
- Exchanges
- 14NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 8
- Population
- 8,289Census 2024 est.
Roxboro area codes
Roxboro city is a Census place in Person County, North Carolina, with an estimated 8,289 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 14 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 336 has the most (13, 93%). 336 is part of an overlay with 743, so a new local number in Roxboro may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Roxboro is in the Eastern time zone.
According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 336 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.
Roxboro exchanges by carrier
8 carriers hold the 14 exchanges assigned to Roxboro's rate center. Brightspeed of North Carolina, LLC has the most, with 6. 10 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 North Carolina, LLC | 6 | 43% |
| Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - NC | 2 | 14% |
| Frontier Communications of America, INC. - NC | 1 | 7.1% |
| United States Cellular - NC | 1 | 7.1% |
| Charter Ip Enabled Services, LLC | 1 | 7.1% |
| Onvoy, LLC - NC | 1 | 7.1% |
| Level 3 Communications, LLC - NC | 1 | 7.1% |
| TWC Ip Enabled Services, LLC | 1 | 7.1% |
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.
Exchanges (NPA-NXX) assigned in Roxboro
Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Roxboro's rate center (ROXBORO). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2002. 2 of the 14 were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 336 | 322, 330, 439, 503, 504, 583, 592, 597, 598, 599, 647, 828, 915 |
| 743 | 283 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
When Roxboro's exchanges were assigned
The table groups Roxboro's exchanges by the decade NANPA recorded them as assigned.
| Decade assigned | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 17% |
| 2010s | 3 | 50% |
| 2020s | 2 | 33% |
Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.
What makes a number local to Roxboro
NANPA ties every exchange to a rate center. For Roxboro that is ROXBORO, so a number from one of these exchanges reads as local to people in and around Roxboro.
Keeping an existing Roxboro number costs nothing on Callata, because porting is free; a new number depends on what carriers have open in 336 when you pick it.
The local business market
Roxboro is part of the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area, home to 621,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 14,217 business establishments in the Durham, NC metro area in 2023, employing 307,194 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are professional, scientific, and technical services (2,246), health care and social assistance (1,755), and retail trade (1,561).
| Industry | Establishments | Employees | Employees per establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limited-service restaurants | 464 | 9,911 | 21.4 |
| Full-service restaurants | 432 | 8,844 | 20.5 |
| Management consulting firms | 350 | 1,579 | 4.5 |
| Offices of real estate agents and brokers | 344 | 825 | 2.4 |
| Law offices | 262 | 1,383 | 5.3 |
| Dental offices | 233 | 1,694 | 7.3 |
| Landscaping services | 221 | 1,497 | 6.8 |
| Physician practices | 213 | 5,468 | 25.7 |
Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.
Business phone service in Roxboro
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 Roxboro 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 22-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in the Durham, NC metro area. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $660.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $548.90. Callata comes to $439.00 a month for 22 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.
| Provider (plan) | Pricing basis | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callata (Callata Office) | $99 incl. 5 users, $20 per extra user | $439.00 | $5,268.00 |
| Quo (Starter) | $19.00 per user | $418.00 | $5,016.00 |
| Nextiva (Core) | $23.00 per user | $506.00 | $6,072.00 |
| Ooma (Office Pro) | $24.95 per user | $548.90 | $6,586.80 |
| Dialpad (Standard) | $27.00 per user | $594.00 | $7,128.00 |
| RingCentral (RingEX Core) | $30.00 per user | $660.00 | $7,920.00 |
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 Roxboro, NC?
Roxboro has exchanges in 336 and 743; 336 has the most.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Roxboro?
8, holding 14 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Roxboro 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 Roxboro?
Callata is $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user, with up to 3 local numbers; 22 users come to $439.00 a month. For comparison, 22 users on RingCentral RingEX Core list at $660.00 a month (checked September 28, 2026).