Get a local business phone number in Bismarck, ND

Area codes in Bismarck

Bismarck, in Burleigh County, North Dakota, had a Census-estimated population of 77,772 in July 2024. All 55 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 701. Bismarck is in the Central and Mountain time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 701 are dialed as seven digits and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Bismarck exchanges by carrier

27 carriers hold the 55 exchanges assigned to Bismarck's rate center. Qwest Corporation has the most, with 12. 36 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.

Exchanges (NPA-NXX) assigned in Bismarck

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Bismarck's rate center (BISMARCK). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 6 of the 55 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Bismarck's exchanges were assigned

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

What makes a number local to Bismarck

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

If your business already has a Bismarck number, porting it to Callata is free and keeps it on your cards, listings and vehicles.

The local business market

Bismarck is part of the Bismarck, ND metro area, home to 139,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 4,160 business establishments in the Bismarck, ND metro area in 2023, employing 59,165 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are construction (538), retail trade (483), and other services (except public administration) (477).

A Bismarck number on Callata

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Porting a number you already use in Bismarck 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.

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The comparison below uses 14 users, the rounded average establishment size in the Bismarck, ND metro area. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $349.30 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $420.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. Callata comes to $279.00 a month for 14 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.