Get a local business phone number in Delaware, OH

Delaware area codes

Delaware, in Delaware County, Ohio, had a Census-estimated population of 46,521 in July 2024. NANPA lists 20 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 740 has the most (19, 95%). 740 is part of an overlay with 220, so a new local number in Delaware may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Delaware is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 740 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Who holds Delaware phone exchanges

7 carriers hold the 20 exchanges assigned to Delaware's rate center. Aerial Communications, INC. has the most, with 5. 14 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. A business number in Delaware can come from any of these blocks; once it is yours, porting lets it move between providers.

Delaware phone prefixes

These are the central office codes NANPA records for Delaware. A caller seeing one of them recognizes a local number. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 2 of the 20 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Delaware's exchanges were assigned

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

What makes a number local to Delaware

Phone numbers are tied to a rate center, the local calling area used to decide whether a call is local or toll. Delaware's numbers are rated to the DELAWARE rate center in NANPA's records. A business number from one of the prefixes above shows up on customers' phones as a Delaware number.

Keeping an existing Delaware number costs nothing on Callata, because porting is free; a new number depends on what carriers have open in 740 when you pick it.

The local business market

Delaware is part of the Columbus, OH metro area, home to 2.2 million people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 46,419 business establishments in the Columbus, OH metro area in 2023, employing 985,064 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are health care and social assistance (6,208), retail trade (5,594), and professional, scientific, and technical services (5,419).

A Delaware 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.

Porting a number you already use in Delaware 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 Columbus, OH metro area, 21 users on RingCentral RingEX Core come to $630.00 a month and on Ooma Office Pro $523.95, at month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026. Callata comes to $419.00 a month for 21 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.