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Get a local business phone number in Hamilton, OH

Hamilton's area codes, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Hamilton number in front of your customers.

Area code
513 / 283
Exchanges
61NANPA-assigned
Carriers
16
Population
63,953Census 2024 est.

Hamilton area codes

Hamilton city is a Census place in Butler County, Ohio, with an estimated 63,953 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 61 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 513 has the most (55, 90%). 513 is part of an overlay with 283, so a new local number in Hamilton may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Hamilton is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 513 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Area codes with exchanges in Hamilton, OH
Area codeExchanges hereShareIn service sinceOverlay withTime zone
5135590%1947283Eastern
28369.8%2023513Eastern

Source: NANPA utilized central office code file and NPA report, dated 10/01/2026.

Phone carriers in Hamilton

16 carriers hold the 61 exchanges assigned to Hamilton's rate center. Cincinnati Bell has the most, with 26. 44 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.

Carriers holding exchanges in Hamilton, OH
Carrier (NANPA operating company)ExchangesShare
Cincinnati Bell2643%
Onvoy, LLC - Oh58.2%
Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - Oh58.2%
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - Il46.6%
Level 3 Communications, LLC - Oh46.6%
T-mobile USA, INC.23.3%
Wide Voice, LLC - Oh23.3%
Teleport Communications America, LLC - Oh23.3%
Metropcs, INC.23.3%
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC - Oh23.3%
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - Oh23.3%
U.s. Telepacific Corp. d/b/a TPX Communications11.6%

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 Hamilton

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Hamilton. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 13 of the 61 were assigned in 2020 or later.

Prefixes assigned in Hamilton, OH
Area codePrefixes (NXX)
283212, 215, 219, 225, 231, 888
513275, 285, 330, 341, 454, 499, 525, 596, 603, 642, 645, 663, 668, 682, 714, 737, 740, 747, 773, 785, 790, 795, 805, 816, 820, 829, 844, 856, 857, 858, 860, 863, 867, 868, 869, 870, 874, 881, 883, 887, 889, 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 905, 907, 912, 939, 942, 953, 960, 973, 990

Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.

When Hamilton's exchanges were assigned

Assignment dates show when each block of Hamilton numbers was added to the local supply.

Hamilton, OH: exchanges by decade assigned
Decade assignedExchangesShare
2000s415%
2010s935%
2020s1350%

Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.

What makes a number local to Hamilton

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

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

Businesses around Hamilton

Hamilton is part of the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area, home to 2.3 million people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 48,255 business establishments in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area in 2023, employing 1,030,698 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (6,169), health care and social assistance (5,605), and accommodation and food services (4,958).

Selected industries in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area, 2023
IndustryEstablishmentsEmployeesEmployees per establishment
Limited-service restaurants1,89639,77121.0
Full-service restaurants1,60143,11426.9
Physician practices1,00321,88521.8
Offices of real estate agents and brokers8011,9032.4
Landscaping services7976,5208.2
Insurance agencies and brokerages7824,4475.7
Law offices7495,6107.5
Dental offices7456,3568.5

Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.

Business phone service in Hamilton

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 Hamilton, 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.

A 21-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $630.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $523.95. On Callata the same 21 people cost $419.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

Monthly list price for a 21-person team
Provider (plan)Pricing basisPer monthPer year
Callata (Callata Office)$99 incl. 5 users, $20 per extra user$419.00$5,028.00
Quo (Starter)$19.00 per user$399.00$4,788.00
Nextiva (Core)$23.00 per user$483.00$5,796.00
Ooma (Office Pro)$24.95 per user$523.95$6,287.40
Dialpad (Standard)$27.00 per user$567.00$6,804.00
RingCentral (RingEX Core)$30.00 per user$630.00$7,560.00

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 Hamilton, OH?

Hamilton has exchanges in 513 and 283; 513 has the most.

How many phone companies have exchanges in Hamilton?

16, holding 61 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.

Can I keep my existing Hamilton 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 Hamilton?

Callata is $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user, with up to 3 local numbers; 21 users come to $419.00 a month. For comparison, 21 users on RingCentral RingEX Core list at $630.00 a month (checked September 28, 2026).