Get a local business phone number in Ironton, OH

Area codes in Ironton

Ironton, in Lawrence County, Ohio, had a Census-estimated population of 10,147 in July 2024. NANPA lists 16 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 740 has the most (14, 88%). 740 is part of an overlay with 220, so a new local number in Ironton may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Ironton 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.

Ironton exchanges by carrier

9 carriers hold the 16 exchanges assigned to Ironton's rate center. Ohio Bell Tel CO has the most, with 5. 14 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 Ironton

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Ironton's rate center (IRONTON). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 2 of the 16 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Ironton's exchanges were assigned

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

What makes a number local to Ironton

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

Keeping an existing Ironton 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

Ironton is part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metro area, home to 367,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 7,018 business establishments in the Huntington, WV-KY-OH metro area in 2023, employing 116,763 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (1,261), health care and social assistance (980), and other services (except public administration) (764).

A Ironton number on Callata

Callata is a business phone system priced at $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user. Callata Office includes up to 3 local business numbers, unlimited inbound calling, 1,500 pooled outbound US and Canada minutes per user each month, a browser softphone that can also ring your cell, voicemail with transcription, call recording with AI summaries, business-hours routing and E911 on every number.

Porting a number you already use in Ironton 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.

The comparison below uses 17 users, the rounded average establishment size in the Huntington, WV-KY-OH metro area. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $424.15 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $510.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. Callata comes to $339.00 a month for 17 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.