Get a local business phone number in Newark, OH

Area codes in Newark

Newark, in Licking County, Ohio, had a Census-estimated population of 51,424 in July 2024. NANPA lists 34 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 740 has the most (33, 97%). 740 is part of an overlay with 220, so a new local number in Newark may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Newark 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.

Phone carriers in Newark

9 carriers hold the 34 exchanges assigned to Newark's rate center. Windstream Ohio, LLC has the most, with 14. 27 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. Holding a code means NANPA assigned that block of numbers to the carrier for this rate center; individual numbers may since have been ported elsewhere.

Exchanges (NPA-NXX) assigned in Newark

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Newark's rate center (NEWARK). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 3 of the 34 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Newark's exchanges were assigned

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

How local numbers work in Newark

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

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 740 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

The local business market

Newark 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).

Business phone service in Newark

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.

If you already have a number in Newark, 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.

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. On Callata the same 21 people cost $419.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.