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St. Clairsville's area code, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a St. Clairsville number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 740
- Exchanges
- 17NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 8
- Population
- 4,954Census 2024 est.
What area code is St. Clairsville, OH?
St. Clairsville city is a Census place in Belmont County, Ohio, with an estimated 4,954 residents in 2024. All 17 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 740. 740 is part of an overlay with 220, so a new local number in St. Clairsville may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. St. Clairsville 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.
| Area code | Exchanges here | Share | In service since | Overlay with | Time zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 740 | 17 | 100% | 1997 | 220 | Eastern |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file and NPA report, dated 10/01/2026.
St. Clairsville exchanges by carrier
8 carriers hold the 17 exchanges assigned to St. Clairsville's rate center. Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - Oh has the most, with 6. 14 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. A business number in St. Clairsville can come from any of these blocks; once it is yours, porting lets it move between providers.
| Carrier (NANPA operating company) | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - Oh | 6 | 35% |
| Ohio Bell Tel CO | 4 | 24% |
| New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - Il | 2 | 12% |
| Metropcs, INC. | 1 | 5.9% |
| Teleport Communications America, LLC - Oh | 1 | 5.9% |
| Comcast Ip Phone, LLC | 1 | 5.9% |
| Level 3 Communications, LLC - Oh | 1 | 5.9% |
| Peerless Network of Ohio, LLC - Oh | 1 | 5.9% |
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.
St. Clairsville phone prefixes
A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to St. Clairsville. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2007. None were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 740 | 232, 296, 298, 310, 312, 338, 359, 391, 449, 526, 576, 579, 650, 695, 699, 827, 839 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
When St. Clairsville's exchanges were assigned
Assignment dates show when each block of St. Clairsville numbers was added to the local supply.
| Decade assigned | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 50% |
| 2010s | 1 | 50% |
Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.
What makes a number local to St. Clairsville
What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In St. Clairsville, those come from the STCLAIRSVL rate center, as recorded by NANPA.
New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 740 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.
Businesses around St. Clairsville
St. Clairsville is part of the Wheeling, WV-OH metro area, home to 135,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 3,180 business establishments in the Wheeling, WV-OH metro area in 2023, employing 51,417 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (522), health care and social assistance (505), and other services (except public administration) (409).
| Industry | Establishments | Employees | Employees per establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limited-service restaurants | 122 | 2,473 | 20.3 |
| Full-service restaurants | 95 | 2,298 | 24.2 |
| Physician practices | 89 | 591 | 6.6 |
| Law offices | 82 | 779 | 9.5 |
| Dental offices | 48 | 355 | 7.4 |
| Insurance agencies and brokerages | 48 | 237 | 4.9 |
| Civic and social organizations | 43 | 227 | 5.3 |
| Beauty salons | 41 | 239 | 5.8 |
Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.
Business phone service in St. Clairsville
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 St. Clairsville, 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.
The comparison below uses 16 users, the rounded average establishment size in the Wheeling, WV-OH metro area. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $399.20 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $480.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. On Callata the same 16 people cost $319.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.
| Provider (plan) | Pricing basis | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callata (Callata Office) | $99 incl. 5 users, $20 per extra user | $319.00 | $3,828.00 |
| Quo (Starter) | $19.00 per user | $304.00 | $3,648.00 |
| Nextiva (Core) | $23.00 per user | $368.00 | $4,416.00 |
| Ooma (Office Pro) | $24.95 per user | $399.20 | $4,790.40 |
| Dialpad (Standard) | $27.00 per user | $432.00 | $5,184.00 |
| RingCentral (RingEX Core) | $30.00 per user | $480.00 | $5,760.00 |
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 St. Clairsville, OH?
740. All exchanges NANPA lists for St. Clairsville are in 740.
How many phone companies have exchanges in St. Clairsville?
8, holding 17 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing St. Clairsville 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 St. Clairsville?
Callata is $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user, with up to 3 local numbers; 16 users come to $319.00 a month. For comparison, 16 users on RingCentral RingEX Core list at $480.00 a month (checked September 28, 2026).