Get a local business phone number in Toronto, OH

What area code is Toronto, OH?

With 5,187 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Toronto sits in Jefferson County, Ohio. All 3 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 Toronto may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Toronto 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 Toronto phone exchanges

2 carriers hold the 3 exchanges assigned to Toronto's rate center. Onvoy, LLC - Oh has the most, with 2. 3 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.

Toronto phone prefixes

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Toronto. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2002. None were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Toronto's exchanges were assigned

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

How local numbers work in Toronto

What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Toronto, those come from the TORONTO 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.

Who does business near Toronto

Toronto is part of the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area, home to 113,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 2,073 business establishments in the Weirton, WV-OH metro area in 2023, employing 31,086 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (331), other services (except public administration) (306), and health care and social assistance (287).

Setting up a Toronto business line

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Porting a number you already use in Toronto 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.

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A 15-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in the Weirton, WV-OH metro area. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $450.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $374.25. Callata comes to $299.00 a month for 15 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.