Get a local business phone number in Astoria, OR

Astoria area codes

Astoria, in Clatsop County, Oregon, had a Census-estimated population of 9,906 in July 2024. NANPA lists 12 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 503 has the most (7, 58%). 503 is part of an overlay with 971, so a new local number in Astoria may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Astoria is in the Pacific time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 503 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Astoria exchanges by carrier

8 carriers hold the 12 exchanges assigned to Astoria's rate center. Level 3 Communications, LLC - Or has the most, with 3. 11 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.

Astoria phone prefixes

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Astoria's rate center (ASTORIA). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 2 of the 12 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Astoria's exchanges were assigned

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

How local numbers work in Astoria

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

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 503 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

The local business market

Astoria is part of the Astoria, OR micropolitan area, home to 41,043 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 1,602 business establishments in the Astoria, OR micropolitan area in 2023, employing 16,327 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are accommodation and food services (302), retail trade (270), and construction (203).

Business phone service in Astoria

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 Astoria, 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 Astoria, OR micropolitan area, 10 users on RingCentral RingEX Core come to $300.00 a month and on Ooma Office Pro $249.50, at month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026. On Callata the same 10 people cost $199.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.