Get a local business phone number in Catawissa, PA

What area code is Catawissa, PA?

Catawissa, in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, had a Census-estimated population of 1,537 in July 2024. NANPA lists 3 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 272 has the most (2, 67%). 272 is part of an overlay with 570, so a new local number in Catawissa may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Catawissa is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 272 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as ten digits (area code plus number).

Phone carriers in Catawissa

3 carriers hold the 3 exchanges assigned to Catawissa's rate center. Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - Pa has the most, with 1. 3 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.

Local prefixes for Catawissa

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Catawissa's rate center (CATAWISSA). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2020. 2 of the 3 were assigned in 2020 or later.

Rate centers and local calling in Catawissa

NANPA ties every exchange to a rate center. For Catawissa that is CATAWISSA, so a number from one of these exchanges reads as local to people in and around Catawissa.

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 272 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

Businesses around Catawissa

Catawissa is part of the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA micropolitan area, home to 66,012 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 1,428 business establishments in the Bloomsburg, PA micropolitan area in 2023, employing 22,886 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (231), other services (except public administration) (198), and health care and social assistance (197).

Setting up a Catawissa business line

For $99 a month, Callata puts a team of up to 5 on one plan ($20 for each person after that): up to 3 local numbers, unlimited inbound calls, a pooled allowance of 1,500 outbound US and Canada minutes per user, browser and cell calling, voicemail transcription with urgency triage, recorded calls with AI summaries and business-hours routing, with E911 on every number.

Porting a number you already use in Catawissa 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.

Per-seat phone plans multiply by headcount. For the rounded average establishment size in the Bloomsburg, PA micropolitan area, 16 users on RingCentral RingEX Core come to $480.00 a month and on Ooma Office Pro $399.20, at month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026. Callata comes to $319.00 a month for 16 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.