Get a local business phone number in Erie, PA

What area code is Erie, PA?

Erie, in Erie County, Pennsylvania, had a Census-estimated population of 92,940 in July 2024. NANPA lists 93 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 814 has the most (86, 92%). 814 is part of an overlay with 582, so a new local number in Erie may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Erie is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 814 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as ten digits (area code plus number).

Erie exchanges by carrier

28 carriers hold the 93 exchanges assigned to Erie's rate center. Verizon North, INC. - Pa has the most, with 31. 56 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. A business number in Erie can come from any of these blocks; once it is yours, porting lets it move between providers.

Erie phone prefixes

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Erie's rate center (ERIE). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 13 of the 93 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Erie's exchanges were assigned

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

What makes a number local to Erie

What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Erie, those come from the ERIE rate center, as recorded by NANPA.

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 814 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

Businesses around Erie

Erie is part of the Erie, PA metro area, home to 268,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 6,103 business establishments in the Erie, PA metro area in 2023, employing 114,339 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (879), health care and social assistance (870), and other services (except public administration) (782).

Business phone service in Erie

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If you already have a number in Erie, 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.

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A 19-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in the Erie, PA metro area. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $570.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $474.05. On Callata the same 19 people cost $379.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.