Get a local business phone number in Lancaster, PA

What area code is Lancaster, PA?

Lancaster city is a Census place in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with an estimated 58,441 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 113 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 717 has the most (101, 89%). 717 is part of an overlay with 223, so a new local number in Lancaster may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Lancaster is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 717 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as ten digits (area code plus number).

Who holds Lancaster phone exchanges

20 carriers hold the 113 exchanges assigned to Lancaster's rate center. Verizon Pennsylvania, INC. has the most, with 24. 77 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. A business number in Lancaster can come from any of these blocks; once it is yours, porting lets it move between providers.

Local prefixes for Lancaster

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Lancaster's rate center (LANCASTER). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 10 of the 113 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Lancaster's exchanges were assigned

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

Rate centers and local calling in Lancaster

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

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 717 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

Who does business near Lancaster

Lancaster is part of the Lancaster, PA metro area, home to 563,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 13,776 business establishments in the Lancaster, PA metro area in 2023, employing 249,379 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are construction (1,919), retail trade (1,887), and other services (except public administration) (1,791).

Setting up a Lancaster business line

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If you already have a number in Lancaster, 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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The comparison below uses 18 users, the rounded average establishment size in the Lancaster, PA metro area. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $449.10 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $540.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. On Callata the same 18 people cost $359.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.