Get a local business phone number in Pittston, PA
Pittston's area codes, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Pittston number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 570 / 272
- Exchanges
- 48NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 14
- Population
- 7,743Census 2024 est.
What area code is Pittston, PA?
Pittston city is a Census place in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, with an estimated 7,743 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 48 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 570 has the most (29, 60%). 570 is part of an overlay with 272, so a new local number in Pittston may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Pittston is in the Eastern time zone.
According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 570 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as ten digits (area code plus number).
Pittston exchanges by carrier
14 carriers hold the 48 exchanges assigned to Pittston's rate center. New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - DC has the most, with 22. 32 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.
| Carrier (NANPA operating company) | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - DC | 22 | 46% |
| Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - Pa | 8 | 17% |
| Verizon Pennsylvania, INC. | 4 | 8.3% |
| Omnipoint Communications Enterprises, LP | 3 | 6.3% |
| Onvoy, LLC - Pa | 2 | 4.2% |
| RCN Telecom Services of Pennsylvania, INC. | 1 | 2.1% |
| Callworks Corporation | 1 | 2.1% |
| U.s. Telepacific Corp. d/b/a TPX Communications | 1 | 2.1% |
| Ton80 Communications, LLC | 1 | 2.1% |
| Level 3 Communications, LLC - Pa | 1 | 2.1% |
| AT&T - Local | 1 | 2.1% |
| Ctsi, INC. - Pa | 1 | 2.1% |
Carrier names are the operating company (OCN) names on NANPA's utilized central office code file dated 10/01/2026. A carrier holding a code may port numbers to other carriers.
Pittston phone prefixes
Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Pittston's rate center (PITTSTON). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 19 of the 48 were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 272 | 260, 287, 303, 307, 319, 328, 338, 351, 390, 403, 417, 423, 432, 440, 441, 456, 485, 618, 632 |
| 570 | 212, 237, 299, 300, 313, 357, 362, 407, 430, 446, 466, 479, 498, 510, 540, 569, 602, 603, 650, 654, 655, 881, 883, 885, 891, 905, 908, 947, 954 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
When Pittston's exchanges were assigned
Assignment dates show when each block of Pittston numbers was added to the local supply.
| Decade assigned | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4 | 17% |
| 2020s | 19 | 83% |
Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.
What makes a number local to Pittston
Phone numbers are tied to a rate center, the local calling area used to decide whether a call is local or toll. Pittston's numbers are rated to the PITTSTON rate center in NANPA's records. A business number from one of the prefixes above shows up on customers' phones as a Pittston number.
If your business already has a Pittston number, porting it to Callata is free and keeps it on your cards, listings and vehicles.
Businesses around Pittston
Pittston is part of the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro area, home to 574,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 13,043 business establishments in the Scranton, PA metro area in 2023, employing 238,473 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (2,050), health care and social assistance (1,919), and other services (except public administration) (1,430).
| Industry | Establishments | Employees | Employees per establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full-service restaurants | 528 | 7,940 | 15.0 |
| Physician practices | 478 | 7,278 | 15.2 |
| Limited-service restaurants | 417 | 5,851 | 14.0 |
| Law offices | 283 | 1,228 | 4.3 |
| Landscaping services | 206 | 792 | 3.8 |
| Beauty salons | 200 | 938 | 4.7 |
| General automotive repair shops | 193 | 591 | 3.1 |
| Insurance agencies and brokerages | 191 | 759 | 4.0 |
Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.
Business phone service in Pittston
Callata Office costs $99 per month for up to 5 people, and each additional user is $20 a month. That covers up to 3 local numbers, calling from a browser or your cell, transcribed voicemail, recorded calls with AI summaries, after-hours routing and E911 on each number.
If you already have a number in Pittston, 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.
The comparison below uses 18 users, the rounded average establishment size in the Scranton, 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.
| Provider (plan) | Pricing basis | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callata (Callata Office) | $99 incl. 5 users, $20 per extra user | $359.00 | $4,308.00 |
| Quo (Starter) | $19.00 per user | $342.00 | $4,104.00 |
| Nextiva (Core) | $23.00 per user | $414.00 | $4,968.00 |
| Ooma (Office Pro) | $24.95 per user | $449.10 | $5,389.20 |
| Dialpad (Standard) | $27.00 per user | $486.00 | $5,832.00 |
| RingCentral (RingEX Core) | $30.00 per user | $540.00 | $6,480.00 |
Competitor prices are each vendor's published month-to-month list price per user for its lowest plan that includes business calling and texting, checked September 28, 2026: Quo Starter $19, Nextiva Core $23, Ooma Office Pro $24.95 (Essentials excludes texting; one-time $29.95 activation not included), Dialpad Standard $27, RingCentral RingEX Core $30 ($20 billed annually). Prices exclude taxes and fees and may change; annual contracts lower some competitors' prices.
Frequently asked questions
What area code is Pittston, PA?
Pittston has exchanges in 570 and 272; 570 has the most.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Pittston?
14, holding 48 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Pittston business number?
Yes. Porting an existing number to Callata is free. Texting from it starts after carrier registration (10DLC), a one-time $49 fee.
How much is a business phone line in Pittston?
Callata is $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user, with up to 3 local numbers; 18 users come to $359.00 a month. For comparison, 18 users on RingCentral RingEX Core list at $540.00 a month (checked September 28, 2026).