Get a local business phone number in Red Lion, PA

Red Lion area codes

Red Lion, in York County, Pennsylvania, had a Census-estimated population of 6,552 in July 2024. NANPA lists 10 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 717 has the most (6, 60%). 717 is part of an overlay with 223, so a new local number in Red Lion may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Red Lion 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 Red Lion phone exchanges

6 carriers hold the 10 exchanges assigned to Red Lion's rate center. New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - DC has the most, with 3. 8 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.

Red Lion phone prefixes

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Red Lion. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2008. 3 of the 10 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Red Lion's exchanges were assigned

The table groups Red Lion's exchanges by the decade NANPA recorded them as assigned.

What makes a number local to Red Lion

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

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

The local business market

Red Lion is part of the York-Hanover, PA metro area, home to 471,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 8,840 business establishments in the York, PA metro area in 2023, employing 176,202 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are other services (except public administration) (1,246), retail trade (1,183), and health care and social assistance (989).

A Red Lion number on Callata

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.

Porting a number you already use in Red Lion 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.

A 20-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in the York, PA metro area. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $600.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $499.00. Callata comes to $399.00 a month for 20 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.