Get a local business phone number in Narragansett, RI

What area code is Narragansett, RI?

Narragansett town is a Census town in Washington County, Rhode Island, with an estimated 14,407 residents in 2024. All 19 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 401. Narragansett is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 401 are dialed as seven digits and toll calls as seven digits.

Phone carriers in Narragansett

10 carriers hold the 19 exchanges assigned to Narragansett's rate center. Verizon New England INC. has the most, with 6. 15 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.

Local prefixes for Narragansett

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Narragansett. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 1 of the 19 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Narragansett's exchanges were assigned

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

Rate centers and local calling in Narragansett

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

If your business already has a Narragansett number, porting it to Callata is free and keeps it on your cards, listings and vehicles.

Businesses around Narragansett

Narragansett is part of the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area, home to 1.7 million people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 42,731 business establishments in the Providence, RI-MA metro area in 2023, employing 645,576 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (5,533), construction (5,278), and health care and social assistance (4,723).

Setting up a Narragansett business line

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Porting a number you already use in Narragansett 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.

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