Get a local business phone number in Dillon, SC

What area code is Dillon, SC?

Dillon, in Dillon County, South Carolina, had a Census-estimated population of 6,244 in July 2024. NANPA lists 10 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 843 has the most (8, 80%). 843 is part of an overlay with 854, so a new local number in Dillon may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Dillon is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 843 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Dillon exchanges by carrier

6 carriers hold the 10 exchanges assigned to Dillon's rate center. Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - SC has the most, with 4. 7 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.

Dillon phone prefixes

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Dillon's rate center (DILLON). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2002. 2 of the 10 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Dillon's exchanges were assigned

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

What makes a number local to Dillon

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

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Businesses around Dillon

Dillon is outside any Census metro or micropolitan area, so the figures below are statewide. County Business Patterns counted 122,958 business establishments in South Carolina in 2023, employing 2,067,143 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (18,647), other services (except public administration) (12,908), and health care and social assistance (12,694).

Business phone service in Dillon

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