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Folly Beach's area codes, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Folly Beach number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 843 / 854
- Exchanges
- 5NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 5
- Population
- 2,084Census 2024 est.
Folly Beach area codes
Folly Beach city is a Census place in Charleston County, South Carolina, with an estimated 2,084 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 5 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 843 has the most (4, 80%). 843 is part of an overlay with 854, so a new local number in Folly Beach may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Folly Beach 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.
Phone carriers in Folly Beach
5 carriers hold the 5 exchanges assigned to Folly Beach's rate center. Paetec Itel, LLC has the most, with 1. 5 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.
| Carrier (NANPA operating company) | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Paetec Itel, LLC | 1 | 20% |
| Bellsouth Telecomm INC d/b/a Southern Bell Tel & Tel | 1 | 20% |
| AT&T - Local | 1 | 20% |
| AT&T Enterprises, LLC | 1 | 20% |
| Onvoy Spectrum, LLC | 1 | 20% |
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.
Exchanges (NPA-NXX) assigned in Folly Beach
A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Folly Beach. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2003. 1 of the 5 were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 843 | 580, 588, 633, 648 |
| 854 | 803 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
When Folly Beach's exchanges were assigned
Assignment dates show when each block of Folly Beach numbers was added to the local supply.
| Decade assigned | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 33% |
| 2010s | 1 | 33% |
| 2020s | 1 | 33% |
Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.
What makes a number local to Folly Beach
What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Folly Beach, those come from the FOLLYBEACH rate center, as recorded by NANPA.
New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 843 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.
Businesses around Folly Beach
Folly Beach is part of the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro area, home to 870,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 22,892 business establishments in the Charleston, SC metro area in 2023, employing 321,692 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are professional, scientific, and technical services (3,015), retail trade (2,964), and construction (2,367).
| Industry | Establishments | Employees | Employees per establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full-service restaurants | 879 | 21,033 | 23.9 |
| Offices of real estate agents and brokers | 832 | 1,537 | 1.8 |
| Limited-service restaurants | 669 | 13,541 | 20.2 |
| Law offices | 624 | 4,795 | 7.7 |
| Physician practices | 577 | 7,795 | 13.5 |
| Residential remodelers | 374 | 1,494 | 4.0 |
| Insurance agencies and brokerages | 345 | 2,083 | 6.0 |
| Dental offices | 338 | 2,751 | 8.1 |
Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.
Business phone service in Folly Beach
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 Folly Beach, 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 14 users, the rounded average establishment size in the Charleston, SC metro area. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $349.30 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $420.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. On Callata the same 14 people cost $279.00 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 | $279.00 | $3,348.00 |
| Quo (Starter) | $19.00 per user | $266.00 | $3,192.00 |
| Nextiva (Core) | $23.00 per user | $322.00 | $3,864.00 |
| Ooma (Office Pro) | $24.95 per user | $349.30 | $4,191.60 |
| Dialpad (Standard) | $27.00 per user | $378.00 | $4,536.00 |
| RingCentral (RingEX Core) | $30.00 per user | $420.00 | $5,040.00 |
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 Folly Beach, SC?
Folly Beach has exchanges in 843 and 854; 843 has the most.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Folly Beach?
5, holding 5 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Folly Beach 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 Folly Beach?
Callata is $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user, with up to 3 local numbers; 14 users come to $279.00 a month. For comparison, 14 users on RingCentral RingEX Core list at $420.00 a month (checked September 28, 2026).