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Get a local business phone number in Fountain Inn, SC

Fountain Inn's area code, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Fountain Inn number in front of your customers.

Area code
864
Exchanges
10NANPA-assigned
Carriers
7
Population
13,786Census 2024 est.

Fountain Inn area codes

Fountain Inn city is a Census place in Greenville County, South Carolina, with an estimated 13,786 residents in 2024. All 10 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 864. 864 is part of an overlay with 821, so a new local number in Fountain Inn may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Fountain Inn is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 864 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Area codes with exchanges in Fountain Inn, SC
Area codeExchanges hereShareIn service sinceOverlay withTime zone
86410100%1995821Eastern

Source: NANPA utilized central office code file and NPA report, dated 10/01/2026.

Phone carriers in Fountain Inn

7 carriers hold the 10 exchanges assigned to Fountain Inn's rate center. Paetec Itel, LLC has the most, with 3. 9 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.

Carriers holding exchanges in Fountain Inn, SC
Carrier (NANPA operating company)ExchangesShare
Paetec Itel, LLC330%
Bellsouth Telecomm INC d/b/a Southern Bell Tel & Tel220%
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - Ga110%
Onvoy, LLC - SC110%
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC - SC110%
Onvoy Spectrum, LLC110%
Ton80 Communications, LLC110%

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 Fountain Inn

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Fountain Inn. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2002. 3 of the 10 were assigned in 2020 or later.

Prefixes assigned in Fountain Inn, SC
Area codePrefixes (NXX)
864408, 409, 531, 601, 692, 714, 724, 862, 864, 966

Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.

When Fountain Inn's exchanges were assigned

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

Fountain Inn, SC: exchanges by decade assigned
Decade assignedExchangesShare
2000s117%
2010s233%
2020s350%

Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.

What makes a number local to Fountain Inn

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

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

Businesses around Fountain Inn

Fountain Inn is part of the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area, home to 997,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 22,892 business establishments in the Greenville, SC metro area in 2023, employing 383,864 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (3,176), professional, scientific, and technical services (2,657), and other services (except public administration) (2,411).

Selected industries in the Greenville, SC metro area, 2023
IndustryEstablishmentsEmployeesEmployees per establishment
Limited-service restaurants83616,66119.9
Full-service restaurants81616,83820.6
Offices of real estate agents and brokers6011,0201.7
Law offices4392,7286.2
Insurance agencies and brokerages4171,8894.5
Physician practices3595,21614.5
Dental offices3533,2929.3
Landscaping services3362,0546.1

Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.

Business phone service in Fountain Inn

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 Fountain Inn, 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.

A 17-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in the Greenville, SC metro area. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $510.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $424.15. On Callata the same 17 people cost $339.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

Monthly list price for a 17-person team
Provider (plan)Pricing basisPer monthPer year
Callata (Callata Office)$99 incl. 5 users, $20 per extra user$339.00$4,068.00
Quo (Starter)$19.00 per user$323.00$3,876.00
Nextiva (Core)$23.00 per user$391.00$4,692.00
Ooma (Office Pro)$24.95 per user$424.15$5,089.80
Dialpad (Standard)$27.00 per user$459.00$5,508.00
RingCentral (RingEX Core)$30.00 per user$510.00$6,120.00

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 Fountain Inn, SC?

864. All exchanges NANPA lists for Fountain Inn are in 864.

How many phone companies have exchanges in Fountain Inn?

7, holding 10 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.

Can I keep my existing Fountain Inn 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 Fountain Inn?

Callata is $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user, with up to 3 local numbers; 17 users come to $339.00 a month. For comparison, 17 users on RingCentral RingEX Core list at $510.00 a month (checked September 28, 2026).