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Bells area codes

Bells city is a Census place in Crockett County, Tennessee, with an estimated 2,474 residents in 2024. All 8 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 731. Bells is in the Central time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 731 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Bells exchanges by carrier

6 carriers hold the 8 exchanges assigned to Bells's rate center. Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - TN has the most, with 2. 6 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.

Exchanges (NPA-NXX) assigned in Bells

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Bells's rate center (BELLS). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2003. 1 of the 8 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Bells's exchanges were assigned

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

Rate centers and local calling in Bells

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

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 731 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

Businesses around Bells

Bells is part of the Jackson, TN metro area, home to 184,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 4,037 business establishments in the Jackson, TN metro area in 2023, employing 73,284 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (738), health care and social assistance (511), and other services (except public administration) (487).

Business phone service in Bells

For $99 a month, Callata puts a team of up to 5 on one plan ($20 for each person after that): up to 3 local numbers, unlimited inbound calls, a pooled allowance of 1,500 outbound US and Canada minutes per user, browser and cell calling, voicemail transcription with urgency triage, recorded calls with AI summaries and business-hours routing, with E911 on every number.

Porting a number you already use in Bells 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.

The comparison below uses 18 users, the rounded average establishment size in the Jackson, TN metro area. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $449.10 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $540.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. Callata comes to $359.00 a month for 18 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.