Get a local business phone number in Lexington, TN

What area code is Lexington, TN?

With 8,037 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Lexington sits in Henderson County, Tennessee. All 12 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 731. Lexington 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.

Phone carriers in Lexington

7 carriers hold the 12 exchanges assigned to Lexington's rate center. Bellsouth Telecomm INC d/b/a South Central Bell Tel has the most, with 3. 9 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. A business number in Lexington can come from any of these blocks; once it is yours, porting lets it move between providers.

Local prefixes for Lexington

These are the central office codes NANPA records for Lexington. A caller seeing one of them recognizes a local number. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. None were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Lexington's exchanges were assigned

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

How local numbers work in Lexington

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

Keeping an existing Lexington number costs nothing on Callata, because porting is free; a new number depends on what carriers have open in 731 when you pick it.

Who does business near Lexington

Lexington is outside any Census metro or micropolitan area, so the figures below are statewide. County Business Patterns counted 150,129 business establishments in Tennessee in 2023, employing 2,971,417 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (23,463), health care and social assistance (17,524), and other services (except public administration) (15,554).

Business phone service in Lexington

Callata is a business phone system priced at $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user. Callata Office includes up to 3 local business numbers, unlimited inbound calling, 1,500 pooled outbound US and Canada minutes per user each month, a browser softphone that can also ring your cell, voicemail with transcription, call recording with AI summaries, business-hours routing and E911 on every number.

Porting a number you already use in Lexington 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.

A 20-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in Tennessee. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $600.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $499.00. Callata comes to $399.00 a month for 20 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.