Get a local business phone number in McKenzie, TN

What area code is McKenzie, TN?

With 5,603 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, McKenzie sits in Carroll County, Tennessee. All 6 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 731. McKenzie 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.

Who holds McKenzie phone exchanges

5 carriers hold the 6 exchanges assigned to McKenzie's rate center. Bellsouth Telecomm INC d/b/a South Central Bell Tel has the most, with 2. 3 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.

McKenzie phone prefixes

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to McKenzie. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2003. None were assigned in 2020 or later.

When McKenzie's exchanges were assigned

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

How local numbers work in McKenzie

What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In McKenzie, those come from the MCKENZIE 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.

Who does business near McKenzie

McKenzie 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).

Setting up a McKenzie business line

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Porting a number you already use in McKenzie 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.

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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.