Get a local business phone number in Selmer, TN

What area code is Selmer, TN?

With 4,590 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Selmer sits in McNairy County, Tennessee. All 10 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 731. Selmer 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 Selmer

9 carriers hold the 10 exchanges assigned to Selmer's rate center. Bellsouth Telecomm INC d/b/a South Central Bell Tel has the most, with 2. 7 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.

Local prefixes for Selmer

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Selmer. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2002. 1 of the 10 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Selmer's exchanges were assigned

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

How local numbers work in Selmer

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

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

Who does business near Selmer

Selmer 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 Selmer

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 Selmer 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.

Per-seat phone plans multiply by headcount. For the rounded average establishment size in Tennessee, 20 users on RingCentral RingEX Core come to $600.00 a month and on Ooma Office Pro $499.00, at month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026. Callata comes to $399.00 a month for 20 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.