Get a local business phone number in Killeen, TX

Area codes in Killeen

Killeen city is a Census place in Bell County, Texas, with an estimated 160,616 residents in 2024. All 90 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 254. Killeen is in the Central time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 254 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Phone carriers in Killeen

15 carriers hold the 90 exchanges assigned to Killeen's rate center. New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - Il has the most, with 30. 61 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. A business number in Killeen can come from any of these blocks; once it is yours, porting lets it move between providers.

Exchanges (NPA-NXX) assigned in Killeen

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Killeen. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 33 of the 90 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Killeen's exchanges were assigned

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

How local numbers work in Killeen

NANPA ties every exchange to a rate center. For Killeen that is KILLEEN, so a number from one of these exchanges reads as local to people in and around Killeen.

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

The local business market

Killeen is part of the Killeen-Temple, TX metro area, home to 509,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 7,200 business establishments in the Killeen, TX metro area in 2023, employing 118,554 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (1,106), accommodation and food services (918), and other services (except public administration) (914).

Business phone service in Killeen

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.

If you already have a number in Killeen, 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.

The comparison below uses 16 users, the rounded average establishment size in the Killeen, TX metro area. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $399.20 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $480.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. On Callata the same 16 people cost $319.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.