Get a local business phone number in Memphis, TX

What area code is Memphis, TX?

With 2,041 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Memphis sits in Hall County, Texas. All 3 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 806. Memphis is in the Central time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 806 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Who holds Memphis phone exchanges

2 carriers hold the 3 exchanges assigned to Memphis's rate center. Valor Telecomm TX, Lp-tx #1 d/b/a Windstream Comm SW 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.

Memphis phone prefixes

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Memphis's rate center (MEMPHIS). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2003. None were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Memphis's exchanges were assigned

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

Rate centers and local calling in Memphis

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

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

Businesses around Memphis

Memphis is outside any Census metro or micropolitan area, so the figures below are statewide. County Business Patterns counted 670,878 business establishments in Texas in 2023, employing 12,012,629 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (84,369), professional, scientific, and technical services (83,842), and health care and social assistance (80,576).

A Memphis number on Callata

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 Memphis 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.

An 18-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in Texas. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $540.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $449.10. Callata comes to $359.00 a month for 18 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.