Get a local business phone number in Palestine, TX

Area codes in Palestine

With 19,583 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Palestine sits in Anderson County, Texas. NANPA lists 16 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 903 has the most (14, 88%). 903 is part of an overlay with 430, so a new local number in Palestine may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Palestine is in the Central time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 903 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Palestine exchanges by carrier

7 carriers hold the 16 exchanges assigned to Palestine's rate center. Brightspeed of Eastern Texas, INC. has the most, with 6. 11 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. A business number in Palestine can come from any of these blocks; once it is yours, porting lets it move between providers.

Exchanges (NPA-NXX) assigned in Palestine

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Palestine's rate center (PALESTINE). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 2 of the 16 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Palestine's exchanges were assigned

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

How local numbers work in Palestine

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

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

The local business market

Palestine is part of the Palestine, TX micropolitan area, home to 59,512 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 891 business establishments in the Palestine, TX micropolitan area in 2023, employing 12,803 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (164), health care and social assistance (113), and other services (except public administration) (113).

A Palestine number on Callata

Callata Office costs $99 per month for up to 5 people, and each additional user is $20 a month. That covers up to 3 local numbers, calling from a browser or your cell, transcribed voicemail, recorded calls with AI summaries, after-hours routing and E911 on each number.

Porting a number you already use in Palestine 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 the Palestine, TX micropolitan area, 14 users on RingCentral RingEX Core come to $420.00 a month and on Ooma Office Pro $349.30, at month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026. Callata comes to $279.00 a month for 14 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.