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Get a local business phone number in Chincoteague, VA

Chincoteague's area codes, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Chincoteague number in front of your customers.

Area code
757 / 948
Exchanges
5NANPA-assigned
Carriers
5
Population
3,279Census 2024 est.

What area code is Chincoteague, VA?

Chincoteague town is a Census place in Accomack County, Virginia, with an estimated 3,279 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 5 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 757 has the most (4, 80%). 757 is part of an overlay with 948, so a new local number in Chincoteague may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Chincoteague is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 757 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Area codes with exchanges in Chincoteague, VA
Area codeExchanges hereShareIn service sinceOverlay withTime zone
757480%1996948Eastern
948120%2022757Eastern

Source: NANPA utilized central office code file and NPA report, dated 10/01/2026.

Who holds Chincoteague phone exchanges

5 carriers hold the 5 exchanges assigned to Chincoteague's rate center. Verizon Virginia, INC. has the most, with 1. 5 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.

Carriers holding exchanges in Chincoteague, VA
Carrier (NANPA operating company)ExchangesShare
Verizon Virginia, INC.120%
Coretel Virginia, LLC - Va120%
Peerless Network of Virginia, LLC - Va120%
Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - Va120%
Fractel, LLC120%

Carrier names are the operating company (OCN) names on NANPA's utilized central office code file dated 10/01/2026. A carrier holding a code may port numbers to other carriers.

Chincoteague phone prefixes

These are the central office codes NANPA records for Chincoteague. A caller seeing one of them recognizes a local number. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2006. 1 of the 5 were assigned in 2020 or later.

Prefixes assigned in Chincoteague, VA
Area codePrefixes (NXX)
757336, 702, 801, 973
948444

Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.

When Chincoteague's exchanges were assigned

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

Chincoteague, VA: exchanges by decade assigned
Decade assignedExchangesShare
2000s125%
2010s250%
2020s125%

Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.

How local numbers work in Chincoteague

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

Keeping an existing Chincoteague number costs nothing on Callata, because porting is free; a new number depends on what carriers have open in 757 when you pick it.

Who does business near Chincoteague

Chincoteague is outside any Census metro or micropolitan area, so the figures below are statewide. County Business Patterns counted 210,842 business establishments in Virginia in 2023, employing 3,581,650 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are professional, scientific, and technical services (32,231), retail trade (25,872), and health care and social assistance (23,812).

Selected industries in Virginia, 2023
IndustryEstablishmentsEmployeesEmployees per establishment
Full-service restaurants7,154142,77920.0
Limited-service restaurants7,145134,35918.8
Physician practices4,75973,26915.4
Offices of real estate agents and brokers4,25411,4642.7
Custom computer programming services firms4,08074,77818.3
Computer systems design services firms3,96896,00324.2
Management consulting firms3,79177,18820.4
Residential remodelers3,77114,7493.9

Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.

Setting up a Chincoteague business line

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.

Porting a number you already use in Chincoteague 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.

The comparison below uses 17 users, the rounded average establishment size in Virginia. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $424.15 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $510.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. Callata comes to $339.00 a month for 17 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.

Monthly list price for a 17-person team
Provider (plan)Pricing basisPer monthPer year
Callata (Callata Office)$99 incl. 5 users, $20 per extra user$339.00$4,068.00
Quo (Starter)$19.00 per user$323.00$3,876.00
Nextiva (Core)$23.00 per user$391.00$4,692.00
Ooma (Office Pro)$24.95 per user$424.15$5,089.80
Dialpad (Standard)$27.00 per user$459.00$5,508.00
RingCentral (RingEX Core)$30.00 per user$510.00$6,120.00

Competitor prices are each vendor's published month-to-month list price per user for its lowest plan that includes business calling and texting, checked September 28, 2026: Quo Starter $19, Nextiva Core $23, Ooma Office Pro $24.95 (Essentials excludes texting; one-time $29.95 activation not included), Dialpad Standard $27, RingCentral RingEX Core $30 ($20 billed annually). Prices exclude taxes and fees and may change; annual contracts lower some competitors' prices.

Frequently asked questions

What area code is Chincoteague, VA?

Chincoteague has exchanges in 757 and 948; 757 has the most.

How many phone companies have exchanges in Chincoteague?

5, holding 5 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.

Can I keep my existing Chincoteague business number?

Yes. Porting an existing number to Callata is free. Texting from it starts after carrier registration (10DLC), a one-time $49 fee.

How much is a business phone line in Chincoteague?

Callata is $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user, with up to 3 local numbers; 17 users come to $339.00 a month. For comparison, 17 users on RingCentral RingEX Core list at $510.00 a month (checked September 28, 2026).