Get a local business phone number in Hillsville, VA
Hillsville's area code, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Hillsville number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 276
- Exchanges
- 7NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 4
- Population
- 2,843Census 2024 est.
What area code is Hillsville, VA?
Hillsville town is a Census place in Carroll County, Virginia, with an estimated 2,843 residents in 2024. All 7 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 276. Hillsville is in the Eastern time zone.
According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 276 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.
| Area code | Exchanges here | Share | In service since | Overlay with | Time zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 276 | 7 | 100% | 2001 | none | Eastern |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file and NPA report, dated 10/01/2026.
Hillsville exchanges by carrier
4 carriers hold the 7 exchanges assigned to Hillsville's rate center. United States Cellular - Va has the most, with 2. 7 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.
| Carrier (NANPA operating company) | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United States Cellular - Va | 2 | 29% |
| Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - Va | 2 | 29% |
| United Telephone-southeast-va d/b/a Centurylink-va | 2 | 29% |
| Fractel, LLC | 1 | 14% |
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.
Hillsville phone prefixes
These are the central office codes NANPA records for Hillsville. A caller seeing one of them recognizes a local number. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2003. 2 of the 7 were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 276 | 261, 266, 728, 730, 733, 779, 966 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
When Hillsville's exchanges were assigned
Assignment dates show when each block of Hillsville numbers was added to the local supply.
| Decade assigned | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 33% |
| 2020s | 2 | 67% |
Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.
What makes a number local to Hillsville
NANPA ties every exchange to a rate center. For Hillsville that is HILLSVILLE, so a number from one of these exchanges reads as local to people in and around Hillsville.
Keeping an existing Hillsville number costs nothing on Callata, because porting is free; a new number depends on what carriers have open in 276 when you pick it.
Businesses around Hillsville
Hillsville 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).
| Industry | Establishments | Employees | Employees per establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full-service restaurants | 7,154 | 142,779 | 20.0 |
| Limited-service restaurants | 7,145 | 134,359 | 18.8 |
| Physician practices | 4,759 | 73,269 | 15.4 |
| Offices of real estate agents and brokers | 4,254 | 11,464 | 2.7 |
| Custom computer programming services firms | 4,080 | 74,778 | 18.3 |
| Computer systems design services firms | 3,968 | 96,003 | 24.2 |
| Management consulting firms | 3,791 | 77,188 | 20.4 |
| Residential remodelers | 3,771 | 14,749 | 3.9 |
Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.
Business phone service in Hillsville
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.
If you already have a number in Hillsville, 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.
Per-seat phone plans multiply by headcount. For the rounded average establishment size in Virginia, 17 users on RingCentral RingEX Core come to $510.00 a month and on Ooma Office Pro $424.15, at month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026. On Callata the same 17 people cost $339.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.
| Provider (plan) | Pricing basis | Per month | Per 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 Hillsville, VA?
276. All exchanges NANPA lists for Hillsville are in 276.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Hillsville?
4, holding 7 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Hillsville 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 Hillsville?
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).