Get a local business phone number in Petersburg, VA

Area codes in Petersburg

Petersburg, in Petersburg city, Virginia, had a Census-estimated population of 34,058 in July 2024. NANPA lists 50 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 804 has the most (49, 98%). 804 is part of an overlay with 686, so a new local number in Petersburg may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Petersburg is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 804 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Petersburg exchanges by carrier

13 carriers hold the 50 exchanges assigned to Petersburg's rate center. Verizon Virginia, INC. has the most, with 14. 36 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.

Exchanges (NPA-NXX) assigned in Petersburg

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Petersburg's rate center (PETERSBURG). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 6 of the 50 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Petersburg's exchanges were assigned

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

What makes a number local to Petersburg

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

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 804 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

The local business market

Petersburg is part of the Richmond, VA metro area, home to 1.4 million people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 33,589 business establishments in the Richmond, VA metro area in 2023, employing 575,588 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (4,066), professional, scientific, and technical services (3,963), and health care and social assistance (3,879).

A Petersburg number on Callata

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Porting a number you already use in Petersburg 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.

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A 17-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in the Richmond, VA metro area. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $510.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $424.15. Callata comes to $339.00 a month for 17 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.