Get a local business phone number in Des Moines, WA

What area code is Des Moines, WA?

Des Moines city is a Census place in King County, Washington, with an estimated 33,207 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 44 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 253 has the most (23, 52%). Des Moines is in the Pacific time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 253 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Who holds Des Moines phone exchanges

12 carriers hold the 44 exchanges assigned to Des Moines's rate center. Qwest Corporation has the most, with 16. 29 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.

Des Moines phone prefixes

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Des Moines's rate center (DES MOINES). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 5 of the 44 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Des Moines's exchanges were assigned

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

How local numbers work in Des Moines

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

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

Who does business near Des Moines

Des Moines is part of the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area, home to 4.1 million people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 110,685 business establishments in the Seattle, WA metro area in 2023, employing 1,884,361 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are professional, scientific, and technical services (14,812), construction (13,610), and health care and social assistance (13,557).

Setting up a Des Moines business line

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Porting a number you already use in Des Moines 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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Per-seat phone plans multiply by headcount. For the rounded average establishment size in the Seattle, WA metro area, 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. Callata comes to $339.00 a month for 17 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.