Get a local business phone number in Darien, WI

Area codes in Darien

With 1,622 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Darien sits in Walworth County, Wisconsin. All 3 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 262. Darien is in the Central time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 262 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Phone carriers in Darien

3 carriers hold the 3 exchanges assigned to Darien's rate center. Frontier North INC. - Wi has the most, with 1. 2 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.

Local prefixes for Darien

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Darien's rate center (DARIEN). None were assigned in 2020 or later.

How local numbers work in Darien

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

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 262 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

Who does business near Darien

Darien is part of the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI micropolitan area, home to 106,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 2,829 business establishments in the Whitewater, WI micropolitan area in 2023, employing 39,077 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (364), construction (345), and accommodation and food services (345).

Setting up a Darien 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 Darien 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.

A 14-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in the Whitewater, WI micropolitan area. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $420.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $349.30. Callata comes to $279.00 a month for 14 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.