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Eau Claire's area codes, prefixes and carriers from NANPA records, and how to put a Eau Claire number in front of your customers.
- Area code
- 715 / 534
- Exchanges
- 71NANPA-assigned
- Carriers
- 24
- Population
- 72,331Census 2024 est.
Area codes in Eau Claire
With 72,331 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Eau Claire sits in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. NANPA lists 71 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 715 has the most (63, 89%). 715 is part of an overlay with 534, so a new local number in Eau Claire may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Eau Claire is in the Central time zone.
According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 715 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.
Phone carriers in Eau Claire
24 carriers hold the 71 exchanges assigned to Eau Claire's rate center. Wisconsin Bell INC has the most, with 16. 43 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.
| Carrier (NANPA operating company) | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Bell INC | 16 | 23% |
| Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - Wi | 12 | 17% |
| Aerial Communications, INC. | 7 | 9.9% |
| New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - Il | 6 | 8.5% |
| Onvoy, LLC - Wi | 4 | 5.6% |
| Level 3 Communications, LLC - Wi | 4 | 5.6% |
| Teleport Communications America, LLC Wi | 3 | 4.2% |
| Nuso, LLC | 2 | 2.8% |
| Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC | 2 | 2.8% |
| CSC Wireless, LLC | 1 | 1.4% |
| Boost Subscriberco L.l.c. | 1 | 1.4% |
| Peerless Network of Wisconsin, LLC - Wi | 1 | 1.4% |
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.
Exchanges (NPA-NXX) assigned in Eau Claire
These are the central office codes NANPA records for Eau Claire. A caller seeing one of them recognizes a local number. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 11 of the 71 were assigned in 2020 or later.
| Area code | Prefixes (NXX) |
|---|---|
| 534 | 200, 204, 205, 212, 444, 465, 504, 530 |
| 715 | 210, 214, 215, 225, 271, 318, 379, 397, 450, 456, 461, 464, 471, 481, 491, 492, 495, 497, 514, 523, 529, 552, 559, 563, 577, 579, 590, 598, 606, 620, 714, 717, 727, 728, 737, 770, 797, 828, 829, 830, 831, 832, 833, 834, 835, 836, 838, 839, 852, 855, 858, 864, 894, 895, 900, 901, 912, 930, 955, 956, 968, 975, 982 |
Source: NANPA utilized central office code file.
When Eau Claire's exchanges were assigned
Assignment dates show when each block of Eau Claire numbers was added to the local supply.
| Decade assigned | Exchanges | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17 | 53% |
| 2010s | 4 | 13% |
| 2020s | 11 | 34% |
Assignment dates as recorded in NANPA's utilized code file; codes without a recorded date are excluded.
Rate centers and local calling in Eau Claire
What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Eau Claire, those come from the EAU CLAIRE rate center, as recorded by NANPA.
Keeping an existing Eau Claire number costs nothing on Callata, because porting is free; a new number depends on what carriers have open in 715 when you pick it.
Who does business near Eau Claire
Eau Claire is part of the Eau Claire, WI metro area, home to 176,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 4,413 business establishments in the Eau Claire, WI metro area in 2023, employing 74,880 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are health care and social assistance (621), retail trade (584), and accommodation and food services (471).
| Industry | Establishments | Employees | Employees per establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full-service restaurants | 139 | 2,619 | 18.8 |
| Limited-service restaurants | 117 | 2,266 | 19.4 |
| Drinking places | 101 | 684 | 6.8 |
| Insurance agencies and brokerages | 82 | 436 | 5.3 |
| Physician practices | 80 | 3,504 | 43.8 |
| Landscaping services | 68 | 302 | 4.4 |
| General automotive repair shops | 56 | 265 | 4.7 |
| Offices of real estate agents and brokers | 55 | 169 | 3.1 |
Selected small-business industries (six-digit NAICS) covered by these guides. Source: Census County Business Patterns 2023.
Setting up a Eau Claire business line
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 Eau Claire, 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 the Eau Claire, WI 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. 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 Eau Claire, WI?
Eau Claire has exchanges in 715 and 534; 715 has the most.
How many phone companies have exchanges in Eau Claire?
24, holding 71 exchanges between them, according to NANPA's 10/01/2026 file.
Can I keep my existing Eau Claire 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 Eau Claire?
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).