Get a local business phone number in Waterford, WI

What area code is Waterford, WI?

Waterford town is a Census town in Racine County, Wisconsin, with an estimated 6,485 residents in 2024. All 6 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 262. Waterford 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.

Who holds Waterford phone exchanges

4 carriers hold the 6 exchanges assigned to Waterford's rate center. T-mobile USA, INC. has the most, with 2. 4 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.

Local prefixes for Waterford

These are the central office codes NANPA records for Waterford. A caller seeing one of them recognizes a local number. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2021. 2 of the 6 were assigned in 2020 or later.

What makes a number local to Waterford

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

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

Businesses around Waterford

Waterford is part of the Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area, home to 199,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 4,114 business establishments in the Racine, WI metro area in 2023, employing 69,594 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are health care and social assistance (642), retail trade (516), and other services (except public administration) (435).

A Waterford number on Callata

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If you already have a number in Waterford, 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.

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The comparison below uses 17 users, the rounded average establishment size in the Racine, WI metro area. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $424.15 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $510.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. On Callata the same 17 people cost $339.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.