Fayetteville, NC business phone guide

The Fayetteville, NC area

The Fayetteville, NC metro area covers 2 counties in North Carolina and had 394,000 residents in July 2024, up 1.8% since April 2020. The U.S. population grew 2.6% over the same period. Cumberland County, NC is the most populous, with 338,000 people. By population it ranks 143rd of the 925 metro and micropolitan areas and 188th by business establishments.

Fayetteville, NC's business base

County Business Patterns counted 6,438 establishments in the area in 2023, employing 104,346 people in mid-March with $4.7 billion in annual payroll. That is an average of 16.2 employees per establishment. 47.5% of establishments with employees had fewer than five people. By establishment count, the largest sectors are retail trade (1,157), health care and social assistance (885), and accommodation and food services (835).

How Fayetteville, NC's businesses compare

Fayetteville, NC has 16.3 business establishments per 1,000 residents, 33.5% below the U.S. figure of 24.6. Establishments average 16.2 employees against 16.7 nationally, and payroll per employee is $45,132 (34.0% below the U.S. $68,342). 47.5% of establishments with employees have fewer than five people (U.S.: 55.5%), while 6.0% have 50 or more. Averages are pulled up by large employers; the size table is the better guide to what a typical business here looks like.

Small-business industries in Fayetteville, NC

Of the 141 industries these guides cover, 123 have a published Census count in Fayetteville, NC. The largest are limited-service restaurants (358), full-service restaurants (256), and physician practices (157). Relative to population, used household and office goods moving companies are the most over-represented: 4.8 per 100,000 residents against 2.8 nationally.

Phone numbers in the Fayetteville, NC area

The area's named cities and towns have 179 NANPA-assigned exchanges across 2 area codes; 910 has the most (92%). A local number in the code your customers know is the simplest signal that you are nearby; Callata's plan includes up to 3.

Local numbers by city

Pages for 2 cities and towns in the area list their area codes, prefixes and carriers.

Phone costs for a typical Fayetteville, NC business

The comparison below uses 16 users, the rounded average establishment size in Fayetteville, NC. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $399.20 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $480.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. On Callata the same 16 people cost $319.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

Callata in Fayetteville, NC

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 Fayetteville, NC, 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.