Great Falls, MT business phone guide

The Great Falls, MT area

The Great Falls, MT metro area covers 1 county in Montana and had 84,523 residents in July 2024, up 0.1% since April 2020. The U.S. population grew 2.6% over the same period. By population it ranks 436th of the 925 metro and micropolitan areas and 374th by business establishments.

Great Falls, MT's business base

County Business Patterns counted 2,472 establishments in the area in 2023, employing 30,050 people in mid-March with $1.5 billion in annual payroll. That is an average of 12.2 employees per establishment. 50.7% of establishments with employees had fewer than five people. By establishment count, the largest sectors are health care and social assistance (347), retail trade (321), and construction (290).

Business density and team size in Great Falls, MT

Great Falls, MT has 29.2 business establishments per 1,000 residents, 19.0% above the U.S. figure of 24.6. Establishments average 12.2 employees against 16.7 nationally, and payroll per employee is $48,632 (28.8% below the U.S. $68,342). 50.7% of establishments with employees have fewer than five people (U.S.: 55.5%), while 3.8% have 50 or more. Because a handful of large employers lift the average, the share of very small establishments says more about who buys a small-business phone system.

Small-business industries in Great Falls, MT

Of the 141 industries these guides cover, 100 have a published Census count in Great Falls, MT. The largest are limited-service restaurants (72), law offices (60), and full-service restaurants (58). Relative to population, drinking places are the most over-represented: 52.1 per 100,000 residents against 12.0 nationally.

Phone numbers in the Great Falls, MT area

The area's named cities and towns have 41 NANPA-assigned exchanges across 1 area code; 406 has the most (100%). 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 1 cities and towns in the area list their area codes, prefixes and carriers.

Phone costs for a typical Great Falls, MT business

A 12-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in Great Falls, MT. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $360.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $299.40. On Callata the same 12 people cost $239.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

Callata in Great Falls, MT

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 Great Falls, MT, 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.