Monroe, LA business phone guide

The Monroe, LA area

The Monroe, LA metro area covers 4 counties in Louisiana and had 222,000 residents in July 2024, down 2.3% since April 2020. The U.S. population grew 2.6% over the same period. Ouachita Parish, LA is the most populous, with 158,000 people. By population it ranks 217th of the 925 metro and micropolitan areas and 210th by business establishments.

Businesses in Monroe, LA

County Business Patterns counted 5,399 establishments in the area in 2023, employing 74,718 people in mid-March with $3.4 billion in annual payroll. That is an average of 13.8 employees per establishment. 49.8% of establishments with employees had fewer than five people. By establishment count, the largest sectors are health care and social assistance (846), retail trade (843), and other services (except public administration) (548).

Business density and team size in Monroe, LA

Monroe, LA has 24.3 business establishments per 1,000 residents, in line with the U.S. figure of 24.6. Establishments average 13.8 employees against 16.7 nationally, and payroll per employee is $46,158 (32.5% below the U.S. $68,342). 49.8% of establishments with employees have fewer than five people (U.S.: 55.5%), while 5.3% have 50 or more. Most establishments are far smaller than the average suggests, so it pays to price a phone plan at the headcount you actually have rather than the average.

Small-business industries in Monroe, LA

Of the 141 industries these guides cover, 117 have a published Census count in Monroe, LA. The largest are physician practices (196), limited-service restaurants (156), and law offices (148). Relative to population, title abstract and settlement offices are the most over-represented: 5.9 per 100,000 residents against 2.9 nationally.

Area codes in Monroe, LA

The area's named cities and towns have 142 NANPA-assigned exchanges across 1 area code; 318 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 7 cities and towns in the area list their area codes, prefixes and carriers.

Phone costs for a typical Monroe, LA business

The comparison below uses 14 users, the rounded average establishment size in Monroe, LA. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $349.30 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $420.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. On Callata the same 14 people cost $279.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

Callata in Monroe, LA

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.

If you already have a number in Monroe, LA, 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.