Myrtle Beach, SC business phone guide

The Myrtle Beach, SC area

The Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area covers 1 county in South Carolina and had 413,000 residents in July 2024, up 17.8% since April 2020. The U.S. population grew 2.6% over the same period. By population it ranks 135th of the 925 metro and micropolitan areas and 123rd by business establishments.

Myrtle Beach, SC's business base

County Business Patterns counted 10,550 establishments in the area in 2023, employing 123,792 people in mid-March with $5.2 billion in annual payroll. That is an average of 11.7 employees per establishment. 54.5% of establishments with employees had fewer than five people. By establishment count, the largest sectors are retail trade (1,858), accommodation and food services (1,408), and construction (1,182).

Business density and team size in Myrtle Beach, SC

Myrtle Beach, SC has 25.5 business establishments per 1,000 residents, 3.8% above the U.S. figure of 24.6. Establishments average 11.7 employees against 16.7 nationally, and payroll per employee is $42,014 (38.5% below the U.S. $68,342). 54.5% of establishments with employees have fewer than five people (U.S.: 55.5%), while 4.5% 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 Myrtle Beach, SC

Of the 141 industries these guides cover, 134 have a published Census count in Myrtle Beach, SC. The largest are full-service restaurants (588), offices of real estate agents and brokers (499), and limited-service restaurants (389). Relative to population, general rental centers are the most over-represented: 2.9 per 100,000 residents against 0.8 nationally.

Phone numbers in the Myrtle Beach, SC area

The area's named cities and towns have 97 NANPA-assigned exchanges across 2 area codes; 843 has the most (87%). 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 5 cities and towns in the area list their area codes, prefixes and carriers.

Phone costs for a typical Myrtle Beach, SC business

Per-seat phone plans multiply by headcount. For the rounded average establishment size in Myrtle Beach, SC, 12 users on RingCentral RingEX Core come to $360.00 a month and on Ooma Office Pro $299.40, at month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026. On Callata the same 12 people cost $239.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

Callata in Myrtle Beach, SC

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 Myrtle Beach, SC, 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.