Texarkana, TX-AR business phone guide

About the Texarkana, TX-AR metro area

The Texarkana, TX-AR metro area covers 3 counties in Texas and Arkansas and had 146,000 residents in July 2024, down 1.3% since April 2020. The U.S. population grew 2.6% over the same period. Bowie County, TX is the most populous, with 91,992 people. By population it ranks 305th of the 925 metro and micropolitan areas and 313th by business establishments.

Texarkana, TX-AR's business base

County Business Patterns counted 3,171 establishments in the area in 2023, employing 46,766 people in mid-March with $2.2 billion in annual payroll. That is an average of 14.7 employees per establishment. 48.1% of establishments with employees had fewer than five people. By establishment count, the largest sectors are retail trade (518), health care and social assistance (415), and other services (except public administration) (357).

Business density and team size in Texarkana, TX-AR

Texarkana, TX-AR has 21.8 business establishments per 1,000 residents, 11.4% below the U.S. figure of 24.6. Establishments average 14.7 employees against 16.7 nationally, and payroll per employee is $47,652 (30.3% below the U.S. $68,342). 48.1% of establishments with employees have fewer than five people (U.S.: 55.5%), while 5.2% 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 Texarkana, TX-AR

Of the 141 industries these guides cover, 105 have a published Census count in Texarkana, TX-AR. The largest are limited-service restaurants (144), full-service restaurants (89), and physician practices (77). Relative to population, nursery, garden center and farm supply stores are the most over-represented: 9.6 per 100,000 residents against 3.9 nationally.

Phone numbers in the Texarkana, TX-AR area

The area's named cities and towns have 91 NANPA-assigned exchanges across 4 area codes; 903 has the most (54%). 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 6 cities and towns in the area list their area codes, prefixes and carriers.

Phone costs for a typical Texarkana, TX-AR business

A 15-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in Texarkana, TX-AR. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $450.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $374.25. On Callata the same 15 people cost $299.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

Callata in Texarkana, TX-AR

Callata Office costs $99 per month for up to 5 people, and each additional user is $20 a month. That covers up to 3 local numbers, calling from a browser or your cell, transcribed voicemail, recorded calls with AI summaries, after-hours routing and E911 on each number.

If you already have a number in Texarkana, TX-AR, 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.