Virtual Local Numbers
Find a local number in any area code
throughout the US & Canada.
Find a local number in any area code throughout the US & Canada.
- Get a local number to give your business a local presence in any city
- Find available local numbers anywhere in the USA or Canada
- Forward a local virtual number online to any phone in North America
- Get a local number to give your business a local presence in any city
- Find available local numbers anywhere in the USA or Canada
- Forward a local virtual number online to any phone in North America
The Ultimate Entrepreneur's Guide to Virtual Local Numbers
5 Types of Businesses Who Should
Invest in a Virtual local Number
1. Startups & Small Businesses
Some startups and small businesses may already have a local number, but as they grow, they need more flexibility and features than their current phone service provider offers. That’s where Unitel comes in. We can turn your current local number into a virtual phone number with all the power of our virtual phone system.
2. E-commerce Businesses
A virtual phone number with a local area code in the city or town you do business in gives you a local presence. Virtual local numbers also allow you to track ROI by tracking the calls received from each number used in various locations advertised in various ways.
3. Franchise Businesses
A virtual number can give each franchise a professional local presence and a turnkey virtual phone system that’s easy to set up and flexible enough to allow franchise owners to run their business from their cell phones. You can also use virtual numbers to centralize your operations by having one nationwide call center for all your franchises.
4. Local Service Businesses
Suppose you’re a local business that serves a local area without a physical location that customers visit (e.g., plumber, food truck, landscaping business, etc.). In that case, you might consider using a local virtual number to give your business a local presence. Have the flexibility to use your number with any phone or phone system.
5. Home Based Businesses
Much like local brick-and-mortar businesses, home-based business owners want to project a professional image and make customers feel like they are dealing with an established business. Using one or more local virtual numbers in the communities you serve can give you a local presence and help home-based businesses look and sound more professional.
6 Different kinds of Virtual Number Providers You Should Consider
1. Vanity Number Brokers
Vanity number brokers help businesses secure hard-to-find custom local numbers and other vanity numbers in any local area code. Typically, you would purchase a vanity local number for a one-time fee ranging from $50 – $10,000 (or more) and then transfer the vanity number to a phone service provider of your choice. Finding a good custom vanity number is akin to finding and buying the perfect domain name for your business. There’s a limited supply available, and often, another business has already beaten you to the punch. This type of phone service is also done with toll free numbers as well.
2. Google Voice
Google Voice is a voicemail service from Google that enables users to set up a local virtual number that can ring any existing phone number and receive voicemail to email. The upside is it’s free for now. The downside is Google owns the number. If there’s a connectivity problem or their terms of use change, there’s no customer support team to call, and Google Voice is a do-it-yourself service. Furthermore, the features don’t allow you to set up an auto attendant with a greeting and extensions, so using it for your business will sound unprofessional to customers who call it. Virtual phone system providers like Unitel are better Google Voice alternatives for businesses. And if you want a toll free number for Google Voice, you’ll need to use a third-party service provider.
3. Virtual Phone System Providers
Virtual phone system providers (like Unitel) allow small business owners and entrepreneurs to run their businesses using cell phones and still have all the power of a professional business telephone system. It’s essentially a business phone system with a virtual PBX that works with your existing phones (cell, home, or office). You can use a toll free or local number as your main business phone number. When customers call your business line, they are greeted and routed to the proper extension, phone, or voicemail.
4. Full Business VoIP Phone Services
A full business voiceover IP solution offers customers physical IP-phones and computer-based soft-phones that use your local internet service to make and receive calls. The big difference between a virtual phone system and a full business VoIP solution is virtual phone systems work with your existing phones (usually cell phones) and have per-minute pricing. In contrast, full business VoIP requires equipment (IP-phones, special routers, and high-speed internet) to work and is priced per user.
5. SIP Trunk Local Number Service
SIP trunks are telephone line “trunks” delivered over IP using the SIP protocol. This allows VoIP telecom providers to connect one or more local number lines to a customer’s existing PBX. SIP trunking a DID number is typically less expensive than forwarding a local number to your existing telephone lines. That’s why most high call volume call centers use SIP trunk toll free service. SIP trunking also allows for international call forwarding because it’s internet-based.
6. Traditional Local Number Service Providers
In simple terms, traditional local phone number service is like the classic landline phone system. It runs on the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and uses physical lines, like those old copper wires you might have seen. This system includes technologies like Analog, ISDN BRI, E1, or T1 lines.
On the other hand, modern phone services, like SIP trunk services, are like the smartphone version of phone systems. They use the internet to make and receive calls, which means they’re more flexible and often cheaper. With these modern services, you can still use your existing phone number, but now it becomes a ‘virtual’ number. This means you get extra features like handling calls online, sending voicemails to your email, and more. It’s a big step from the old way of doing things, making managing calls easier and more efficient for businesses.
7 Reasons Your Startup Must Get a Virtual Business Number
1. You’ll Look Like an Established Local Business
A local phone number in the community where you do business gives you a local presence – even if your business is headquartered elsewhere. You could use a local business number in each city where you sell services and save money by using one centralized call center or even a home office (in the case of many startups) that handles sales or support calls.
2. You’ll Sound More Professional
A virtual business number is not just a phone number. It’s a phone number enhanced with features that give callers the impression that they are calling a business with a professional virtual phone system – not just a random guy’s cell phone.
3. You Can Run Your Business From Your Cell Phone
Unitel’s virtual numbers are designed to help your business sound professional and stay connected, making it perfect for startups because you get all the power of a professional business phone system without the hassle of telecom equipment. In other words, you can run your business using cell phones and sound like a Fortune 500 company.
4. You Can Make Changes On The Fly
Since virtual numbers are hosted in the cloud, you can manage them completely online. Need to make a change to your call forwarding, greetings, extensions, or voicemail, just log in and make your change online in real time. That’s the beauty of a cloud-based business phone system like Unitel.
5. You’ll Keep Your Customers Happy
If you’re a busy startup with limited time, money and personnel – you can’t always answer customer calls. That’s where Unitel comes in. Even if you are a one-woman show or an on-the-go mompreneur, with Unitel you’ll never miss a call because even if you aren’t available to talk, the Unitel virtual receptionist can answer the call and take a message. That way your customers have a good experience and you stay organized for customer follow ups.
6. You’ll Be More Memorable
When customers call your virtual number they can be greeted with a professional branded message. For example, if you called Comcast Xfinity you would hear the greeting “Thank you for calling Xfinity – THE FUTURE OF AWESOME”. Now, your startup can sound just as fancy as big businesses and reinforce your brand every time your customers call.
7. You’ll Cut Costs
Setting up a professional business phone system doesn’t have to be expensive. With Unitel, a virtual number comes with all the business phone system features you need. There’s no cost to get set up, no hardware to purchase, and no software to buy. You can sign up instantly for a month-to-month plan for $9.99 as your call volume changes. You can upgrade or downgrade between your monthly plans to keep costs low.
8 Amazing Things Virtual Phone
Numbers Can Do with Unitel
8 Amazing Things Virtual Phone Numbers Can Do with Unitel
1. Forward Calls Anywhere Anytime
Unitel allows you to call forward your number to any phone (home, office, cell, landline, or VoIP), extension, greeting, or voicemail. You can log in and make call forwarding changes instantly, anytime.
2. Track Calls & Marketing ROI
With Unitel, you can track traffic on multiple phone numbers to compare which lines get the most calls. This is great for tracking marketing ROI when you use a separate number for each advertising channel. For example, you could compare the call volume you get from your online ads to the call volume you get from your radio ads to determine where to spend more marketing dollars.
3. Send & Receive Faxes
With Unitel, your virtual local number doubles as an eFax line. People can call your number or fax it. When faxes come in, you receive them as PDF email attachments. And you can send faxes via your local number anytime by simply logging into your account – no need for a fax machine.
4. Get Voicemails in Your Email
With Unitel, you can retrieve your email in three different ways. You can log in to your Unitel account and check your inbox, check your message on your smartphone app, or check your regular email inbox, as a copy of your voicemails will also be sent there.
5. Never Close Your Business
Unitel allows you to set up time of day routing and afterhours greetings. You can route calls to your day staff and then when the nightshift takes over, your system can automatically route calls to them. Don’t have a night staff? No problem – just set up an after-hours greeting. That way, when you are closed or on vacation, your customers will hear an appropriate/professional greeting and can leave you a voicemail for follow-up.
6. Find-Me/Follow-Me
Wherever you go, your Unitel virtual number can follow you. For example, it can ring your office phone, home, and cell before a voicemail greets it. Giving you the best opportunity to answer the call wherever you are.
7. Keep Your Existing Business Number
Already have an established phone number? No problem. You can transfer your existing local number or 800 number to Unitel and turn it into a virtual office phone system with everything you need to run your business from anywhere. There are no porting or transfer fees either.
8. Port to Any Provider
With Unitel, you own your phone number – no strings attached. If, for any reason, you would like to take your virtual phone number to another provider, that’s no problem. You can port it away from Unitel anytime with no cancelation fees or sneaky terms and conditions locking you in.
100 Cities Where You Need
to Lockdown a Local Presence
100 Cities Where You Need to Lockdown a Local Presence
Get a local number anywhere in the USA or Canada
Unitel allows you to project a local presence anywhere in North America using a virtual phone number with the local area code of your choice. Find a list below of 100 cities where you can get a local number with the local area code of your choice.
New York | Los Angeles | Chicago | Houston | Philadelphia | Phoenix | San Antonio | San Diego | Dallas | San Jose | Austin | Jacksonville | San Francisco | Indianapolis | Columbus | Fort Worth | Charlotte | Seattle | Denver | El Paso | Detroit | Washington DC | Boston | Memphis | Nashville | Portland | Oklahoma City | Las Vegas | Baltimore | Louisville | Milwaukee | Albuquerque | Tucson | Fresno | Sacramento | Kansas City | Long Beach | Mesa | Atlanta | Colorado Springs | Virginia Beach | Raleigh | Omaha | Miami | Oakland | Minneapolis | Tulsa | Wichita | New Orleans | Arlington | Cleveland | Bakersfield | Tampa | Aurora | Urbana | Anaheim | Santa Ana | Corpus Christi | Riverside | St. Louis | Lexington | Stockton | Pittsburgh | Saint Paul | Champaign | Cincinnati | Henderson | Greensboro | Plano | Newark | Toledo | Lincoln | Orlando | Chula Vista | Jersey City | Chandler | Fort Wayne | Buffalo | Durham | St. Petersburg | Laredo | Lubbock | Madison | Gilbert | Norfolk | Reno | Winston–Salem | Glendale | Hialeah | Garland | Scottsdale | Irving | Chesapeake | North Las Vegas | Fremont | Baton Rouge | Richmond | Boise | San Bernardino |
Note: This is not a complete list of the available local phone numbers Unitel offers as we continuously add new local area codes to our inventory.
Find Local New York Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 212, Area Code 315, Area Code 347, Area Code 516, Area Code 518, Area Code 585, Area Code 607, Area Code 631, Area Code 646, Area Code 716, Area Code 718, Area Code 845, Area Code 914, Area Code 917, Area Code 929
Find Local Los Angeles, California, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 213, Area Code 310, Area Code 424, Area Code 562, Area Code 323, Area Code 661, Area Code 747, Area Code 818
Find Local Chicago, Illinois, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 312, Area Code 872, Area Code 773, Area Code 872
Find Local Houston, Texas, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 713, Area Code 832, Area Code 281, Area Code 346
Find Local Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 215, Area Code 267
Find Local Phoenix, Arizona, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 480, Area Code 602, Area Code 623
Find Local San Antonio, Texas, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 210, Area Code 830, Area Code 726
Find Local San Diego, California, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 619, Area Code 858
Find Local San Jose, California, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 408, Area Code 669
Find Local Dallas, Texas, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 214, Area Code 469, Area Code 972, Area Code 682, Area Code 817
Find Local Austin, Texas, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 512, Area Code 737
Find Local Jacksonville, Florida, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 904
Find Local San Francisco, California, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 415, Area Code 628
Find Local Indianapolis, Indiana, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 317, Area Code 463
Find Local Columbus, Ohio, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 614, Area Code 380
Find Local Fort Worth, Texas, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 817, Area Code 682, Area Code 469
Find Local Charlotte, North Carolina, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 704, Area Code 980
Find Local Seattle, Washington, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 206
Find Local Denver, Colorado, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 303, Area Code 720
Find Local El Paso, Texas, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 915, Area Code 575
Find Local Detroit, Michigan, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 313
Find Local Washington, District of Columbia, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 202
Find Local Boston, Massachusetts, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 617, Area Code 857
Find Local Memphis, Tennessee, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 901
Find Local Nashville, Tennessee, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 615, Area Code 629
Find Local Portland, Oregon, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 503, Area Code 971
Find Local Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 405
Find Local Las Vegas, Nevada, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 702, Area Code 725
Find Local Baltimore, Maryland, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 410, Area Code 443, Area Code 667
Find Local Louisville, Kentucky, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 502
Find Local Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 414
Find Local Albuquerque, New Mexico, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 505, Area Code 575
Find Local Tucson, Arizona, Area Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 520
Find Local Fresno, California, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 559
Find Local Sacramento, California, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 916
Find Local Kansas City, Missouri, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 816, Area Code 975
Find Local Long Beach, California, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 562
Find Local Mesa, Arizona, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 480, Area Code 602
Find Local Atlanta, Georgia, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 404, Area Code 678, Area Code 470
Find Local Colorado Springs, Colorado, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 719
Find Local Virginia Beach, Virginia, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 757
Find Local Raleigh, North Carolina, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 919, Area Code 984
Find Local Omaha, Nebraska, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 402, Area Code 531
Find Local Miami, Florida, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 305, Area Code 786
Find Local Oakland, California, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 510
Find Local Minneapolis, Minnesota, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 612
Find Local Tulsa, Oklahoma, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 539, Area Code 918
Find Local Wichita, Kansas, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 316
Find Local New Orleans, Louisiana, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 504
Find Local Arlington, Texas, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 817, Area Code 214, Area Code 972
Find Local Cleveland, Ohio, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 216
Find Local Bakersfield, California, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 661
Find Local Tampa, Florida, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 813
Find Local Aurora, Colorado, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 303, Area Code 720
Find Local Urbana, Illinois, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 217
Find Local Anaheim, California, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 657, Area Code 714
Find Local Santa Ana, California, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 657, Area Code 714, Area Code 949
Find Local Corpus Christi, Texas, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 361
Find Local Riverside, California, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 951
Find Local St. Louis, Missouri, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 314
Find Local Lexington, Kentucky, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 859
Find Local Stockton, California, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 209
Find Local Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 412, Area Code 724, Area Code 878
Find Local Saint Paul, Minnesota, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 651
Find Local Champaign, Illinois, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 217
Find Local Cincinnati, Ohio, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 513
Find Local Henderson, Nevada, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 702, Area Code 725
Find Local Greensboro, North Carolina, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 336
Find Local Plano, Texas, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 214, Area Code 469, Area Code 972
Find Local Newark, New Jersey, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 862, Area Code 973
Find Local Toledo, Ohio, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 419, Area Code 567
Find Local Lincoln, Nebraska, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 402, Area Code 531
Find Local Orlando, Florida, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 321, Area Code 407
Find Local Chula Vista, California, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 619
Find Local Jersey City, New Jersey, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 209
Find Local Chandler, Arizona, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 480
Find Local Fort Wayne, Indiana, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 260
Find Local Buffalo, New York, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 716
Find Local Durham, North Carolina, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 919
Find Local St. Petersburg, Florida, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 727
Find Local Irvine, California, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 949, Area Code 657, Area Code 714
Find Local Laredo, Texas, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 956
Find Local Lubbock, Texas, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 806
Find Local Madison, Wisconsin, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 608
Find Local Gilbert, Arizona, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 480
Find Local Norfolk, Virginia, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 757
Find Local Reno, Nevada, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 775
Find Local Winston–Salem, North Carolina, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 336, Area Code 743
Find Local Glendale, Arizona, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 623, Area Code 602
Find Local Hialeah, Florida, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 305, Area Code 786
Find Local Garland, Texas, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 214, Area Code 972, Area Code 469
Find Local Scottsdale, Arizona, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 480
Find Local Irving, Texas, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 972, Area Code 817, Area Code 469, Area Code 214,
Find Local Chesapeake, Virginia, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 757
Find Local North Las Vegas, Nevada, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 702, Area Code 725
Find Local Fremont, California, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 510
Find Local Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 225
Find Local Richmond, Virginia, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 804
Find Local Boise, Idaho, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 208
Find Local San Bernardino, California, Numbers in the Following Area Codes:
Area Code 909
FAQs on Virtual Telephone Numbers
1. Is virtual phone number service expensive?
Nope. You can get a virtual phone number loaded with professional phone system features from Unitel starting at $9.99 per month.
2. Can anyone in North America call a virtual local number?
Yep. Works like any other phone number.
3. Can people outside of North America call a local virtual number?
Yes they could. Could apply to the caller but not your account with Unitel.
4. Can you call forward a local number to a phone outside of the US?
Yes, however international rates may apply.
5. If I purchase a local DID number from Unitel do I own it?
Yes. You own your local virtual phone number and can port it away from Unitel at any time.
6. Can I transfer my existing local number to Unitel?
Yes, you can port your current local number to Unitel and use it as your Unitel number.
7. How much does it cost to add additional local numbers to my Unitel account?
You can add additional toll free or local numbers to your account for $4.99/month per number.
8. Can I call forward my local business number to my cell phone?
Yes, you can call forward your number to any phone, extension, or voicemail and make changes to your call forwarding anytime.
9. How are local phone number minutes billed?
Your account is billed in 6 second increments unless you’re using the unlimited plan.
10. Why is it so hard to find a local vanity number??
Available local numbers are not housed in a centralized national database like 1-800 numbers are – so you can search all available toll free numbers at one time. Unfortunately, local numbers are simply batched out to phone companies so it’s really hard to find a local vanity number. When it comes to vanity phone numbers your best bet is to get a toll free number.