Business phone number
Get the right business phone numbers for you as part of a holistic AI-powered communications platform.
Businesses’ phone numbers: Why they matter
A business phone number is your official and direct link for clients, partners, and others to reach and identify your business.
More than that, business phone numbers help solidify your company brand, establish your identity, and enhance your network, whether you're a small business or an enterprise.
When you have a phone number for small business, you don't need to give out your personal phone number. A phone number for a business at the enterprise level, meanwhile, can still play a vital role in marketing and brand recognition.
If you choose a virtual phone number—as part of a business phone system—you can even use it on several devices and in different locations.
Get a free business phone number from RingCentral
Your business telephone number is the number one point of contact customers have with your company.
While the use of other point-of-contact channels like email, videoconferencing, and chat has increased, nothing is more reassuring than having an actual person answer your call.
Having business phone numbers, such as dedicated toll-free phone numbers, for your company and its branches also adds to your credibility as an organization.
Conventional landlines, however, have limitations. To get the most out of them, you’d need to spend more on features like SMS text messaging, MMS, fax, voicemail-to-email, and call forwarding options.
RingCentral, a trusted cloud business phone provider, offers business phone numbers supported by one of the best virtual phone systems in the industry. Instead of conventional landlines, your company gets virtual phone numbers not tied to physical lines.
RingCentral RingEX comes with a business phone number free of charge for each user. You can then add further local, toll-free, or international numbers to suit your business needs. The fact you get a business phone number free is just one reason to follow the lead of 4000,000 global businesses and trust RingCentral for your business communications, too.
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How to get a business phone number that works for you
One of the great things about getting a business phone number from a VoIP provider is that you get a choice of different types to suit your business requirements. To best serve your customers and earn new ones, RingCentral lets you choose from:
Local numbers
If you want to boost your local presence in a specific area, RingCentral can help you get business phone numbers from over 200 area codes across the US.
You don't even need an office in that state to purchase a business phone number with its specific area code. You can take business calls in New York and have a Los Angeles virtual phone line, it’s totally up to you.
Toll-free numbers
Want to establish a national presence across multiple states or even the whole country? Then RingCentral toll-free numbers are the right option to handle all outgoing and incoming calls for your business.
RingCentral plans include generous toll-free minutes, and if you need more, you can get low-cost toll-free minute bundles.
Vanity phone numbers
What about a phone number for a small business that’s sure to stick in the minds of clients and prospects alike? Vanity phone numbers are a great way to build your brand.
With RingCentral, you can customize your phone number to make it more memorable. For an extra fee, you can create a vanity phone number to represent your organization.
International business phone numbers
RingCentral can also help you get a phone number for business that crosses borders. If you want to establish a virtual presence and open your doors to international calling from different countries, an international business number is for you.
It will serve as a caller ID for the company's business communications in that country, even if you have no physical office there. You can choose numbers from over 75 countries.
Set up your business phone number with ease
How to set up up a business phone number with RingCentral could hardly be easier. When you sign up for any RingCentral plan, you need to indicate the type of number you need (toll-free number or local phone number), so you can choose from those available. It’s just a matter of choosing what most appeals to you and finishing the sign-up process.
Once you have an account with RingCentral, you can add more business phone numbers by simply going to your dashboard. You can then go to Phone Numbers, and choose the Add Number option.
From there, you can choose from the available business phone numbers and assign them as a company number or to an individual through their extension.
RingCentral RingEX: Far more than just a business phone number app
It’s true that RingCentral makes it quick and easy to set up a virtual business phone number. Far more than that, though, when you choose RingEX you also get a wide range of advanced phone system features, including:
Auto attendant and call routing
Handle all incoming phone calls with an auto attendant and route them to the right person or department. When you customize this feature, you can even hire professional voice artists to give your callers the best first impression
Business phone system answering rules
Change how your company answers incoming phone calls. If you want, you can set your answering rules so all calls during your 9-5 shift will be answered and routed, while calls outside those hours can go straight to voicemail.
Hold music or messages
Reduce the stress of waiting for a response when a client calls your business phone number. Play hold music or broadcast business communications like new promos or new policies while the caller is on hold. You can modify your on-hold music or messages in cloud telephony.
Call forwarding
Let your employees take their calls from wherever they are. With RingCentral, you can forward business calls to their personal cell phone, home phone, or any other telephony device.
Employees can even customize how they forward calls to different phone numbers for business departments, colleagues, and more. Calls forwarded can be sent to different numbers chronologically, simultaneously, or a mix of both.
Call screening
The best app for business phone number management gives you complete control over who can reach you. Accept calls, ask callers to identify themselves, or block specific numbers and unwanted callers with customizable call screening.
Users can even send calls directly to voicemail and use the voicemail-to-email feature from RingCentral.
Caller ID
RingCentral gives your employees control over caller ID for both inbound and outbound calls. Inbound caller ID lets them see who’s trying to reach them and set up answering rules to prioritize VIP contacts. For outbound calls, meanwhile, they can customize the caller ID for different recipients and circumstances—to boost pick up rates.
AI Receptionist
Never miss a call with the RingCentral AI Receptionist. AI phone agents built right into your business phone system help you to help your customers whenever they reach out.
Effortlessly handle calls with human-like AI which can answer questions instantly or route more complex queries to the right places.
Business phone number FAQs
- Local Numbers - A local number would cost $4.99 plus state and local taxes.
- Toll-Free Numbers - A toll-free number would cost $4.99 plus state and local taxes.
- True Toll-Free Number (1-800) - A true 1800 toll-free number would cost $4.99 plus a one-time $30.00 setup fee and state and local taxes.
- Vanity Number - A vanity number would cost $4.99 plus a one-time $30.00 setup fee and state and local taxes.