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OpenPhone helps business owners start their businesses in local areas like area code 479. You can sign up for a phone number that lets you look local no matter where you travel and build loyalty with residents. You’ll be part of the neighborhood, calling from a familiar area code shows you’re committed to the community. A local phone number also makes it easier to get through to residents. It’s more convenient to place a local call — it’s more intriguing to pick up a local call, too.

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Your business can benefit from a local phone number if you serve local customers. You look knowledgeable about local norms, from real estate to slab grading. For many small businesses, having a local presence instills trust.

There’s plenty that makes area code 479 unique. Here are some of the most important details you need to know:

Area code 479 covers: Fort Smith, Fayetteville, Rogers, and most of northwestern Arkansas. Its main city is Fort Smith, Arkansas. If you head to Fort Smith, you’ll be among the 89,142 residents of this area code’s biggest town.

This area code touches 15 other codes. It also borders 15 other counties, including Benton, Washington, Sebastian, Crawford, Pope, Johnson, Logan, Yell, Franklin, and Madison counties. Nearby area codes are 417 (Springfield, MO), 501 (Little Rock, AR), 539/918 (Tulsa, OK), 573 (Columbia, MO), 580 (Lawton, OK), and 870 (Jonesboro, AR).

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With a local 479 phone number, you can effectively get in front of the right people and establish a foothold in the Fort Smith, AR area.

Doing business in area code 479

What’s the startup climate like for new businesses in area code 479? Here are some statistics on population, employment, and core regional businesses:

The largest county in area code 479, Sebastian County, lies entirely within Central Standard Time. Population in the area is shrinking slightly. There was a -0.04% population change from 2019 to 2020.

Overall unemployment rates are significant for businesses looking to source talent and grow their presence in a new area. Between 2019 and 2020, the city of Fort Smith’s unemployment rate was 6%.

But none of these demographics tell the whole story of new business opportunities in the area. In fact, in area code 479, new enterprises are slightly dropping. Business applications were up 21.00% from 2019 to 2020. And many of these endeavors are thriving with a startup survival of rate 77.40% within Arkansas.

Startups join an infrastructure of existing titans. In area code 479, newcomers can grow along with Fort Smith, AR’s top ten employers: Fort Smith Public Schools, Walmart, Mercy, University of Arkansas – Fort Smith, Baldor Electric Company – A Member of The Abb Group, Arcbest, Abf Freight, Arcbest, Rheem Manufacturing, Ok Foods Inc..

New businesses can also benefit from working closely with large existing industries. Arkansas’s top three industries are:

  • Educational services, and health care and social assistance
  • Manufacturing
  • Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services

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