OpenPhone helps business owners build a presence in any US city with phone numbers available across the country. In Los Angeles, you’ll appear local. That makes it easy for customers to see you as part of the community and recognize that your business has a local presence and a stake in the city.
Area code 747 covers the San Fernando Valley portion of Los Angeles County, including Burbank, Canoga Park, Encino, Glendale, North Hollywood, Northridge, Panorama City, Reseda, San Fernando, Sylmar, Tarzana, Van Nuys, and Woodland Hills. You also find many smaller cities and unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County immediately to the south and east. Area code 747 is an overlay of Los Angeles’ 747 area code. When 747 was introduced, it became the primary area code for most of the city, but the two area codes covered different territories. That’s no longer the case — 747 completely overlays area code 747 and both cover downtown Los Angeles.
Business owners should know that they can contact other Los Angeles businesses and customers in area code 747. Most will be in the biggest city of the zip code, Los Angeles itself, with a population of 3,898,747. Area code 747 touches both Los Angeles and Venture counties.
But there are plenty of nearby area codes in a city this big. Apart from overlay 818, there are 213/323 (Los Angeles, CA), 310/424 (Los Angeles, CA), 442/760 (Oceanside, CA), 626 (Pasadena, CA), 661 (Bakersfield, CA), 805/820 (Oxnard, CA), and 909 (San Bernardino, CA). Prospects in all of those area codes recognize 747 as local.
With a local 747 phone number, you can effectively get in front of the right people and establish a foothold in the Los Angeles, CA area.
With a nickname like Tinseltown, it’s no wonder many people both in and outside of L.A. think the city’s economy relies on just one thing: Hollywood. While filmmaking (and music, entertainment, and creative arts in general) have lots of support here, the reality is more nuanced and much bigger than the studios that built early Los Angeles. While some estimate the creative industries that fuel our imaginations constitute almost 20% of L.A.’s employment, that leaves a massive chunk for other endeavors, from finance to agriculture, aerospace, and energy.
The top three industries according to the US Census Bureau for Los Angeles, CA, are:
1. Educational services, health care, social assistance
2. Professional, scientific, management, administrative and waste management services
3. Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services.
It makes sense that arts and recreation are linked to related industries serving all the visitors heading to these popular destinations (like accommodation and food). With all those tourists flocking to sunshine and amusement parks, businesses based on the appeal of visiting Los Angeles continue to increase.
In this Pacific Time Zone city, you can find a much more diverse group of large organizations dedicated to serving local needs, too. After all, those creative workers need transportation, schools, housing, and medical care — the stuff of a thriving city where millions live their everyday lives. These industries and employers contribute to the city of Los Angeles’ median household income of $101,006.
The top ten employers in Los Angeles, CA, are all working to decrease Los Angeles County’s 12.3% unemployment rate. They are the Los Angeles Unified School District, Kaiser Permanente, Northrop Grumman, UCLA, University of Southern California, Boeing, Bank of America, City of Los Angeles, The Walt Disney Company, and Amazon.
While the central city population has dipped .17% in Los Angeles from 2019 to 2020, the metro area continues to be a prime place for new endeavors. New business applications are up 23% in the same period. And those businesses are flourishing. The state’s startup survival rate is 81.80%, providing another a great signal to start or expand here. With a bustling startup scene and deep resources to tap, Los Angeles’ size is a draw for entrepreneurs aiming to maximize the potential of their business.
Los Angeles also ranked 20 for the most connected cities in America, showing it’s a prime place to build a local presence within.
With OpenPhone, you can choose a 747 area code number, test it out, and start customizing your business settings and messages in minutes. Start with a seven-day free trial and streamline all your work communication with the most easy-to-use and collaborative business phone platform.
Try out calling and texting with an area code tied to this flourishing region and confirm OpenPhone is a great fit for your business by starting a free seven-day trial of OpenPhone.
See which specific 747 phone numbers are available and claim your own Los Angeles, CA number by signing up for a free trial. Here’s how it works: using our service, you can easily set up your local phone number without the need to install any additional hardware. Easily download and install our app, and find the right numbers for your business.
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OpenPhone lets you get a new business phone number in area code 747. You can even port over your existing number with no service interruptions. Use your number on any cell phone, tablet, or computer using OpenPhone, the #1 rated business phone platform on G2. There’s an app for all your favorite devices so your conversations — and contacts — always stay in one place.
Make and receive calls from across the state or around the world. An OpenPhone business number travels with you wherever you have an internet connection. Best of all, you can use your phone number from anywhere to call anyone in the US or Canada without any long-distance charges. Calls to other countries are just a fraction of what you’d pay with a traditional carrier.
You can also have different numbers for departments, teammates, and locations. If you need a new number, it takes just seconds to activate and assign unique numbers to someone on your team. There are no waiting periods, no trips to the store, and no contracts to sign.
OpenPhone’s modern business phone platform comes packed with features that make looking professional effortless. Start by easily adding a phone menu, caller ID, and away voicemail greeting.
Respond to customers easier when you save go-to message templates as snippets. Stop typing the same responses over and over again, and give your customers reliable answers faster.
You can even automatically send out a text message to missed or after-hours calls. There are so many creative ways to use automatic messaging. Harness your newfound powers to nurture leads or promote sales when you can’t answer business calls.
While you’re at it, get your team aligned, too. You can start by working together off a shared number where your team can split responsibility for incoming calls and messages to your business number. That way, no important calls go unanswered and your team stays on the same page.
Decide which numbers to share with team members. Share the main business number with your entire team or share it with your assistant so after-hours calls get answered. Create departments for small groups. Then everyone can collaborate on any external communication through internal threads. You can even offer direct lines for your employees, too.
Most importantly, your team can quickly catch up on any conversation. Anyone with access to your a shared number inbox can see all voicemails, call history, and text messaging in a single view for every contact.
With your OpenPhone number, you have complete control over your business calls. Know which calls are business and which are personal. Your private number stays private — and when you’re off the clock, you can mute notifications for business calls.
OpenPhone’s flexible suite of features means you’re open for business from any device, anywhere.
Michael Seibel CEO at Y Combinator
Jason Ovryn Co-founder & COO at Carry