OpenPhone helps business owners start their businesses in local areas like area code 316. 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.
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 316 unique. Here are some of the most important details you need to know:
Area code 316 covers: Wichita metropolitan area, McConnell Air Force Base, Augusta, El Dorado, and Mulvane. Its main city is Wichita, Kansas. If you head to Wichita, you’ll be among the 397,532 residents of this area code’s biggest town.
This area code touches 5 other codes. It also borders 5 other counties, including Sedgwick, Butler, Harvey, Reno, and Sumner counties. Nearby area codes are 620 (Hutchinson, KS) and 785 (Topeka, KS).
With a local 316 phone number, you can effectively get in front of the right people and establish a foothold in the Wichita, KS area.
What’s the startup climate like for new businesses in area code 316? Here are some statistics on population, employment, and core regional businesses:
The largest county in area code 316, Sedgwick County, lies entirely within Central Standard Time. Population in the area is rising 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 Wichita’s unemployment rate was 8.7%.
But none of these demographics tell the whole story of new business opportunities in the area. In fact, in area code 316, new enterprises are slightly dropping. Business applications were up 11.00% from 2019 to 2020. And many of these endeavors are thriving with a startup survival of rate 74.80% within Kansas.
Startups join an infrastructure of existing titans. In area code 316, newcomers can grow along with Wichita, KS’s top ten employers: Spirit Aerosystems, Via Christi Health, Spirit Aerosystems, Textron Aviation, Walmart, Wichita State University, Wichita Public Schools – Usd259, Usd259, Mcdonald’s, Cessna Aircraft Company.
New businesses can also benefit from working closely with large existing industries. Kansas’s top three industries are:
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.
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 316 phone numbers are available and claim your own Wichita, KS 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.
Use the OpenPhone browser, desktop, or mobile app.
Activate a new 316 area code phone number in 316, 316, in just a few minutes. Your existing number won’t see any service interruptions, and we do all the work. Get more than one number to use for people, teams, or locations immediately. There are no waiting periods, no stores to navigate, and no hidden fees.
Once you’re here, calling and texting to the US or Canada is free. You can use your local number anywhere, even if you work outside of 316, Wichita and the US.
You can use your number on a smartphone or computer since all you need is an internet connection. Manage conversations in your inbox wherever you work using your preferred device; OpenPhone works with your laptop, computer, tablet, and smart phone
OpenPhone lets business owners take control over how and where they work while staying local for their customers. Personal numbers remain private and your favorite device is ready to call using your new work phone number.
Stay professional at work, but mute notifications after hours. Your personal calls come through on your personal line, but that doesn’t mean you have to be on-call for business at all hours.
When you sign up for multiple phone numbers using OpenPhone, you’ll always see which calls are coming from your personal line and which are from specific business telephone numbers.
OpenPhone’s modern business phone features give you powerful tools to do more business in area code 316.
OpenPhone’s modern app gives businesses the features they used to get from a complicated PBX system. You can use phone menus so customers can direct their own calls to team members that can help best. Setting up or updating a phone menu as needed is simple.
And getting your team on board is just as easy. You can activate new numbers instantaneously, assign them to teammates, and even share a main phone number. With shared numbers, your team can:
To help provide a professional presence with your new number, you can customize your caller ID. Plus, easily set up separate voicemail greetings for when your team is working and off.
Michael Seibel CEO at Y Combinator
Jason Ovryn Co-founder & COO at Carry
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