804 area code

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OpenPhone helps business owners start their businesses in local areas like area code 804. 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.

Important facts

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 804 unique. Here are some of the most important details you need to know:

Area code 804 covers: the Richmond Metropolitan Area, including Petersburg; also the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula. Its main city is Richmond, Virginia. If you head to Richmond, you’ll be among the 226,610 residents of this area code’s biggest town.

This area code touches 31 other codes. It also borders 31 other counties, including Chesterfield, Henrico, Richmond, Hanover, Gloucester, Prince George, Petersburg, Caroline, Powhatan, and Dinwiddie counties. Nearby area codes are 240/301 (Germantown, MD), 304/681 (West Virginia), 410/443/667 (Baltimore, MD), 434 (Lynchburg, VA), 540 (Roanoke, VA), and 757 (Virginia Beach, VA).

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With a local 804 phone number, you can effectively get in front of the right people and establish a foothold in the Richmond, VA area.

Doing business in area code 804

What’s the startup climate like for new businesses in area code 804? Here are some statistics on population, employment, and core regional businesses:

The largest county in area code 804, Richmond County, lies entirely within Eastern Standard Time. Population in the area is rising slightly. There was a 0.07% 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 Richmond’s unemployment rate was 4.9%.

But none of these demographics tell the whole story of new business opportunities in the area. In fact, in area code 804, new enterprises are slightly dropping. Business applications were up 26.00% from 2019 to 2020. And many of these endeavors are thriving with a startup survival of rate 76.20% within Virginia.

Startups join an infrastructure of existing titans. In area code 804, newcomers can grow along with Richmond, VA’s top ten employers: Capital One, Vcu Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, US Army, Bon Secours Health System, Chesterfield County Public Schools, Dominion Energy, Wells Fargo, Amazon, Suntrust.

New businesses can also benefit from working closely with large existing industries. Virginia’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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