How to Find Available Vanity Phone Numbers

For Toll Free

1. Find a Toll Free Number Provider. First, you’ll need to find a toll-free phone number provider that can supply your toll-free vanity number. There are several to choose from, but to make your search easy, here’s a list of the top six U.S. toll free number providers.

Keep in mind that each toll-free number provider offers benefits; choose the one that offers the right combination of services and price for your business.

You can use a phone number lookup tool to check the availability of your desired toll-free vanity number. This lets you search available vanity numbers for your business by toll-free prefix. You can also call or email a vanity number provider to see if they have the number you're looking for. 

2. Find a phone service provider and start taking calls. After you’ve secured your custom toll-free phone number, you’ll decide if you want to stay with the provider that offers the number (if they offer phone services) or if you want to port your number to another service provider. 

You’ll want to choose a service plan based on your anticipated call volume and services you’ll need. In fact, AVOXI offers toll-free number services in more than 160 countries with services such as call recording, call forwarding, custom caller ID and more.

After selecting your service plan, you’ll activate your account and begin taking calls! Your service provider should follow up with you to ensure your toll-free vanity number as well as your service add-ons are working.

For Local 

1. Find a local vanity phone number vendor. Use any one of the many vanity phone number lookup tools online or call a provider about their availability. They’ll show you which branded or patterned phone numbers are available for your desired area code. Some of the more popular local vanity phone number databases are:

Once you’ve found a vanity phone number in your area code, you’ll need to find a vanity phone number provider. Many local phone number service providers offer add-on services such as business phone features and number porting credits. Some, like AVOXI, will search other global databases for the vanity phone number you’re looking for in addition to their own to help you find the phone number you want, even if that number belongs to another provider.

Keep in mind that you might end up advertising your local vanity phone numbers without the area code, so you’ll want a letter sequence or pattern that can stand out with just seven digits. Consider creating a phone number sequence that differs from the typical US/Canada format of a three digit block followed by a four-digit block, such as CALL-AMY or BLOOM-4U.

2. Choose a phone service plan and start accepting calls.
Next, you’ll want to choose a service plan based on your anticipated call volume and services you’ll need. AVOXI offers local phone number services with extras such as call recording, call forwarding, custom caller ID and more.

After selecting your local vanity number and your service plan, you’ll activate your account and begin taking calls! Your service provider should follow up with you to ensure your vanity number and service add-ons are working.

For Mobile

If you’re in the market for a custom mobile phone number, you’re in luck: Getting a vanity cell phone number is quick and easy! The same sites listed above that check on the availability of vanity phone numbers work for mobile phone numbers, too. Here’s five steps for getting a custom cell phone number in the U.S.:

1. Brainstorm a few vanity phone number variations you’d be happy to have. Not all vanity cell phone numbers are available, so it’s good to have alternatives you can live with.
2. Find an available number using a local phone number availability search tool, such as Ringboost, Grasshopper or PhoneNumberGuy.com.
3. Buy that number and get the account information for it.
4. Give that account information to your current mobile phone service provider. They’ll explain how to port, or transfer, your new number to your phone service plan.
5. Tell your business contacts and friends about your new custom cell phone number!

The process to get toll free, local, or mobile vanity numbers in Canada is the exact same as the US. If you want a number, plenty of providers have tools to check available ones. You can go provider to provider until you find a number you want, and then use that provider's or another provider's phone service to start taking calls. 

Want to expedite the process? When you contact AVOXI to find a specific vanity number, we'll check our inventory and the national inventory for you. Even if we don't have the number, we'll point you in the right direction so you can get the number you're looking for.

Vanity phone numbers are available in the United Kingdom. They’re called non-geographical numbers, or NGNs, and begin with 08, 03 or 09. UK phone numbers have ten digits like the U.S. and Canada although Brits format theirs differently: xxxx xxxxxx or xx xxxx xxxx. (Add country code +44 to the beginning of any UK phone number if you’re calling from another country.)

Even if you don’t have a location in the UK, and thus have no need for a local number there, you can still get a UK vanity number that forwards to your real phone number. Having such a phone number is a good idea if you do business in the UK but your customer service or support team is based in another country that uses a different phone number format. Call forwarding from a UK vanity number enables British customers to reach you while feeling the comfort of calling a local number.

The process for getting a UK custom phone number is very much like the process in the U.S. or Canada. Once you choose a local or toll-free vanity number, you purchase it from the provider that owns it. Next, you sign up for their phone services, if available, or port the number to your existing phone service provider. You can typically start receiving calls at your UK vanity number within hours.

Looking to get a UK VIP number? AVOXI can help!