The 562 area code covers Long Beach, Downey, Compton and more in California. Provision a local 562 number in minutes.
Area code 562 covers the southeastern Los Angeles basin including Long Beach — a major Pacific port city and independent municipality with a vibrant arts and restaurant scene. The area also includes aerospace manufacturing communities like Downey, where the space shuttle and Apollo spacecraft were built. The code was split from 310 in 1997.
Across California, the 562 area code serves roughly 1.5 million residents in 4 communities — including Long Beach, Downey, Compton, among others. Numbers in the 562 zone keep Pacifictime, so a local line rings during your customers' business hours and shows a familiar CA caller ID on every outbound call.
562 was first introduced in 1997 under the North American Numbering Plan. It remains an active geographic code today.
Want a 562 number of your own? With Ajoxi you can claim one in minutes — no hardware, no contracts — and route calls, SMS, voicemail, and team messaging anywhere on a single UCaaS platform, with Tier-1 routing and clean caller-ID delivery on every line.
The 562 area code reaches 4 communities across California, from Long Beach to Lakewood. A customer in any of them sees a familiar local number when you call, which is the single biggest driver of answer rates — and with Ajoxi you can claim a number in any of these cities, or several at once, and route every call to the same team.
Pair a local Long Beach presence with enterprise-grade UCaaS — calling, meetings, and messaging on one platform.
Get a 562 NumberA 562 number tells Long Beach customers you're local — instant trust and higher answer rates, no office required.
Every 562 line includes HD calling, video meetings, team chat, SMS/MMS, auto-attendant, call recording, and an AI assistant.
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The 562 area code covers Long Beach, Downey, Compton, Lakewood in California.
Phone numbers in the 562 area code operate on America/Los_Angeles time.
Yes. The 562 area code was introduced in 1997 and remains an active geographic code today.
Yes. Ajoxi provisions virtual 562 numbers with instant activation, clean caller-ID delivery, Tier-1 routing, and no setup fees — so you can build a local presence in minutes.
Choose a 562 number in the Ajoxi dashboard and it activates immediately — no hardware, no contracts, and no setup fees. Prefer to keep a number you already use? Port any existing 562 number in for free, usually within a few business days and with no downtime during the switch.
Yes. Every 562 number supports SMS and MMS alongside HD calling, so your team can text customers, run campaigns, and reply to conversations from the same line — all in the browser on any device, with no separate app to install.
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