Just like that, 2021 is over. And what a year it was. With COVID-19 and its many variants continuing to impact our country and society, we still pushed ahead the best we could. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite the important (and crazy!) events that were generously showered throughout the past year, we\u2019re here to talk about one subject in particular. A subject within an industry that didn\u2019t falter, but flourished in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That subject would be phone numbers. More specifically, area codes<\/em><\/strong>. Yes, area codes are more important to everyday life than you\u2019d think at first glance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Phone numbers were purchased in droves in 2021. So we thought we\u2019d take a closer look more specifically into the most high-value, brokered phone numbers purchased from the NumberBarn<\/a> marketplace last year and determine which area codes were the most popular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What’s a brokered number? Phone numbers listed for sale by an individual or vendor and sold via the NumberBarn marketplace, as opposed to purchased or acquired directly from a carrier. These numbers typically sell for much higher prices because they are in greater demand than a general number assigned directly by a carrier. We wanted to explore a little bit more of the why<\/em> behind what makes these area codes the most desired out of the 317 (and growing) area codes that currently exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Amongst NumberBarn-brokered phone numbers:<\/p>\n\n\n\nKey Findings <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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