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United StatesA 0116 number for your business in Leicester.
Choose your number below; we check your business details and switch it on, usually within one working day, on the phone you already use.
- No connection fee, and you can cancel any month
- Bringing your existing 0116 number across is free
- Rings on your mobile, landline or VoIP phone
You don't change a number, so pick one that sticks
It will sit in the phone of every customer, patient or client who calls you back. That's why the numbers that are easy to remember and pass on come first, rather than the next one in the range.
The number comes with the plan
You pay for the people you add to the number, not for the number itself and not for the handsets.
Business Number
£130
a year, first purchase + 1 year free
For sole traders, advisers and one-person businesses. One number, one person.
1 person
Phone System
£22
per month
Two people answering the same line, with forwarding and voicemail.
2 people
Customer Service — Most chosen
£43
per month
With a call queue, a selection menu and call recording. For practices, offices and service lines.
Up to 8 people
Shared handsets never count. The phone on reception, in the waiting room or in the meeting room costs nothing extra — you pay per person, not per device. Above eight people we put together a custom plan.
The number is the start, not the product
Call forwarding to mobile, landline or your team
Business NumberBy time of day, availability and ring order: one after the other, in turns or all at once. You set it up yourself in the dashboard.
Welcome message
Business NumberRecorded by you or generated with text-to-speech, in any language.
Voicemail in your inbox
Business NumberEvery message as audio and as text in your email.
Whisper tone
Business NumberHear which number was called before you answer.
Text-to-speech
Business NumberUnlimited announcements read out for you, no recording studio needed.
Statistics and call analysis
Business NumberWho called, when, for how long and who answered. By email or in the dashboard.
Block numbers
Business NumberKeep spam and unwanted callers off your business number.
WhatsApp Business on your number
Business NumberThe same business number for calls and for WhatsApp.
Opening hours and duty rota
Phone SystemPublic-holiday calendar, on-call duty and forwarding by calendar.
Call notes and customer history
Phone SystemNotes and flags travel with the caller.
Team dashboard with live availability
Phone SystemWho is reachable and who answers, on one screen.
Phone menu (IVR)
Customer ServiceCallers pick the right department themselves.
Queue with hold music or a message
Customer ServiceCallers keep their place instead of getting a busy tone.
Call recording with AI transcription
Customer ServiceFor quality and for checking what was agreed.
Bringing your existing number is free and takes five working days at most.
Moving your number costs nothing and takes five working days at most
You keep the number that is on your shopfront, your invoices and in Google. We arrange the switch with your current provider and schedule it on a date that suits you, so you are never unreachable.
Why a 0116 number means something here
Leicester is the UK’s fashion retail capital and a centre for food manufacturing, logistics and digital innovation. The region generates over £15 billion in annual GVA and hosts over 150,000 registered businesses, including Next plc (FTSE 100, 40,000+ UK staff), Walkers Crisps (world’s largest crisp factory, 3,000 staff), Dunelm (e-commerce and retail HQ), Space Park Leicester and the National Space Centre. A 0116 number is the clearest signal to retail buyers, supply-chain partners and digital investors that your company operates in the East Midlands.
Whether you run a fashion brand using Leicester’s hosiery heritage, an e-commerce fulfilment operation, or a technology company anchored to the space-tech cluster, a 0116 number ties your branding to Leicester without you having to lease a central office.
Google treats your phone number as a location signal. A 0116 number on your website, your Google Business Profile and in business directories tells Google that your business belongs to Leicester, as long as you write it the same way everywhere, with the same spacing and separators.
Area code 0116 covers Leicester and the East Midlands commuter belt.
Frequently asked questions about Leicester 0116 numbers
Usually within one working day. We check your business details — most checks clear the same morning — and after that the number is live and ready for calls. You don’t need new handsets or a SIP phone to get started, because calls can be routed straight to your existing mobile, landline or desktop app.
Yes. The 0116 number is registered on your own business address, which can be anywhere in the UK or abroad, and not on where individual staff happen to be sitting. Remote workers in Nottingham, Birmingham or anywhere else can answer calls on the same 0116 line through the CallFactory app or any SIP handset, so customers still see a single Leicester point of contact.
Yes. Porting a working 0116 number is free and typically takes up to five working days once your losing provider releases the number. We schedule the cut-over on a date that suits you, which means your line stays live right up to the moment the number moves across. Read more on the porting page.
Plenty of Leicester businesses do exactly that. The 0116 attracts customers in the region, while a national 0333 number covers enquiries from the rest of the UK at standard geographic call rates. Both numbers land in the same IVR and hunt group, so your team handles them without thinking about which line rang.
The 0116 area spans Leicester and the immediate commuter belt, which means Leicester city centre, Oadby, Wigston, Thurmaston, Birstall, Glenfield, Enderby, Narborough, Blaby and Braunstone. The area includes Next plc’s corporate HQ at Enderby (4,500 staff), Walkers Crisps factory at Beaumont Park (the world’s largest crisp factory), Dunelm HQ at Syston, Space Park Leicester, and De Montfort University city-centre campus.
Area code 0116 was introduced in 1995 during PhONEday, when Ofcom renumbered England’s geographic codes. Leicester’s previous code was 0533, which served the city during the earlier telephone era. The transition to 0116 marked Leicester’s shift to modern trunk-code assignment and coincided with the growth of Next plc and the consolidation of the East Midlands retail and hosiery sectors.
Yes. Every Leicester region postcode within the 0116 area falls inside the coverage zone, so a business registered in Oadby, Enderby, Wigston or Syston gets a full 0116 number. That matters for companies in retail, fashion and supply-chain operations, because customers read 0116 as “Leicester fashion and retail hub” no matter which specific town you occupy.
Popular choices are numbers that are easy to remember and pass on, such as a round hundred or thousand at the end, four repeated digits or a run that counts up. The number picker on this page puts those at the top, and the Easy to remember tab shows only them, each with the reason it sticks. What you see there is what is available right now.
The 0116 number itself is included with every plan: you pay per plan, not for the number and not for the handsets. Business Number is £130 a year for one person, Phone System £22 a month for a team of up to two and Customer Service £43 a month for up to eight. Shared handsets, such as the phone on reception or in the waiting room, never count. There are no setup fees and no hidden charges; full details are on our pricing page.
Yes. Our text-to-speech assistant generates a professional greeting in English or any other supported language, which means you can change the wording at any time without a studio. A choice menu — press 1 for sales, 2 for support — comes with Customer Service and takes a few clicks to set up.
