Keep business calls and texts separate from your personal number. Numberline gives you a business phone system with its own number, greeting, voicemail, and call routing, all on the mobile phone you already use.
Keep your personal number private · No second phone required · No per-user fees
Yes. You can keep your personal number and use a separate business number on the same phone. Numberline forwards incoming business calls to your mobile and lets you call and text from your business number through the app. No second phone or additional SIM is needed.
A business number that rings your existing mobile and lives in an app for calling and texting. Greetings, voicemail, routing, and teammates come with it.
A second cellular number from your carrier. It behaves like a regular phone line, and business features depend on the carrier and plan.
Give out the business number on your website, your cards, and your invoices. When a customer calls it, Numberline forwards the call to your mobile, or to the people you choose. The caller only ever sees the business number.
Add a greeting so callers hear your business name first, and add extensions when you want callers to reach a person or department directly. Forward calls to any phones you choose, ringing one after another. Simultaneous ringing is available on Grow and Max. How call routing works →
Return a missed call from the Numberline app and the customer’s phone shows your business number. Outbound business calls go through the app so the business number is what shows. Calls made from your personal cellular line show your personal number. To call using your Numberline business number, start the call in Numberline.
Outbound minutes are included with every plan. Incoming calls never count against them. How to call from your iPhone with your business number →
Customers text your business number and the conversation lands in the Numberline inbox, where you reply as the business. Texting is available once the required SMS compliance approval for your business is complete.
Calls to your business number that are not answered go to your Numberline business voicemail, not your personal voicemail. Callers hear your business greeting, and each message is recorded, transcribed, and emailed to you. Your personal texts and voicemail stay on your phone as they are. How business texting works →
Business calls can follow different rules when you are closed. Ring your mobile during the day, then send after-hours calls to voicemail with an after-hours greeting, to a teammate, or to the answering provider you choose. Your personal calls continue as usual.
Start by forwarding business calls to your mobile. Add greetings, extensions, and teammates whenever you need them.
Both give you a second number on the phone you already carry. They differ in what comes with the number.
A second carrier line suits someone who simply wants another cellular number on their phone. A business phone system suits someone who needs to manage customer calls and messages: a greeting, routing, voicemail that stays separate, and other people able to answer. Carrier features vary by carrier and plan, so check what yours includes.
Pick a local number in the area code your customers know or a toll-free number, or bring an eligible business number you already have. Porting details are shared when your setup opens.
Forward the number to your mobile, or to your mobile and a teammate’s. Record your business greeting and set up business voicemail, so callers hear your business from the first second and unanswered calls go to your business voicemail, not your personal voicemail.
Use the Numberline app to place calls and send texts from the business number. Texting starts once the required SMS compliance approval for your business is complete. Compare plans →
Working for yourself? See the phone system for freelancers and consultants. Starting a company or a side business? See the phone system for new businesses.
A business number with its own greeting, voicemail, and routing, on the mobile phone you already use.
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