RespOrg categories
18 categories · Click any row to see members and aggregate analytics.
Who's absorbing toll-free numbers
- Misdial Marketing+6,214,501 · now 11,357,677
- Messaging+5,007,879 · now 6,751,186
- VOIP Service+1,765,286 · now 5,219,171
- Enhanced Voicemail Service+1,031,221 · now 2,617,882
- Small phone company+344,728 · now 824,267
- Medium Sized Resporgs+243,467 · now 942,741
- Telecom Broker+189,399 · now 259,932
- Corporate Client+13,074 · now 890,379
- International+3,280 · now 32,326
- Unknown-53,579 · now 51,075
- Telecom Service Provider-65,664 · now 1,246,858
- Regional Phone Company-103,391 · now 594,124
- Call Center-218,042 · now 2,563,776
- Wireless-267,318 · now 58,224
- Vanity Biz-992,083 · now 1,714,886
- Resporg Services-1,002,150 · now 843,472
- Dormant-2,782,567 · now 878
- Large Telcom-3,263,899 · now 15,753,544
Net change in inventory since each category's first month on record. Bars going up = absorbing numbers; going down = losing them. The toll-free pool is finite, so growth in one category implies loss elsewhere. Hover any bar for exact totals.
| Category | Members | Combined inventory | Vanity % | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Large Telcom
|
38 | 15,753,544 | 15.8% | Large Telecom Carriers |
Misdial Marketing
|
29 | 11,357,677 | 29.1% | Companies that make money with misdials |
Messaging
|
13 | 6,751,186 | 12.4% | Primarily text messaging SMS services. |
VOIP Service
|
80 | 5,219,171 | 13.6% | Voice Over IP (VoIP) Carriers |
Enhanced Voicemail Service
|
42 | 2,617,882 | 18.2% | Virtual Office service, enhanced voicemail service, forwarding your number to multiple virtual extensions. |
|
|
31 | 2,563,776 | 11.8% | This isn't just Call Centers, but Call Center Software and platforms. |
Vanity Biz
|
43 | 1,714,886 | 29.4% | There are more businesses in the vanity number business than you would probably have guessed, but many of them are small and hard to find, and/or not be very active. |
Telecom Service Provider
|
33 | 1,246,858 | 17.1% | An organization that provides wholesale services to the Telecommunications industry. |
|
|
113 | 942,741 | 16.2% | Somewhere between small phone companies and large ones. I guess that makes us medium sized phone companies. |
Corporate Client
|
28 | 890,379 | 15.2% | Some large corporations with their own Resprog. |
|
|
18 | 843,472 | 13.8% | Toll Free Resporg Services. |
Small phone company
|
29 | 824,224 | 21.2% | Smaller phone company, sometimes called a competitive reseller. |
Regional Phone Company
|
42 | 594,124 | 18.8% | A regional or local phone company. |
|
|
13 | 259,932 | 17.1% | Reseller of telecom providers |
Wireless
|
6 | 58,224 | 15.9% | Phone companies that are primarily cellular or wireless. |
Unknown
|
36 | 51,075 | 33.0% | Resporgs that we can't find very much information about. One trick we use to make these easier to see in the exact match, is that these have a ? after the company name in the Exact Match Results. If you find any information about any of these please contact us or add a comment with it. Thanks! |
International
|
13 | 32,326 | 21.9% | Companies that provide services worldwide, more than based in one country or part of the world. |
Dormant
|
106 | 878 | 10.0% | Dormant or Zombie phone companies are phone companies with nearly zero phone numbers and usually little or no activity. "Zombie" phone companies usually means they just won't die, LOL. |
Large Telcom
Misdial Marketing
Messaging
VOIP Service
Enhanced Voicemail Service
Vanity Biz
Telecom Service Provider
Corporate Client
Small phone company
Regional Phone Company
Wireless
Unknown
International
Dormant