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Get a UK phone number for your business.

UK customers call a UK number, and that makes a difference to both response and trust. Below are the numbers on offer and what they cost.

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Looking for a British phone number to grow in the United Kingdom? Then you’re in the right place! With a British +44 number on your website you show right away that you take the British market seriously, while the calls simply come in on your existing line anywhere in the world — no UK office and no new hardware.

British customers prefer to do business with a company that has a local presence. With a local +44 number you build trust and British customers simply call you locally, while you answer from anywhere in the world.

You choose the number type that suits you. An 0808 number is free for the caller; an 0333 number works nationally across Great Britain; and a local number with a city code, like 020 for London, builds instant regional trust.

The regulation is on your side. All British number types can be registered on an address anywhere in the world, so you don’t need a UK business address to go live.

When a customer in the United Kingdom calls your British number, we route the call over the fixed network — and so not over the internet — for the highest quality, and forward it wherever you want: your fixed line, your mobile, or several mobiles so you form a team with colleagues, or your existing phone system. The caller hears a local British ringtone and, if you like, a professional welcome message in English.

You create that British welcome message with our text-to-speech assistant, which has a natural-sounding British voice. That way every caller hears you as a local British company, with a menu that brings them straight to the right team.

We’ve been a specialized telecom provider since 2000 and run our own platform and network, which means top quality and full control. We’re registered with Ofcom and as a telecom company in fourteen EU countries, so you grow across Europe with one provider.

Your British number is usually active within one working day. Request your number and we’ll get to work for you.

The question that decides everything

Which UK number can your business have?

The regulator sets no address requirement for these UK numbers: you register them to your business address, wherever that is.

  • +44 808

    0808 — free for the caller

    Can be registered to an address outside the United Kingdom.

    Possible Possible

  • +44 333

    0333 — national

    Can be registered to an address outside the United Kingdom.

    Possible Possible

  • +44 20

    Local — London, Manchester, Birmingham

    Can be registered to an address outside the United Kingdom.

    Possible Possible

In stock and what it costs

Numbers available today

What a number abroad costs

€49 per monthper number

The same amount in each of the fourteen countries — a UK number costs no more than a number at home. Including the full phone system: forwarding, IVR menu, call queue, call recording and statistics.

Just testing the market

€250 per yearprepaid

One line, one forwarding number, no features. For anyone who first wants to know whether the phone rings at all before setting up a phone system. That is less than €21 a month — under half the full rate, with exactly one thing that works: the number rings and the call reaches you.

And the call charges

Those depend on where the call goes

A call that arrives in the United Kingdom and goes on to a VoIP line in your own country costs a different amount from one to a UK mobile. You get that rate with your proposal; it is the one thing we cannot put on the page, because it differs per route.

Why you can get this from us

We are the operator, not the middleman

Foreign numbers can be sold in two ways: by buying them in from someone else, or by holding the license yourself. You only notice the difference when something out of the ordinary is needed — an urgent change, a non-standard routing, a question from the regulator.

  • Europe

    Licensed in fourteen countries

    No resale of numbers from a supplier who buys them in from someone else. We know the rules in each country because we are subject to them ourselves.

  • The platform

    One phone system for all your numbers

    Your UK, German and Dutch numbers come in on the same routing, with the same queue and the same dashboard. No separate accounts per country.

How it works

From request to a ringing phone

  1. You tell us what you need

    Which city or which type, and whether you have a UK address. If you're not sure, we'll look at it with you.

  2. We check and send a quote

    Within one business day you get a proposal with the current rates and an honest answer on whether it can be done. Sometimes the answer is that an 0808 number will serve you better than a local number.

  3. The registration

    These numbers need no proof of address, so there is nothing to wait for.

  4. Forwarding to your team

    The call arrives in the United Kingdom and lands with your team, wherever they work. The caller dials a UK number and never notices the difference.

Frequently asked questions

About UK phone numbers

A virtual phone number is a telephone number that is not tied to a physical line or a SIM card. Instead, you have many different options how to route calls. This means you can use the number to forward to one or multiple (existing) mobile or fixed phones and route calls over the Internet. It gives you the most flexible way to setup a modern business phone system.

No, we can forward calls to any existing and/or new phones or softphones on your computer or mobile device. So instead of investing into new equipment, you can just start receiving calls today!

Absolutely! You can choose a virtual phone number in your home country or abroad and we will forward calls according to how you want it: your existing SaaS, phone system or telephone equipment. With our huge number inventory you can expand your business rapidly!

Absolutely, if in your country the local phone company is stopping analog and ISDN lines and you want to keep your phone number, make it a virtual phone number! We can port any existing numbers within (most of the time) 5 working days.

Virtual phone numbers can be configured with many options, like voicemail or we forward your call to another person if you do not answer within x seconds. Talk to our support team how you want your phone number to handle calls and we will handle the programming for you!

Absolutely not. We handle the entire setup for you based on your specific needs. In fact, 90% of our customers prefer us to program the system so they can focus purely on answering calls and making sales! However, if you are tech-savvy, we offer full flexibility: we can provide a Docker container running our IVR system, open up our API, or set up webhooks to communicate with your platform exactly how you want.

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