Phone Numbers in Australia for Business

The published family of Australian business numbers — 1300, 1800 and Phonewords — their shared state-neutral design, and the number types not offered here.

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Australian phone numbers for business, as published on this site, are a family of three: 1300 (shared cost), 1800 (free for callers in the stated Australian context) and Phonewords (words spelled on a 13, 1300 or 1800 base). They share one design — state-neutral, no area code, calls delivered to the answer point recorded at signup — and differ in caller cost and memorability. This page describes the family and its edges.

The three members

1300

Shared cost

Callers pay a local call cost; the business pays the remainder. Plans from $10 per month.

Explore 1300

1800

Free for callers

Callers pay nothing in the stated Australian context; the business carries the charges.

Explore 1800

Phoneword

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Up to six letters on 1300/1800, from $40 per month with availability and desirability affecting the word.

Search words

What the family shares

Every member is an inbound business number with no area code — the same published contact point serves callers wherever they dial from in Australia. Every member connects calls to the answer point recorded at signup, and every member's running cost comes from the published plan rows at $10, $15, $39, $79 and $99 per month on the pricing page.

The family's edges

Stated plainly: geographic area-code landlines, mobile numbers, personal or residential lines, and SMS-capable virtual numbers are not part of this family and are not published products here. Availability of any specific number settles at confirmation, never at search — the search on Find a Number is a snapshot of the current listing.

Related reading: phone numbers for a company, toll numbers, or business phone numbers in Australia.

Family questions

Which Australian business number should I choose?

Decide by caller cost (1300 vs 1800) and, separately, by whether the number should spell a word. The three cards above map to that decision.

Do these numbers work across all of Australia?

They are state-neutral with no area code, so the same published number serves callers wherever they dial from. No coverage claim beyond that is made here.

Are mobile or local landline numbers available?

No — those number types are not published products on this site.

How do I check availability?

Search word candidates on Find a Number or arrange a standard number with the team; either way, confirmation settles it.

The business-number family

Australian phone numbers, business edition

Three products, one shared design.