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Toll-free Numbers on the Internet: FORTUNE 500SM Companies
Findings
86% of FORTUNE 500SM Companies Use a Toll-free Number
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Eighty-six percent of all the companies on the FORTUNE 500SM
list have at least one toll-free number.
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800 is Preferred to 888, 877 or 866
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The 800 prefix is by far the favorite of FORTUNE 500SM
companies, with 80% of them having at least one 800 number. Twenty
percent have numbers with an alternative prefix (888, 877 or 866.)
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55% of FORTUNE 500SM Companies Have 2 or More Toll-free Numbers
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Fifty-five percent of all the companies on the FORTUNE 500SM
list have two or more toll-free numbers.
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43% of FORTUNE 500SM Companies Have a Vanity Number
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Forty-three percent of all the companies on the FORTUNE 500SM
list have a vanity number.
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93% Have a Number with the 800 Prefix
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Ninety-three percent of all the companies with a toll-free number
have one with the 800 prefix.
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63% of Companies have 2 or More Toll-free Numbers
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Sixty-three percent of all the companies with a toll-free number
have 2 or more toll-free numbers.
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50% of Companies have a Vanity Number
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Fifty percent of all the companies with a toll-free number have
at least one vanity number.
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Vanity 800 Numbers are Favored
Of the companies with toll-free numbers, 40% of them have a vanity 800
number, 13% of them have a vanity 888 number, 7% of them have a vanity
877 number and 1% of them have a vanity 866 number.
92% of Companies with a Non-Vanity Number use the 800 Prefix
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Ninety-two percent of all the companies with a non-vanity toll-free
number use the 800 prefix.
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Financial, Energy, Computer, and Insurance Industries are the Most Frequent
Users of Toll-free Numbers
By industry, there are some leaders in using toll-free numbers as response
mechanisms. Ninety-four percent of financial companies have them, as do
82% of energy companies, 78% of computer companies, and 75% of insurance
providers.
Published July 31, 2001
Copyright © 2001, 800 Response. All rights reserved.
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