Hootline mobile app and web dashboard showing business calls, voicemail, recordings and working hour

A business number on your mobile.

Get a local business number, answer calls through an app, set working hours and keep your personal mobile number private.

Simple business calls, without the fuss.

Choose a number that helps your business look established.

Local Business Number

Use your existing mobile

Take business calls from the phone you already use, and no need for a 2nd SIM.

Plans from £4.99 p/m

Start simple and upgrade if and when you need more features.

Simple setup icon for business phone settings

No complicated setup

Built for small businesses, not telecoms experts. Easy App install.

Your personal mobile is not your business phone.

Using your Hootline number

Your personal number is made public

Receive calls at all hours

Voicemails get lost

No work to life separation

Hard to look professional

Easy to miss enquiries

Using your personal mobile

Private business number on your mobile

Choose your working hours to receive calls

Professional voicemail

Clear call history

Your business looks more established

Never miss an enquiry

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Set up in minutes. Stay connected anywhere.

Getting started with Hootline is simple. Choose your business number, decide how calls should reach you and start taking business calls on the mobile you already use.

Step one showing how to choose a business phone number with Hootline

Step two showing call handling, forwarding, working hours and voicemail settings

Step three showing an incoming business call on the Hootline app

Get your number

See how it works

Small business owners and mobile workers who use a business phone number

Built for different ways of doing business.

Hootline is made for small businesses that rely on calls but do not want the cost or complexity of a full phone system. Whether you work alone, run a local business, manage appointments, handle enquiries on the move or are starting to grow a small team, Hootline gives your business its own number on the mobile you already use.

It is especially useful when your personal mobile has started to feel too public, too busy or too mixed up with work. With a dedicated business number, you can look more professional, keep your personal number private and manage business calls in a way that fits around your day.

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Questions before you get started?

Do I need a second phone?

Do I have to sign a long contract?

No. Hootline works with the mobile phone you already use, so you do not need to buy another handset or carry two mobiles.

No. Hootline plans are monthly rolling, so you are not tied into a long contract. Plans are billed monthly by Direct Debit and all prices exclude VAT.