How many phone numbers can I register on the WhatsApp API?
Updated 4 October 2026
A new business account can register 2 numbers. Meta raises the limit to 20 automatically once the business is verified or reaches a messaging limit of 2,000.
- Start: new business accounts are capped at two registered business phone numbers.
- Raise: the cap goes to 20 when the business is verified or reaches a messaging limit of 2,000.
- Meta tells you about the increase in Meta Business Suite.
- A single restaurant normally needs one number. Several outlets may want one each.
One number per outlet, one dashboard
Each outlet can take WhatsApp orders on its own number, and a brand with several outlets can show customers an outlet picker. All orders are managed from your dashboard.
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- Phone numbers, Meta for Developers, read 2026-10-04