diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 01f8747..eaaaa77 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 9.0.0
+- Added a format parameter to choose between international and national format
+- Format now uses the national format by default
+
 ## 8.3.0
 - added support for remaining phoneNumberTypes (thanks @cottonman132 )
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 988525a..9dec895 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ for local formats.
 final phoneNumber =
     PhoneNumber.parse('2025550119', destinationCountry: IsoCode.US);
 final formattedNsn = phoneNumber.formatNsn();
-print('formatted: $formattedNsn'); // 202-555-0119
+print('formatted: $formattedNsn'); // (202) 555-0119
 ```
 
 ### Range 
diff --git a/demo/pubspec.lock b/demo/pubspec.lock
index b6c0b99..6b89017 100644
--- a/demo/pubspec.lock
+++ b/demo/pubspec.lock
@@ -71,18 +71,18 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: leak_tracker
-      sha256: "7f0df31977cb2c0b88585095d168e689669a2cc9b97c309665e3386f3e9d341a"
+      sha256: "3f87a60e8c63aecc975dda1ceedbc8f24de75f09e4856ea27daf8958f2f0ce05"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "10.0.4"
+    version: "10.0.5"
   leak_tracker_flutter_testing:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: leak_tracker_flutter_testing
-      sha256: "06e98f569d004c1315b991ded39924b21af84cf14cc94791b8aea337d25b57f8"
+      sha256: "932549fb305594d82d7183ecd9fa93463e9914e1b67cacc34bc40906594a1806"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "3.0.3"
+    version: "3.0.5"
   leak_tracker_testing:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -111,18 +111,18 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: material_color_utilities
-      sha256: "0e0a020085b65b6083975e499759762399b4475f766c21668c4ecca34ea74e5a"
+      sha256: f7142bb1154231d7ea5f96bc7bde4bda2a0945d2806bb11670e30b850d56bdec
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "0.8.0"
+    version: "0.11.1"
   meta:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: meta
-      sha256: "7687075e408b093f36e6bbf6c91878cc0d4cd10f409506f7bc996f68220b9136"
+      sha256: bdb68674043280c3428e9ec998512fb681678676b3c54e773629ffe74419f8c7
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "1.12.0"
+    version: "1.15.0"
   path:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ packages:
       path: ".."
       relative: true
     source: path
-    version: "8.2.2"
+    version: "8.3.0"
   sky_engine:
     dependency: transitive
     description: flutter
@@ -187,10 +187,10 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: test_api
-      sha256: "9955ae474176f7ac8ee4e989dadfb411a58c30415bcfb648fa04b2b8a03afa7f"
+      sha256: "5b8a98dafc4d5c4c9c72d8b31ab2b23fc13422348d2997120294d3bac86b4ddb"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "0.7.0"
+    version: "0.7.2"
   vector_math:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -203,10 +203,10 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: vm_service
-      sha256: "3923c89304b715fb1eb6423f017651664a03bf5f4b29983627c4da791f74a4ec"
+      sha256: "5c5f338a667b4c644744b661f309fb8080bb94b18a7e91ef1dbd343bed00ed6d"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "14.2.1"
+    version: "14.2.5"
 sdks:
   dart: ">=3.3.0 <4.0.0"
   flutter: ">=3.18.0-18.0.pre.54"
diff --git a/example/lib/main.dart b/example/lib/main.dart
index ecc60be..efec3d1 100644
--- a/example/lib/main.dart
+++ b/example/lib/main.dart
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ void main(List<String> arguments) {
   final phoneNumber =
       PhoneNumber.parse('2025550119', destinationCountry: IsoCode.US);
   final formattedNsn = phoneNumber.formatNsn();
-  print('formatted: $formattedNsn'); // 202-555-0119
+  print('formatted: $formattedNsn'); // (202) 555-0119
   print('international: ${phoneNumber.international}');
   // Ranges
   print('');
diff --git a/lib/src/formatting/phone_number_formatter.dart b/lib/src/formatting/phone_number_formatter.dart
index 7dacc71..2c3529e 100644
--- a/lib/src/formatting/phone_number_formatter.dart
+++ b/lib/src/formatting/phone_number_formatter.dart
@@ -7,9 +7,18 @@ import 'package:phone_numbers_parser/src/regex/match_entirely_extension.dart';
 import '../metadata/models/phone_metadata_formats.dart';
 import '../iso_codes/iso_code.dart';
 
+enum NsnFormat {
+  national,
+  international,
+}
+
 class PhoneNumberFormatter {
   /// format national number for international use
-  static String formatNsn(String nsn, IsoCode isoCode) {
+  static String formatNsn(
+    String nsn,
+    IsoCode isoCode, [
+    NsnFormat format = NsnFormat.national,
+  ]) {
     if (nsn.isEmpty) {
       return nsn;
     }
@@ -31,7 +40,9 @@ class PhoneNumberFormatter {
     var transformRule = formatingRule.format;
     // if there is an international format, we use it
     final intlFormat = formatingRule.intlFormat;
-    if (intlFormat != null && intlFormat != 'NA') {
+    if (format == NsnFormat.international &&
+        intlFormat != null &&
+        intlFormat != 'NA') {
       transformRule = intlFormat;
     }
 
@@ -78,7 +89,9 @@ class PhoneNumberFormatter {
     return missingDigits;
   }
 
-  /// gets the matching format rule
+  /// gets the matching format rule,
+  /// if there is only one formatting rule return it,
+  /// else finds the formatting rule that better matches the phone number
   static PhoneMetadataFormat? _getMatchingFormatRules({
     required PhoneMetadataFormats formatingRules,
     required String nsn,
diff --git a/lib/src/phone_number.dart b/lib/src/phone_number.dart
index c8c4a97..c7e5ee6 100644
--- a/lib/src/phone_number.dart
+++ b/lib/src/phone_number.dart
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ class PhoneNumber {
       );
 
   /// formats the nsn, if no [isoCode] is provided the phone number region is used.
-  String formatNsn({IsoCode? isoCode}) =>
-      PhoneNumberFormatter.formatNsn(nsn, isoCode ?? this.isoCode);
+  String formatNsn({IsoCode? isoCode, NsnFormat format = NsnFormat.national}) =>
+      PhoneNumberFormatter.formatNsn(nsn, isoCode ?? this.isoCode, format);
 
   @Deprecated('Use [formatNsn] instead')
   String getFormattedNsn({IsoCode? isoCode}) => formatNsn(isoCode: isoCode);
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index a0dfd73..0f5c95a 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -5,26 +5,31 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: _fe_analyzer_shared
-      sha256: "0b2f2bd91ba804e53a61d757b986f89f1f9eaed5b11e4b2f5a2468d86d6c9fc7"
+      sha256: "45cfa8471b89fb6643fe9bf51bd7931a76b8f5ec2d65de4fb176dba8d4f22c77"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "67.0.0"
+    version: "73.0.0"
+  _macros:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description: dart
+    source: sdk
+    version: "0.3.2"
   analyzer:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: analyzer
-      sha256: "37577842a27e4338429a1cbc32679d508836510b056f1eedf0c8d20e39c1383d"
+      sha256: "4959fec185fe70cce007c57e9ab6983101dbe593d2bf8bbfb4453aaec0cf470a"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "6.4.1"
+    version: "6.8.0"
   args:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: args
-      sha256: eef6c46b622e0494a36c5a12d10d77fb4e855501a91c1b9ef9339326e58f0596
+      sha256: "7cf60b9f0cc88203c5a190b4cd62a99feea42759a7fa695010eb5de1c0b2252a"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "2.4.2"
+    version: "2.5.0"
   async:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -45,10 +50,10 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: collection
-      sha256: ee67cb0715911d28db6bf4af1026078bd6f0128b07a5f66fb2ed94ec6783c09a
+      sha256: a1ace0a119f20aabc852d165077c036cd864315bd99b7eaa10a60100341941bf
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "1.18.0"
+    version: "1.19.0"
   convert:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -61,18 +66,18 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: coverage
-      sha256: "8acabb8306b57a409bf4c83522065672ee13179297a6bb0cb9ead73948df7c76"
+      sha256: c1fb2dce3c0085f39dc72668e85f8e0210ec7de05345821ff58530567df345a5
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "1.7.2"
+    version: "1.9.2"
   crypto:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: crypto
-      sha256: ff625774173754681d66daaf4a448684fb04b78f902da9cb3d308c19cc5e8bab
+      sha256: ec30d999af904f33454ba22ed9a86162b35e52b44ac4807d1d93c288041d7d27
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "3.0.3"
+    version: "3.0.5"
   file:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -85,10 +90,10 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: frontend_server_client
-      sha256: "408e3ca148b31c20282ad6f37ebfa6f4bdc8fede5b74bc2f08d9d92b55db3612"
+      sha256: f64a0333a82f30b0cca061bc3d143813a486dc086b574bfb233b7c1372427694
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "3.2.0"
+    version: "4.0.0"
   glob:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -109,10 +114,10 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: http_parser
-      sha256: "2aa08ce0341cc9b354a498388e30986515406668dbcc4f7c950c3e715496693b"
+      sha256: "40f592dd352890c3b60fec1b68e786cefb9603e05ff303dbc4dda49b304ecdf4"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "4.0.2"
+    version: "4.1.0"
   io:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -145,6 +150,14 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.2.0"
+  macros:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: macros
+      sha256: "0acaed5d6b7eab89f63350bccd82119e6c602df0f391260d0e32b5e23db79536"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "0.1.2-main.4"
   matcher:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -157,18 +170,18 @@ packages:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
       name: meta
-      sha256: "7687075e408b093f36e6bbf6c91878cc0d4cd10f409506f7bc996f68220b9136"
+      sha256: bdb68674043280c3428e9ec998512fb681678676b3c54e773629ffe74419f8c7
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "1.12.0"
+    version: "1.15.0"
   mime:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: mime
-      sha256: "2e123074287cc9fd6c09de8336dae606d1ddb88d9ac47358826db698c176a1f2"
+      sha256: "801fd0b26f14a4a58ccb09d5892c3fbdeff209594300a542492cf13fba9d247a"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "1.0.5"
+    version: "1.0.6"
   node_preamble:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -221,10 +234,10 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: shelf
-      sha256: ad29c505aee705f41a4d8963641f91ac4cee3c8fad5947e033390a7bd8180fa4
+      sha256: e7dd780a7ffb623c57850b33f43309312fc863fb6aa3d276a754bb299839ef12
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "1.4.1"
+    version: "1.4.2"
   shelf_packages_handler:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -237,26 +250,26 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: shelf_static
-      sha256: a41d3f53c4adf0f57480578c1d61d90342cd617de7fc8077b1304643c2d85c1e
+      sha256: c87c3875f91262785dade62d135760c2c69cb217ac759485334c5857ad89f6e3
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "1.1.2"
+    version: "1.1.3"
   shelf_web_socket:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: shelf_web_socket
-      sha256: "9ca081be41c60190ebcb4766b2486a7d50261db7bd0f5d9615f2d653637a84c1"
+      sha256: "073c147238594ecd0d193f3456a5fe91c4b0abbcc68bf5cd95b36c4e194ac611"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "1.0.4"
+    version: "2.0.0"
   source_map_stack_trace:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: source_map_stack_trace
-      sha256: "84cf769ad83aa6bb61e0aa5a18e53aea683395f196a6f39c4c881fb90ed4f7ae"
+      sha256: c0713a43e323c3302c2abe2a1cc89aa057a387101ebd280371d6a6c9fa68516b
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "2.1.1"
+    version: "2.1.2"
   source_maps:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -293,10 +306,10 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: string_scanner
-      sha256: "556692adab6cfa87322a115640c11f13cb77b3f076ddcc5d6ae3c20242bedcde"
+      sha256: "688af5ed3402a4bde5b3a6c15fd768dbf2621a614950b17f04626c431ab3c4c3"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "1.2.0"
+    version: "1.3.0"
   term_glyph:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -309,26 +322,26 @@ packages:
     dependency: "direct dev"
     description:
       name: test
-      sha256: "7ee446762c2c50b3bd4ea96fe13ffac69919352bd3b4b17bac3f3465edc58073"
+      sha256: "713a8789d62f3233c46b4a90b174737b2c04cb6ae4500f2aa8b1be8f03f5e67f"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "1.25.2"
+    version: "1.25.8"
   test_api:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: test_api
-      sha256: "9955ae474176f7ac8ee4e989dadfb411a58c30415bcfb648fa04b2b8a03afa7f"
+      sha256: "664d3a9a64782fcdeb83ce9c6b39e78fd2971d4e37827b9b06c3aa1edc5e760c"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "0.7.0"
+    version: "0.7.3"
   test_core:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: test_core
-      sha256: "2bc4b4ecddd75309300d8096f781c0e3280ca1ef85beda558d33fcbedc2eead4"
+      sha256: "12391302411737c176b0b5d6491f466b0dd56d4763e347b6714efbaa74d7953d"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "0.6.0"
+    version: "0.6.5"
   typed_data:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -341,10 +354,10 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: vm_service
-      sha256: e7d5ecd604e499358c5fe35ee828c0298a320d54455e791e9dcf73486bc8d9f0
+      sha256: "5c5f338a667b4c644744b661f309fb8080bb94b18a7e91ef1dbd343bed00ed6d"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "14.1.0"
+    version: "14.2.5"
   watcher:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -357,18 +370,26 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: web
-      sha256: "1d9158c616048c38f712a6646e317a3426da10e884447626167240d45209cbad"
+      sha256: d43c1d6b787bf0afad444700ae7f4db8827f701bc61c255ac8d328c6f4d52062
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "1.0.0"
+  web_socket:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: web_socket
+      sha256: "3c12d96c0c9a4eec095246debcea7b86c0324f22df69893d538fcc6f1b8cce83"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "0.5.0"
+    version: "0.1.6"
   web_socket_channel:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: web_socket_channel
-      sha256: "1d8e795e2a8b3730c41b8a98a2dff2e0fb57ae6f0764a1c46ec5915387d257b2"
+      sha256: "9f187088ed104edd8662ca07af4b124465893caf063ba29758f97af57e61da8f"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "2.4.4"
+    version: "3.0.1"
   webkit_inspection_protocol:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -394,4 +415,4 @@ packages:
     source: hosted
     version: "3.1.2"
 sdks:
-  dart: ">=3.3.0 <4.0.0"
+  dart: ">=3.4.0 <4.0.0"
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 87e8bcf..9fb5892 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: phone_numbers_parser
 description: Dart library for parsing phone numbers. Inspired by Google's libphonenumber and PhoneNumberKit for ios.
-version: 8.3.0
+version: 9.0.0
 homepage: https://github.com/cedvdb/phone_number_parser
 
 environment:
diff --git a/test/phone_number_test.dart b/test/phone_number_test.dart
index 5c83429..41555ae 100644
--- a/test/phone_number_test.dart
+++ b/test/phone_number_test.dart
@@ -244,11 +244,40 @@ void main() {
   });
 
   group('format', () {
-    test('should format', () {
+    test('should format with the national format by default', () {
       String format(String phoneNumber) =>
           PhoneNumber.parse(phoneNumber, destinationCountry: IsoCode.US)
               .formatNsn();
 
+      var testNumber = '';
+      expect(format(testNumber), equals(''));
+      testNumber = '2';
+      expect(format(testNumber), equals('(2'));
+      testNumber = '20';
+      expect(format(testNumber), equals('(20'));
+      testNumber = '202';
+      expect(format(testNumber), equals('(202)'));
+      testNumber = '2025';
+      expect(format(testNumber), equals('(202) 5'));
+      testNumber = '20255';
+      expect(format(testNumber), equals('(202) 55'));
+      testNumber = '202555';
+      expect(format(testNumber), equals('(202) 555'));
+      testNumber = '2025550';
+      expect(format(testNumber), equals('(202) 555-0'));
+      testNumber = '20255501';
+      expect(format(testNumber), equals('(202) 555-01'));
+      testNumber = '202555011';
+      expect(format(testNumber), equals('(202) 555-011'));
+      testNumber = '2025550119';
+      expect(format(testNumber), equals('(202) 555-0119'));
+    });
+
+    test('should format with the international format when specified', () {
+      String format(String phoneNumber) =>
+          PhoneNumber.parse(phoneNumber, destinationCountry: IsoCode.US)
+              .formatNsn(format: NsnFormat.international);
+
       var testNumber = '';
       expect(format(testNumber), equals(''));
       testNumber = '2';