The largest tower owners in the US
Ranked by FCC antenna structure registrations held. Every owner links to its portfolio page with per-tower cross-links.
Dataset updated . Refreshed from the FCC ASR weekly bulk database.
National ranking
Top 100 owners by portfolio
| # | Owner | Structures | Tallest | Main type | Top states |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Towers LLC | 21,671 | 611 m | Lattice tower | Texas, Florida, Georgia |
| 2 | Cellco Partnership | 6,641 | 226 m | Self-supporting tower | Ohio, Texas, Florida |
| 3 | CCATT LLC | 5,006 | 184 m | Self-supporting tower | Texas, California, Florida |
| 4 | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. | 4,294 | 298 m | Lattice tower | Iowa, Wisconsin, Oklahoma |
| 5 | Alltel Corporation | 3,779 | 152 m | Lattice tower | Texas, Michigan, Florida |
| 6 | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC | 3,261 | 152 m | Lattice tower | Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma |
| 7 | SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC | 2,701 | 134 m | Self-supporting tower | California, Texas, Michigan |
| 8 | Crown Castle South LLC | 2,267 | 274 m | Self-supporting tower | Florida, North Carolina, Georgia |
| 9 | SBA Towers II LLC | 2,265 | 318 m | Self-supporting tower | Louisiana, Texas, Florida |
| 10 | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC | 2,200 | 213 m | Self-supporting tower | Texas, Tennessee, California |
| 11 | NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS SERVICES, INC. | 2,175 | 307 m | Pole | Texas, Illinois, California |
| 12 | Pinnacle Towers LLC | 2,110 | 561 m | Self-supporting tower | Florida, Georgia, Texas |
| 13 | Crown Communication LLC | 1,936 | 263 m | Self-supporting tower | Texas, Pennsylvania, West Virginia |
| 14 | New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC | 1,891 | 152 m | Self-supporting tower | Florida, California, Alabama |
| 15 | SBA Towers, LLC | 1,821 | 548 m | Self-supporting tower | Louisiana, North Carolina, Georgia |
| 16 | VB-S1 Assets, LLC | 1,806 | 430 m | Self-supporting tower | Texas, Illinois, Pennsylvania |
| 17 | T-Mobile West LLC | 1,630 | 125 m | Building with antenna | California, Washington, Arizona |
| 18 | AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC | 1,618 | 152 m | Monopole | California, Texas, Illinois |
| 19 | SBA Structures, LLC | 1,610 | 250 m | Self-supporting tower | Texas, Wisconsin, Alabama |
| 20 | SBA Properties, LLC | 1,601 | 173 m | Self-supporting tower | Arkansas, Tennessee, Pennsylvania |
| 21 | STC Five LLC | 1,373 | 110 m | Self-supporting tower | Texas, Oklahoma, New York |
| 22 | T-Mobile USA Tower LLC | 1,344 | 99 m | Self-supporting tower | Florida, Illinois, Georgia |
| 23 | Uniti Towers LLC | 1,176 | 152 m | Lattice tower | Texas, Alabama, Louisiana |
| 24 | SBA Monarch Towers I, LLC | 1,064 | 125 m | Self-supporting tower | California, Texas, Oklahoma |
| 25 | UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY | 1,059 | 311 m | Monopole | Texas, California, Arkansas |
| 26 | T-Mobile West Tower LLC | 1,034 | 96 m | Monopole | Texas, California, Washington |
| 27 | BNSF Railway Co. | 1,002 | 152 m | Self-supporting tower | Texas, Washington, Montana |
| 28 | Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC | 960 | 198 m | Self-supporting tower | Alabama, Georgia, Florida |
| 29 | STC Two LLC | 938 | 124 m | Self-supporting tower | Ohio, Illinois, Texas |
| 30 | Parallel Infrastructure III, LLC | 931 | 137 m | Monopole | Illinois, Texas, Missouri |
| 31 | Crown Atlantic Company, LLC | 890 | 155 m | Self-supporting tower | New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina |
| 32 | SBA Monarch Towers III, LLC | 842 | 123 m | Self-supporting tower | Texas, California, Oklahoma |
| 33 | CTI Towers Assets II, LLC | 817 | 306 m | Guyed tower | Illinois, Iowa, Oklahoma |
| 34 | The Towers, LLC | 810 | 125 m | Lattice tower | Texas, Alabama, Mississippi |
| 35 | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC | 742 | 372 m | Self-supporting tower | Nebraska, Colorado, Massachusetts |
| 36 | SBA Towers III LLC | 740 | 533 m | Self-supporting tower | Alabama, California, Texas |
| 37 | Skyway Towers, LLC | 737 | 140 m | Lattice tower | Texas, Indiana, Ohio |
| 38 | TowerCo 2013 LLC | 733 | 153 m | Monopole | Ohio, Iowa, Michigan |
| 39 | Pinnacle Towers Acquisition LLC | 726 | 158 m | Self-supporting tower | Alabama, Georgia, Indiana |
| 40 | Los Angeles SMSA Limited Partnership | 653 | 78 m | Pole | California, Arizona |
| 41 | SBA Towers IX, LLC | 610 | 306 m | Lattice tower | Wisconsin, Illinois, Florida |
| 42 | CitySwitch II, LLC | 601 | 146 m | Lattice tower | Texas, Georgia, Alabama |
| 43 | VB BTS III, LLC | 576 | 126 m | Monopole | Texas, Tennessee, Alabama |
| 44 | Octagon Towers, LLC | 574 | 232 m | Self-supporting tower | Wisconsin, California, Alaska |
| 45 | SBA Infrastructures, LLC | 545 | 376 m | Self-supporting tower | Texas, Alabama, Georgia |
| 46 | SBC TOWER HOLDINGS LLC | 542 | 152 m | Pole | Texas, Arkansas, Illinois |
| 47 | American Tower Limited Partnership | 539 | 392 m | Self-supporting tower | California, Florida, Texas |
| 48 | Alltel Communications, LLC | 535 | 140 m | Self-supporting tower | North Carolina, Florida, Ohio |
| 49 | Crown Castle Tower 05 LLC | 526 | 143 m | Self-supporting tower | Texas, Michigan, Ohio |
| 50 | Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 517 | 113 m | Self-supporting tower | Georgia, Alabama, Ohio |
| 51 | Horvath Towers V, LLC | 485 | 137 m | Lattice tower | Indiana, New York, Michigan |
| 52 | ACME Commercial Properties L.L.C. | 469 | 122 m | Building | Texas, California, Arkansas |
| 53 | SBA Towers IV, LLC | 467 | 159 m | Monopole | Texas, Virginia, Mississippi |
| 54 | K2 Towers III, LLC | 459 | 368 m | Self-supporting tower | Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas |
| 55 | Branch Towers, LLC | 458 | 140 m | Monopole | Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama |
| 56 | Verizon Wireless (VAW) LLC | 439 | 151 m | Pole | Arizona, Minnesota, Georgia |
| 57 | Minnesota, State of | 413 | 128 m | Self-supporting tower | Minnesota, Wisconsin |
| 58 | APC Towers, LLC | 410 | 98 m | Monopole | Texas, Michigan, California |
| 59 | The Alaska Wireless Network, LLC | 409 | 69 m | Building with antenna | Alaska |
| 60 | Rural Cellular Corporation | 408 | 152 m | Lattice tower | Minnesota, Alabama, Mississippi |
| 61 | SBA Towers X, LLC | 402 | 243 m | Monopole | Virginia, South Carolina, Florida |
| 62 | Verizon Wireless of the East LP | 398 | 152 m | Lattice tower | Georgia, Alabama, Florida |
| 63 | Nextel West Corp. | 391 | 307 m | Self-supporting tower | Michigan, Ohio, Illinois |
| 64 | T-Mobile Northeast LLC | 376 | 104 m | Building with antenna | New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania |
| 65 | SBA Towers V, LLC | 373 | 250 m | Lattice tower | Mississippi, Alabama, Illinois |
| 66 | VB BTS, ll, LLC | 364 | 137 m | Lattice tower | Wisconsin, Texas, Florida |
| 67 | PACIFIC BELL MOBILE SERVICES | 359 | 431 m | Pole | California, Nevada |
| 68 | Diamond Towers V LLC | 359 | 160 m | Lattice tower | Texas, Ohio, Pennsylvania |
| 69 | Sprint Spectrum, L.P. | 357 | 129 m | Self-supporting tower | Texas, California, Michigan |
| 70 | Nextel South Corp. | 349 | 378 m | Self-supporting tower | Florida, Georgia, North Carolina |
| 71 | SpectraSite Communications, Inc. | 348 | 609 m | Self-supporting tower | Florida, Alabama, Texas |
| 72 | Vertical Bridge S3 Assets, LLC | 342 | 375 m | Monopole | Alaska, Texas, Nebraska |
| 73 | Cellco Partnership | 337 | 152 m | Self-supporting tower | Ohio, Texas, Florida |
| 74 | Duke Energy Business Services, LLC | 329 | 152 m | Lattice tower | North Carolina, Florida, South Carolina |
| 75 | Mobilitie, LLC | 327 | 47 m | Utility pole | New Jersey, Texas, California |
| 76 | CommNet Cellular Inc. | 322 | 151 m | Self-supporting tower | South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming |
| 77 | Vertical Bridge Development, LLC | 321 | 230 m | Lattice tower | Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin |
| 78 | T-Mobile Central LLC | 319 | 178 m | Self-supporting tower | Illinois, Missouri, Indiana |
| 79 | VB Nimbus, LLC | 318 | 479 m | Self-supporting tower | Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Michigan |
| 80 | Horvath Towers III, LLC | 314 | 345 m | Lattice tower | Indiana, Nebraska, Pennsylvania |
| 81 | Sprintcom, Inc. | 307 | 130 m | Self-supporting tower | Ohio, Florida, Georgia |
| 82 | EIP Holdings II, LLC | 291 | 274 m | Self-supporting tower | North Carolina, Texas, California |
| 83 | OHIO, STATE OF | 287 | 187 m | Self-supporting tower | Ohio |
| 84 | Tarpon Towers II, LLC | 285 | 159 m | Monopole | New York, Georgia, Alabama |
| 85 | T-Mobile Northeast LLC | 280 | 85 m | Self-supporting tower | New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts |
| 86 | Vertical Bridge CC FM, LLC | 279 | 598 m | Guyed tower | Ohio, Florida, New York |
| 87 | TowerNorth Development, LLC | 278 | 93 m | Lattice tower | Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio |
| 88 | East Kentucky Network, LLC d/b/a Appalachian Wireless | 277 | 130 m | Lattice tower | Kentucky, Virginia |
| 89 | WILKINSON BARKER KNAUER, LLP | 274 | 370 m | Lattice tower | Iowa, Wisconsin, Oklahoma |
| 90 | MICHIGAN, STATE OF | 268 | 152 m | Self-supporting tower | Michigan |
| 91 | Vertical Bridge CC AM, LLC | 260 | 227 m | Guyed tower | Texas, Ohio, Wisconsin |
| 92 | Diamond Towers IV LLC | 260 | 320 m | Lattice tower | Missouri, Texas, Florida |
| 93 | Crown Castle Fiber, LLC | 255 | 17 m | Pole | Pennsylvania, California, Florida |
| 94 | T-Mobile South LLC | 254 | 130 m | Self-supporting tower | Florida, Texas, Georgia |
| 95 | Boldyn Networks US VI LLC | 250 | 108 m | Guyed tower | Wisconsin |
| 96 | Gray Local Media, Inc. | 244 | 610 m | Self-supporting tower | Texas, Nebraska, North Dakota |
| 97 | SBA Towers VI, LLC | 239 | 352 m | Lattice tower | Texas, Illinois, North Carolina |
| 98 | AT&T Corp | 237 | 174 m | Self-supporting tower | California, Illinois, Texas |
| 99 | Entergy Services, LLC | 237 | 152 m | Self-supporting tower | Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi |
| 100 | Vertical Bridge NTCF, LLC | 235 | 316 m | Self-supporting tower | Illinois, Michigan, Missouri |
Frequently asked questions
Who owns the most cell towers in the United States?
American Towers LLC is the largest owner with 21,671 FCC antenna structure registrations, followed by Cellco Partnership (6,641) and CCATT LLC (5,006). Counts reflect FCC-registrable structures only — carriers also lease space on towers they don't own.
How is tower ownership determined?
Each FCC registration lists an owner/licensee entity. TowerCensus groups the 195,249 owner-linked registrations by stable FCC licensee identity into 21,805 distinct owners; corporate families with multiple licensee IDs (subsidiaries, acquisition vehicles) appear as separate entries, exactly as registered.