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 | 21,807 | 611 m | Lattice tower | Texas, Georgia, Florida |
| 2 | Cellco Partnership | 7,049 | 153 m | Tower (type not specified) | Ohio, Texas, Florida |
| 3 | CCATT LLC | 5,007 | 184 m | Tower (type not specified) | Texas, California, Florida |
| 4 | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. | 4,591 | 188 m | Lattice tower | Iowa, Wisconsin, Oklahoma |
| 5 | Alltel Corporation | 4,005 | 152 m | Lattice tower | Texas, Michigan, Florida |
| 6 | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC | 3,283 | 143 m | Lattice tower | Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma |
| 7 | SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC | 2,703 | 127 m | Tower (type not specified) | California, Texas, Michigan |
| 8 | SBA Towers II LLC | 2,321 | 318 m | Tower (type not specified) | Louisiana, Texas, Florida |
| 9 | Crown Castle South LLC | 2,267 | 274 m | Tower (type not specified) | Florida, North Carolina, Georgia |
| 10 | NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS SERVICES, INC. | 2,267 | 95 m | Pole | Texas, Illinois, California |
| 11 | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC | 2,215 | 213 m | Tower (type not specified) | Texas, Tennessee, California |
| 12 | Pinnacle Towers LLC | 2,134 | 544 m | Tower (type not specified) | Florida, Georgia, Texas |
| 13 | Crown Communication LLC | 1,971 | 263 m | Tower (type not specified) | Texas, Pennsylvania, West Virginia |
| 14 | New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC | 1,952 | 130 m | Tower (type not specified) | Florida, California, Alabama |
| 15 | SBA Towers, LLC | 1,835 | 548 m | Tower (type not specified) | Louisiana, North Carolina, Georgia |
| 16 | VB-S1 Assets, LLC | 1,812 | 391 m | Tower (type not specified) | Texas, Illinois, Pennsylvania |
| 17 | T-Mobile West LLC | 1,634 | 116 m | Building with antenna | California, Washington, Arizona |
| 18 | SBA Structures, LLC | 1,611 | 217 m | Tower (type not specified) | Texas, Wisconsin, Alabama |
| 19 | SBA Properties, LLC | 1,606 | 173 m | Tower (type not specified) | Arkansas, Tennessee, Pennsylvania |
| 20 | AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC | 1,606 | 152 m | Monopole | California, Texas, Illinois |
| 21 | STC Five LLC | 1,373 | 110 m | Tower (type not specified) | Texas, Oklahoma, New York |
| 22 | T-Mobile USA Tower LLC | 1,344 | 99 m | Tower (type not specified) | Florida, Illinois, Georgia |
| 23 | Uniti Towers LLC | 1,225 | 152 m | Lattice tower | Texas, Alabama, Louisiana |
| 24 | UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY | 1,115 | 305 m | Monopole | Texas, California, Arkansas |
| 25 | SBA Monarch Towers I, LLC | 1,078 | 125 m | Tower (type not specified) | California, Texas, Oklahoma |
| 26 | BNSF Railway Co. | 1,075 | 152 m | Tower (type not specified) | Texas, Washington, Montana |
| 27 | T-Mobile West Tower LLC | 1,035 | 96 m | Monopole | Texas, California, Washington |
| 28 | Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC | 961 | 189 m | Tower (type not specified) | Alabama, Georgia, Florida |
| 29 | The Towers, LLC | 945 | 125 m | Lattice tower | Texas, Alabama, Mississippi |
| 30 | STC Two LLC | 938 | 124 m | Tower (type not specified) | Ohio, Illinois, Texas |
| 31 | Parallel Infrastructure III, LLC | 932 | 137 m | Monopole | Illinois, Texas, Missouri |
| 32 | Crown Atlantic Company, LLC | 895 | 152 m | Tower (type not specified) | New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina |
| 33 | SBA Monarch Towers III, LLC | 843 | 123 m | Tower (type not specified) | Texas, California, Oklahoma |
| 34 | CTI Towers Assets II, LLC | 829 | 306 m | Guyed tower | Illinois, Iowa, Oklahoma |
| 35 | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC | 774 | 318 m | Tower (type not specified) | Nebraska, Colorado, Massachusetts |
| 36 | SBA Towers III LLC | 762 | 533 m | Tower (type not specified) | Alabama, California, Virginia |
| 37 | Skyway Towers, LLC | 752 | 140 m | Lattice tower | Texas, Indiana, Ohio |
| 38 | TowerCo 2013 LLC | 734 | 153 m | Monopole | Ohio, Iowa, Michigan |
| 39 | Pinnacle Towers Acquisition LLC | 727 | 158 m | Tower (type not specified) | Alabama, Georgia, Indiana |
| 40 | Los Angeles SMSA Limited Partnership | 707 | 78 m | Pole | California, Arizona |
| 41 | CitySwitch II, LLC | 621 | 131 m | Lattice tower | Texas, Georgia, Alabama |
| 42 | SBA Towers IX, LLC | 610 | 306 m | Lattice tower | Wisconsin, Illinois, Florida |
| 43 | VB BTS III, LLC | 585 | 126 m | Monopole | Texas, Tennessee, Alabama |
| 44 | Octagon Towers, LLC | 575 | 232 m | Tower (type not specified) | Wisconsin, California, Alaska |
| 45 | American Tower Limited Partnership | 571 | 110 m | Tower (type not specified) | California, Florida, Texas |
| 46 | Alltel Communications, LLC | 561 | 104 m | Tower (type not specified) | North Carolina, Florida, Ohio |
| 47 | SBA Infrastructures, LLC | 561 | 376 m | Tower (type not specified) | Texas, Alabama, Georgia |
| 48 | Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 549 | 113 m | Tower (type not specified) | Georgia, Alabama, Ohio |
| 49 | Crown Castle Tower 05 LLC | 526 | 143 m | Tower (type not specified) | Texas, Michigan, Ohio |
| 50 | SBC TOWER HOLDINGS LLC | 503 | 152 m | Pole | Texas, Arkansas, Illinois |
| 51 | Horvath Towers V, LLC | 497 | 137 m | Lattice tower | Indiana, New York, Michigan |
| 52 | K2 Towers III, LLC | 473 | 368 m | Tower (type not specified) | Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas |
| 53 | Branch Towers, LLC | 473 | 140 m | Monopole | Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama |
| 54 | SBA Towers IV, LLC | 470 | 159 m | Monopole | Texas, Virginia, Mississippi |
| 55 | ACME Commercial Properties L.L.C. | 468 | 93 m | Building | Texas, California, Arkansas |
| 56 | Verizon Wireless (VAW) LLC | 454 | 151 m | Pole | Minnesota, Arizona, Georgia |
| 57 | APC Towers, LLC | 441 | 95 m | Monopole | Texas, Michigan, California |
| 58 | Rural Cellular Corporation | 434 | 152 m | Lattice tower | Minnesota, Alabama, Mississippi |
| 59 | Minnesota, State of | 433 | 128 m | Tower (type not specified) | Minnesota, Wisconsin |
| 60 | Verizon Wireless of the East LP | 422 | 152 m | Lattice tower | Georgia, Alabama, Florida |
| 61 | The Alaska Wireless Network, LLC | 411 | 69 m | Building with antenna | Alaska |
| 62 | SBA Towers X, LLC | 402 | 243 m | Monopole | Virginia, South Carolina, Florida |
| 63 | Nextel West Corp. | 401 | 155 m | Tower (type not specified) | Michigan, Ohio, Illinois |
| 64 | T-Mobile Northeast LLC | 377 | 86 m | Building with antenna | New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania |
| 65 | SBA Towers V, LLC | 373 | 250 m | Lattice tower | Mississippi, Alabama, Illinois |
| 66 | Sprint Spectrum, L.P. | 367 | — | Tower (type not specified) | Texas, California, Michigan |
| 67 | Nextel South Corp. | 367 | — | Tower (type not specified) | Florida, Georgia, North Carolina |
| 68 | Diamond Towers V LLC | 367 | 160 m | Lattice tower | Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio |
| 69 | SpectraSite Communications, Inc. | 363 | — | Tower (type not specified) | Florida, Alabama, Texas |
| 70 | VB BTS, ll, LLC | 363 | 137 m | Lattice tower | Texas, Florida, Wisconsin |
| 71 | PACIFIC BELL MOBILE SERVICES | 359 | — | Pole | California, Nevada |
| 72 | Vertical Bridge S3 Assets, LLC | 342 | 311 m | Monopole | Alaska, Texas, Nebraska |
| 73 | Duke Energy Business Services, LLC | 338 | 152 m | Lattice tower | North Carolina, Florida, South Carolina |
| 74 | CommNet Cellular Inc. | 338 | 151 m | Tower (type not specified) | South Dakota, Colorado, Iowa |
| 75 | TowerNorth Development, LLC | 328 | 102 m | Lattice tower | Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio |
| 76 | Mobilitie, LLC | 327 | 47 m | Utility pole | New Jersey, Texas, California |
| 77 | T-Mobile Central LLC | 326 | 178 m | Tower (type not specified) | Illinois, Missouri, Indiana |
| 78 | Vertical Bridge Development, LLC | 326 | 230 m | Lattice tower | Iowa, Illinois, Florida |
| 79 | VB Nimbus, LLC | 318 | 479 m | Tower (type not specified) | Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Michigan |
| 80 | Horvath Towers III, LLC | 318 | 345 m | Lattice tower | Indiana, Nebraska, Pennsylvania |
| 81 | Sprintcom, Inc. | 309 | 97 m | Tower (type not specified) | Ohio, Florida, Georgia |
| 82 | OHIO, STATE OF | 305 | 187 m | Tower (type not specified) | Ohio |
| 83 | EIP Holdings II, LLC | 291 | 274 m | Tower (type not specified) | North Carolina, Texas, California |
| 84 | Tarpon Towers II, LLC | 286 | 159 m | Monopole | New York, Georgia, Alabama |
| 85 | MICHIGAN, STATE OF | 281 | 152 m | Guyed tower | Michigan |
| 86 | T-Mobile Northeast LLC | 280 | — | Tower (type not specified) | New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts |
| 87 | Vertical Bridge CC FM, LLC | 279 | 598 m | Guyed tower | Ohio, Florida, New York |
| 88 | East Kentucky Network, LLC d/b/a Appalachian Wireless | 279 | 130 m | Lattice tower | Kentucky, Virginia |
| 89 | Crown Castle Fiber, LLC | 274 | 15 m | Pole | Pennsylvania, California, Florida |
| 90 | Gray Local Media, Inc. | 262 | 610 m | Tower (type not specified) | Texas, Nebraska, North Dakota |
| 91 | Vertical Bridge CC AM, LLC | 260 | 227 m | Guyed tower | Texas, Ohio, Wisconsin |
| 92 | Diamond Towers IV LLC | 260 | 127 m | Lattice tower | Missouri, Texas, Florida |
| 93 | T-Mobile South LLC | 256 | 81 m | Tower (type not specified) | Florida, Texas, Georgia |
| 94 | Boldyn Networks US VI LLC | 250 | 108 m | Guyed tower | Wisconsin |
| 95 | AT&T Corp | 244 | 174 m | Tower (type not specified) | California, Illinois, Texas |
| 96 | SBA Towers VI, LLC | 239 | 352 m | Lattice tower | Texas, Illinois, North Carolina |
| 97 | CALIFORNIA, STATE OF | 238 | 91 m | Tower (type not specified) | California, Arizona |
| 98 | Entergy Services, LLC | 238 | 152 m | Tower (type not specified) | Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi |
| 99 | Vertical Bridge NTCF, LLC | 236 | 316 m | Tower (type not specified) | Illinois, Michigan, Missouri |
| 100 | CSX Transportation | 230 | 108 m | Pole | Georgia, Kentucky, Florida |
Frequently asked questions
Who owns the most cell towers in the United States?
American Towers LLC is the largest owner with 21,807 FCC antenna structure registrations, followed by Cellco Partnership (7,049) and CCATT LLC (5,007). 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 196,386 owner-linked registrations by stable FCC licensee identity into 20,850 distinct owners; corporate families with multiple licensee IDs (subsidiaries, acquisition vehicles) appear as separate entries, exactly as registered.