Top 100 Tower Companies in the U.S.

Total does not include foreign-owned tower portfolios. In some cases the tower company might not own the structure, but has lease rights and the ability to acquire the towers after a set period of time. Totals do not include DAS and small cells.

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4/29/2025
Total Companies: 276 - Total Towers: 144,334 - Updated: 4/29/2025
Rank Company Tower Count
1 American Tower 42,135
2 Crown Castle (Includes 7.2K T-Mobile Towers) 40,033
3 SBA Communications 17,479
4 Vertical Bridge (Includes 6.3K Verizon Towers) 11,464
5 United States Cellular Co. 4,388
6 Tillman Infrastructure LLC 1,988
7 Symphony Towers Infrastructure 1,707
8 Harmoni Towers 1,688
9 Diamond Communications 1,114
10 TowerCo 984
11 Industrial Tower and Wireless 846
12 BNSF Railroad 830
13 Union Pacific Railroad Company 691
14 Everest 608
15 Octagon Towers LLC 565
16 Phoenix Tower International 539
17 SkyWay Towers 510
18 Tarpon Towers ll 497
19 Norfolk Southern Railway Co. 486
20 Horvath Towers 449
21 K2 Towers 388
22 Subcarrier Communications 385
23 TowerCom 312
24 The Alaska Wireless Network (GCI) 309
25 T-Mobile (Not Included with Crown lease rights) 287
26 APC Towers 270
27 East Kentucky Network - Appalachian Wireless 267
28 The Kansas City Southern Railway Co. 257
29 General Communication, Inc. 249
30 Tower Ventures 246
31 Entergy 234
32 CitySwitch 234
33 Duke Energy Carolinas 227
34 Gray Local Media 225
35 Pacific Gas & Electric 208
36 Townsquare Media 191
37 Boldyn Networks US 191
38 Centerpoint Energy 188
39 Commonwealth Edison 170
40 Agile Networks Builders 167
41 M3 Hilbert Towers LLC (Bug Tussel) 149
42 Day Wireless Systems 148
43 American Electric Power 136
44 Nexstar Media Inc. 135
45 Nexstar Media Group 135
46 Connect Holdings (Brightspeed, Vertical Bridge) 128
47 Salem Communications 124
48 Communication Enhancement 120
49 FTC Communications 120
50 Communications Enhancement 116
51 Nex-Tech Wireless LLC 114
52 Branch Communications 112
53 Georgia Power Company 110
54 Sun State Towers 109
55 Ameren Illinois Company 102
56 StratCap Wireless Group 101
57 Smith Bagley (Boost Mobile) 100
58 Cellular Network Partnership (Pioneer) 98
59 ONCOR Electric 97
60 Entercom 97
61 Boingo Wireless 97
62 Comcast 97
63 Ohio Power Company 94
64 Xcell Energy Serices 93
65 Educational Media Foundaton 93
66 TowerKing 90
67 Alabama Power Company 87
68 Evergy Kansas Central 86
69 Midwest Communications Inc. 82
70 Communications Sales & Leasing 81
71 Cloud 1 (Bug Tussel Wireless) 81
72 Milestone Towers 80
73 Interstate Power and Light Co. 79
74 FELHC - First Energy Corporation 78
75 Immaculate Heart Media Inc. 76
76 Saga Communications 76
77 Enterprise Products Pipelines 76
78 Blue Sky Towers 75
79 Navaho Tribal Utility Authority 74
80 Horry Telephone Cooperative Inc. 74
81 Northern Indiana Public Service Company 73
82 South Carolina Educational TV 72
83 American Family Association 71
84 Texas Eastern Communicatgions (Enbridge) 71
85 Gateway Tower Holdings 70
86 Illinois Central Railroad Company 70
87 Pioneer Telephone Cooperative 69
88 Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. 69
89 GTC Towers 68
90 Lloyd Hoff Holding Corp. 67
91 TowerNorth 67
92 L3 Harris Technologies Inc. 66
93 Spectrum 63
94 Kinder Morgan Inc. 62
95 NexTower Development Group 62
96 Apex Towers 62
97 Virginia Electric and Power Company 61
98 Public Service Company of Oklahoma 56
99 Seven Mountains Media 56
100 Occidental Petroleum Corporation 54
101 Wisconsin Electric Power Company 54
102 Cellbridge Acquisition (Altice) 53
103 Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Inc. 52
104 Scripps Broadcasting Holdings 52
105 Union Electric Company (Ameren) 52
106 Optima Towers LLC 51
107 Sagbebrush Cellular 51
108 Southern Towers 51
109 Alaska Communications 51
110 ANR Pipeline 51
111 Brazos Electric Power Cooperative 51
112 Clearview Tower Company, LLC 50
113 PowerSouth Energy Cooperative 50
114 Audacy 50
115 Region 8 Education Service Center 49
116 Smith Communications 49
117 Municipal Communications 49
118 Classic Cable (Optimum) 49
119 CLECO Power 49
120 Southwestern Electric Power Company 48
121 Wisconsin Central LTD 48
122 Big Bend Telphone 47
123 Cable One Inc. 47
124 Atlas Tower 46
125 Oklahoma Gas and Electric 45
126 Trunkline Gas Company 45
127 AMG Technology (Nextlink) 45
128 Futronics, Inc. 45
129 Great River Energy 45
130 Tower Sites 44
131 Florida Power & Light Co. 44
132 Heartland Tower 43
133 Soo System Radio Communications 43
134 Spirit Communications 42
135 Western Farmers Electric Cooperative 42
136 Big River Broadband 42
137 DTE Energy Company 42
138 National Grid USA Service Company Inc. 41
139 Northern Border Pipeline Comp;any 41
140 Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company 41
141 Union Telephone Company 39
142 Tennessee Gas Company 39
143 Xcell Tower 39
144 MidAmerican Energy Company 38
145 Southern Central Star Gas Pipeline 38
146 Bug Tussel Wireless 38
147 ATLINK 37
148 Dairyland Power Cooperative 37
149 United Wireless Communications 36
150 iHeart Media Entertainment 36
151 Cumulus Broadcasting 35
152 Hemphill 35
153 Comporium Broadcasting 35
154 Devon Energy Group 35
155 Dixie Electric Power Association 35
156 Panhandle Telecommunications Systems 33
157 South Dakota Network LLC 33
158 South Texas Electric Cooperative Inc. 33
159 Bible Broadcasting Network 33
160 Grand Trunk Western Railroad 33
161 Baltimore Gas & Electric 32
162 Capstar Radio (iHeart) 32
163 Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative 32
164 Minnkota Power Cooperatie Inc. 31
165 Mobilitie LLC 31
166 TelAlaska Cellular Inc. 31
167 TerraPact Towers LLC 31
168 VTX Communications 31
169 Basin Electric Power Coopeartive 31
170 Eagle Communications 31
171 Entravision Communications Corp. 31
172 Nebraska Public Power District 30
173 Southern California Edison Company 30
174 Spire Tower (Univision) 30
175 Bertram Communications 30
176 Forever Media Inc. 30
177 Up State Tower (Dogwood Towers) 28
178 El Paso Natural Gas Company 28
179 Family Stations, Inc. 28
180 KAMO Electric Cooperative 27
181 NEIT Properties 27
182 Uintah Basin (Strata Networks) 27
183 Indiana Michigan Power Company 26
184 Kenergy Corportion 26
185 Vogue Tower Partners 26
186 CenturyTel 26
187 Hearst Properties 26
188 Midwest Radio Service 25
189 Puerto Rico Telephone Company 25
190 VCY America Inc. 25
191 Western Area Power Administration 25
192 Wireless EDGE Towers 25
193 Chevron USA, Inc. 25
194 Montana-Dakota Utlities 24
195 Central States Tower 24
196 White Rock Holdings 24
197 Bristol Broadcasting Co. Inc. 24
198 Dayton Power & Light 24
199 Mid-West Energy 23
200 Moody Bible Institute 23
201 Alaska Power & Telephone 23
202 Battles Communications Inc. 23
203 Columbia Pipeline Services 23
204 CTC Telcom (Mosaic) 23
205 East Kentucky Power Cooperative 23
206 East River Electric Power Cooperative 23
207 Fidelity Towers, Inc. 23
208 Flinn Broadcasting, Inc. 23
209 Latino Media Networks 22
210 Nortwest Communications Cooperative 22
211 Hayes Towers 22
212 Appalachian Power Company 22
213 Arcadia Towers 21
214 Dakota Leasing (Peformance Dev. Group) 21
215 GST Capital Partners (Gulf South) 21
216 Hoosier Towers (Horvath Managed) 21
217 TAG Towers LLC 20
218 Tri-State Generation and Transmission Assoc. 20
219 Wisper Tower Holdings 20
220 D&D Telecommunications Properties 20
221 PPL Electric Utilities Corporation 19
222 PRT Communications 19
223 Triangle Communications 19
224 Wisconsin Power and Light Company 19
225 Big Rivers Electric Corporation 19
226 Fox Television Stations 19
227 Puget Sound Energy, Inc. 18
228 MidAmerica Towers 18
229 Centre Communications 18
230 Windstream Corporation (Kinetic) 18
231 BMB Tower Holdings (EarthLink) 18
232 Communication Properties LLC 18
233 New Inspiration Broadcasting 17
234 Mid Atlantic Tower 17
235 Tri-Countgy Electric Cooperative Inc. 17
236 Central Electric Power Cooperative 17
237 Central Hudson Gas and Electgric 17
238 Florida Gas Transmission 17
239 JP Jenkins Inc. - South Plains Communications 16
240 Nicor Gas Company 16
241 Northstar Towers 16
242 Paulding Towers 16
243 Potomac Electric Power Company 16
244 Sho Me Power Electric Cooperative 16
245 Southern Company Services 16
246 Sunflower Electric Power 16
247 Alabama Gas Company 16
248 Delmarva Power Company 16
249 Prime Tower Development 15
250 Sam Houston Electric Cooperative 15
251 Sandhill Telephone Cooperative 15
252 1 Source Towers 15
253 Leighton Radio Holdings 14
254 Maine Public Broadcasting 14
255 Wheatland Electric Cooperative 14
256 STC Towers 14
257 Clay Electric Cooperative 14
258 CSN International 14
259 Forever Communications, Inc. 14
260 Forum Communications Co. 14
261 Inland Empire Utilities Agency 13
262 International Communications (Corban) 13
263 ERS Tower Services 13
264 Prairie Public Broadcastingb 13
265 Southern Illinois Power Cooperative 13
266 Alta towers 13
267 Commanche Electric Cooperative 13
268 DRA Properties 13
269 Marquee Broadcasting 12
270 Tribune Media 12
271 Artic Slope Telephone Cooperative Inc. 12
272 Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage 12
273 Kodiak Microwave Systems 11
274 Liggett Communications 11
275 The Pioneer Telephone Association 11
276 Arcola Towers 10

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