Michigan cell towers at a glance
The FCC records list 4,351 cell towers and other antenna sites in Michigan: every registered antenna structure that is built and still standing, plus the licensed cellular transmitter sites too short to need registration. That ranks Michigan 10th of the 51 states and DC by number of registered sites. The most common structure is the tower, with 1,613 sites (37%). Detroit has the most listed sites of any city, at 122.
To see the ones near you, tap Find towers near me above or type a Michigan ZIP code. The list ranks sites by distance and shows the direction to each, its height and its owner.
Carriers on the record in Michigan
Verizon is named on the most Michigan sites, 652 of them (15%). A carrier is named only when it owns the structure or its cellular licence lists the site, so these counts are a floor, not a total. Most towers in Michigan are owned by tower companies that rent space to several carriers without naming them.
| Carrier | Sites naming it | Share of Michigan sites |
|---|---|---|
| Verizon | 652 | 15% |
| AT&T | 263 | 6.0% |
| T-Mobile | 33 | 0.8% |
Who owns the towers in Michigan
The largest single owner name in Michigan is American Towers LLC, with 710 sites (16%). Tower companies file under several subsidiary names, so one company can appear more than once below. Our guide to who owns cell towers explains which names belong together.
| Owner as filed | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| American Towers LLC | 710 | 16% |
| Alltel Corporation | 308 | 7.1% |
| Cellco Partnership | 263 | 6.0% |
| MICHIGAN, STATE OF | 189 | 4.3% |
| SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC | 145 | 3.3% |
| Crown Castle Tower 05 LLC | 130 | 3.0% |
| SBA Structures, LLC | 95 | 2.2% |
| CCATT LLC | 92 | 2.1% |
Types of structure
| Structure | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tower | 1,613 | 37% |
| Lattice tower | 868 | 20% |
| Guyed tower | 696 | 16% |
| Monopole | 670 | 15% |
| Pole | 297 | 6.8% |
| Other structure | 82 | 1.9% |
See types of cell towers for how to recognise each one.
Cities with the most listed sites
By the city named on each FCC filing. Filings use the nearest town, so rural towers count toward it. Each link opens the tower finder at the middle of that city's sites.
| City | Sites | |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit | 122 | Towers around Detroit |
| Lansing | 59 | Towers around Lansing |
| Traverse City | 51 | Towers around Traverse City |
| Grand Rapids | 49 | Towers around Grand Rapids |
| Kalamazoo | 48 | Towers around Kalamazoo |
| Flint | 48 | Towers around Flint |
| Battle Creek | 41 | Towers around Battle Creek |
| Ypsilanti | 40 | Towers around Ypsilanti |
| Muskegon | 38 | Towers around Muskegon |
| Ann Arbor | 36 | Towers around Ann Arbor |
Tallest registered structures in Michigan
The tallest is a tower near Clio at 1,322 feet (403 m) overall, owned by Chesapeake Media I, LLC. Structures this tall are usually broadcast masts or buildings rather than cell sites, but many carry cell antennas partway up.
| Height | Type | City | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,322 ft | Tower | Clio | Chesapeake Media I, LLC | 1010544 |
| 1,289 ft | Tower | Tustin | IACOBELLI, MARIO DBA = HERITAGE BROADCASTING COMPANY OF MICHIGA | 1002422 |
| 1,243 ft | Other structure | Kalkaska | Chesapeake Media I, LLC | 1006720 |
| 1,243 ft | Other structure | Chesaning | WSMH, Inc. | 1241302 |
| 1,201 ft | Guyed tower | Rapid River | Queen Bee's Knees LLC | 1007037 |
What is not counted
FCC registration is required only for structures over 200 feet or near airports, so shorter monopoles, rooftop antennas and small cells in Michigan are mostly missing unless a cellular licence lists them. Why a tower is missing from the map explains the gap. The data is rebuilt monthly from the FCC's bulk files.