Missouri cell towers at a glance
The FCC records list 4,478 cell towers and other antenna sites in Missouri: every registered antenna structure that is built and still standing, plus the licensed cellular transmitter sites too short to need registration. That ranks Missouri 8th of the 51 states and DC by number of registered sites. The most common structure is the tower, with 1,692 sites (38%). Kansas City has the most listed sites of any city, at 142.
To see the ones near you, tap Find towers near me above or type a Missouri ZIP code. The list ranks sites by distance and shows the direction to each, its height and its owner.
Carriers on the record in Missouri
Verizon is named on the most Missouri sites, 521 of them (12%). 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 Missouri are owned by tower companies that rent space to several carriers without naming them.
| Carrier | Sites naming it | Share of Missouri sites |
|---|---|---|
| Verizon | 521 | 12% |
| AT&T | 196 | 4.4% |
| T-Mobile | 109 | 2.4% |
Who owns the towers in Missouri
The largest single owner name in Missouri is American Towers LLC, with 556 sites (12%). 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 | 556 | 12% |
| ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. | 359 | 8.0% |
| Cellco Partnership | 211 | 4.7% |
| Tillman Infrastructure, LLC | 163 | 3.6% |
| CCATT LLC | 159 | 3.6% |
| Diamond Towers IV LLC | 84 | 1.9% |
| VB-S1 Assets, LLC | 79 | 1.8% |
| Crown Castle GT Company, LLC | 78 | 1.7% |
Types of structure
| Structure | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tower | 1,692 | 38% |
| Lattice tower | 1,176 | 26% |
| Guyed tower | 677 | 15% |
| Monopole | 434 | 9.7% |
| Pole | 185 | 4.1% |
| Other structure | 134 | 3.0% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City | 142 | Towers around Kansas City |
| St. Louis | 91 | Towers around St. Louis |
| Springfield | 83 | Towers around Springfield |
| Joplin | 60 | Towers around Joplin |
| Jefferson City | 55 | Towers around Jefferson City |
| Saint Louis | 43 | Towers around Saint Louis |
| Lebanon | 41 | Towers around Lebanon |
| St. Charles | 39 | Towers around St. Charles |
| Columbia | 35 | Towers around Columbia |
| Rolla | 34 | Towers around Rolla |
Tallest registered structures in Missouri
The tallest is a guyed tower near Syracuse at 2,001 feet (610 m) overall, owned by University of Central Missouri. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,001 ft | Guyed tower | Syracuse | University of Central Missouri | 1040329 |
| 1,998 ft | Tower | Fordland | Gray Local Media, Inc. | 1218324 |
| 1,995 ft | Guyed tower | Marshfield | American Towers, LLC | 1028721 |
| 1,677 ft | Guyed tower | Cape Girardeau | Gray Local Media, Inc. | 1003017 |
| 1,568 ft | Tower | Cape Girardeau | Paducah Television Operations LLC | 1005390 |
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 Missouri 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.