New Jersey cell towers at a glance
The FCC records list 1,051 cell towers and other antenna sites in New Jersey: every registered antenna structure that is built and still standing, plus the licensed cellular transmitter sites too short to need registration. That ranks New Jersey 36th of the 51 states and DC by number of registered sites. The most common structure is the tower, with 303 sites (29%). Newark has the most listed sites of any city, at 35.
To see the ones near you, tap Find towers near me above or type a New Jersey ZIP code. The list ranks sites by distance and shows the direction to each, its height and its owner.
Carriers on the record in New Jersey
T-Mobile is named on the most New Jersey sites, 114 of them (11%). 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 New Jersey are owned by tower companies that rent space to several carriers without naming them.
| Carrier | Sites naming it | Share of New Jersey sites |
|---|---|---|
| Verizon | 38 | 3.6% |
| AT&T | 66 | 6.3% |
| T-Mobile | 114 | 11% |
Who owns the towers in New Jersey
The largest single owner name in New Jersey is American Towers LLC, with 126 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 | 126 | 12% |
| T-Mobile Northeast LLC | 74 | 7.0% |
| SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC | 50 | 4.8% |
| CCATT LLC | 45 | 4.3% |
| T-Mobile USA Tower LLC | 39 | 3.7% |
| Crown Atlantic Company, LLC | 31 | 2.9% |
| SBA Monarch Towers I, LLC | 27 | 2.6% |
| Pinnacle Towers LLC | 23 | 2.2% |
Types of structure
| Structure | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tower | 303 | 29% |
| Monopole | 295 | 28% |
| Lattice tower | 144 | 14% |
| Pole | 100 | 9.5% |
| Guyed tower | 60 | 5.7% |
| Other structure | 34 | 3.2% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Newark | 35 | Towers around Newark |
| Princeton | 18 | Towers around Princeton |
| Toms River | 16 | Towers around Toms River |
| Trenton | 15 | Towers around Trenton |
| Linden | 12 | Towers around Linden |
| Elizabeth | 11 | Towers around Elizabeth |
| Vineland | 10 | Towers around Vineland |
| Millville | 10 | Towers around Millville |
| Carteret | 9 | Towers around Carteret |
| Hopewell | 9 | Towers around Hopewell |
Tallest registered structures in New Jersey
The tallest is a guyed tower near Tuckerton at 1,001 feet (305 m) overall, owned by CTI Towers Assets II, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,001 ft | Guyed tower | Tuckerton | CTI Towers Assets II, LLC | 1210613 |
| 991 ft | Other structure | Lawrence Township | NEW JERSEY PUBLIC BROADCASTING AUTHORITY | 1045124 |
| 974 ft | Tower | Swedesboro | SpectraSite Communications, LLC. through American Towers, LLC. | 1206729 |
| 938 ft | Other structure | Waterford Township | NEW JERSEY PUBLIC BROADCASTING AUTHORITY | 1045125 |
| 932 ft | Guyed tower | Waterford Works | American Towers LLC | 1042989 |
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 New Jersey 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.