South Carolina cell towers at a glance
The FCC records list 3,377 cell towers and other antenna sites in South Carolina: every registered antenna structure that is built and still standing, plus the licensed cellular transmitter sites too short to need registration. That ranks South Carolina 18th of the 51 states and DC by number of registered sites. The most common structure is the tower, with 1,339 sites (40%). Columbia has the most listed sites of any city, at 135.
To see the ones near you, tap Find towers near me above or type a South Carolina ZIP code. The list ranks sites by distance and shows the direction to each, its height and its owner.
Carriers on the record in South Carolina
Verizon is named on the most South Carolina sites, 241 of them (7.1%). 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 South Carolina are owned by tower companies that rent space to several carriers without naming them.
| Carrier | Sites naming it | Share of South Carolina sites |
|---|---|---|
| Verizon | 241 | 7.1% |
| AT&T | 124 | 3.7% |
| T-Mobile | 6 | 0.2% |
Who owns the towers in South Carolina
The largest single owner name in South Carolina is American Towers LLC, with 654 sites (19%). 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 | 654 | 19% |
| Crown Castle South LLC | 182 | 5.4% |
| CCATT LLC | 161 | 4.8% |
| Pinnacle Towers LLC | 151 | 4.5% |
| SBA Towers, LLC | 135 | 4.0% |
| Crown Atlantic Company, LLC | 113 | 3.3% |
| FTC Communications | 81 | 2.4% |
| Cellco Partnership | 64 | 1.9% |
Types of structure
| Structure | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tower | 1,339 | 40% |
| Lattice tower | 720 | 21% |
| Guyed tower | 482 | 14% |
| Monopole | 413 | 12% |
| Pole | 154 | 4.6% |
| Mast | 136 | 4.0% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia | 135 | Towers around Columbia |
| Greenville | 99 | Towers around Greenville |
| Florence | 64 | Towers around Florence |
| Sumter | 64 | Towers around Sumter |
| Anderson | 58 | Towers around Anderson |
| Conway | 57 | Towers around Conway |
| Orangeburg | 56 | Towers around Orangeburg |
| Charleston | 56 | Towers around Charleston |
| Spartanburg | 55 | Towers around Spartanburg |
| Aiken | 50 | Towers around Aiken |
Tallest registered structures in South Carolina
The tallest is a tower near Floyd Dale at 2,001 feet (610 m) overall, owned by WPDE Licensee, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,001 ft | Tower | Floyd Dale | WPDE Licensee, LLC | 1024373 |
| 2,001 ft | Tower | Awendaw | Gray Local Media, Inc. | 1051231 |
| 1,991 ft | Tower | Awendow | Nexstar Media Inc. | 1042963 |
| 1,962 ft | Tower | Dillon | Nexstar Media Inc. | 1048801 |
| 1,765 ft | Guyed tower | Elgin | American Towers LLC | 1055358 |
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 South Carolina 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.