Tennessee cell towers at a glance
The FCC records list 3,670 cell towers and other antenna sites in Tennessee: every registered antenna structure that is built and still standing, plus the licensed cellular transmitter sites too short to need registration. That ranks Tennessee 16th of the 51 states and DC by number of registered sites. The most common structure is the tower, with 1,520 sites (41%). Memphis has the most listed sites of any city, at 251.
To see the ones near you, tap Find towers near me above or type a Tennessee ZIP code. The list ranks sites by distance and shows the direction to each, its height and its owner.
Carriers on the record in Tennessee
Verizon is named on the most Tennessee sites, 438 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 Tennessee are owned by tower companies that rent space to several carriers without naming them.
| Carrier | Sites naming it | Share of Tennessee sites |
|---|---|---|
| Verizon | 438 | 12% |
| AT&T | 151 | 4.1% |
| T-Mobile | 22 | 0.6% |
Who owns the towers in Tennessee
The largest single owner name in Tennessee is American Towers LLC, with 308 sites (8.4%). 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 | 308 | 8.4% |
| Crown Castle GT Company, LLC | 258 | 7.0% |
| Crown Castle South LLC | 238 | 6.5% |
| Cellco Partnership | 190 | 5.2% |
| ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. | 146 | 4.0% |
| SBA Properties, LLC | 126 | 3.4% |
| Crown Communication LLC | 94 | 2.6% |
| Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC | 91 | 2.5% |
Types of structure
| Structure | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tower | 1,520 | 41% |
| Lattice tower | 899 | 24% |
| Monopole | 553 | 15% |
| Guyed tower | 252 | 6.9% |
| Pole | 174 | 4.7% |
| Mast | 148 | 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Memphis | 251 | Towers around Memphis |
| Nashville | 205 | Towers around Nashville |
| Knoxville | 150 | Towers around Knoxville |
| Chattanooga | 89 | Towers around Chattanooga |
| Jackson | 56 | Towers around Jackson |
| Murfreesboro | 50 | Towers around Murfreesboro |
| Clarksville | 48 | Towers around Clarksville |
| Sevierville | 37 | Towers around Sevierville |
| Crossville | 36 | Towers around Crossville |
| Cleveland | 35 | Towers around Cleveland |
Tallest registered structures in Tennessee
The tallest is a tower near Knoxville at 1,752 feet (534 m) overall, owned by Midwest Communications, Inc. = WIMZ. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,752 ft | Tower | Knoxville | Midwest Communications, Inc. = WIMZ | 1043698 |
| 1,535 ft | Guyed tower | Lonsdale | American Towers LLC | 1222895 |
| 1,503 ft | Tower | Knoxville | WBIR-TV, LLC | 1042631 |
| 1,457 ft | Guyed tower | Knoxville | American Towers, LLC | 1052156 |
| 1,368 ft | Guyed tower | Nashville | Gray Local Media, Inc. | 1050735 |
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 Tennessee 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.