Virginia cell towers at a glance
The FCC records list 2,881 cell towers and other antenna sites in Virginia: every registered antenna structure that is built and still standing, plus the licensed cellular transmitter sites too short to need registration. That ranks Virginia 22nd of the 51 states and DC by number of registered sites. The most common structure is the tower, with 933 sites (32%). Virginia Beach has the most listed sites of any city, at 114.
To see the ones near you, tap Find towers near me above or type a Virginia ZIP code. The list ranks sites by distance and shows the direction to each, its height and its owner.
Carriers on the record in Virginia
Verizon is named on the most Virginia sites, 390 of them (14%). 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 Virginia are owned by tower companies that rent space to several carriers without naming them.
| Carrier | Sites naming it | Share of Virginia sites |
|---|---|---|
| Verizon | 390 | 14% |
| AT&T | 83 | 2.9% |
| T-Mobile | 52 | 1.8% |
Who owns the towers in Virginia
The largest single owner name in Virginia is American Towers LLC, with 390 sites (14%). 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 | 390 | 14% |
| Crown Castle GT Company, LLC | 125 | 4.3% |
| ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. | 103 | 3.6% |
| Cellco Partnership | 101 | 3.5% |
| SBA Towers X, LLC | 88 | 3.1% |
| SBA Towers, LLC | 72 | 2.5% |
| Crown Communication LLC | 68 | 2.4% |
| Alltel Corporation | 66 | 2.3% |
Types of structure
| Structure | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tower | 933 | 32% |
| Lattice tower | 676 | 23% |
| Monopole | 648 | 22% |
| Guyed tower | 219 | 7.6% |
| Pole | 217 | 7.5% |
| Other structure | 59 | 2.0% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia Beach | 114 | Towers around Virginia Beach |
| Richmond | 102 | Towers around Richmond |
| Norfolk | 80 | Towers around Norfolk |
| Chesapeake | 67 | Towers around Chesapeake |
| Suffolk | 50 | Towers around Suffolk |
| Newport News | 45 | Towers around Newport News |
| Williamsburg | 42 | Towers around Williamsburg |
| Hampton | 41 | Towers around Hampton |
| Lynchburg | 39 | Towers around Lynchburg |
| Manassas | 34 | Towers around Manassas |
Tallest registered structures in Virginia
The tallest is a guyed tower near Suffolk-23435 at 1,260 feet (384 m) overall, owned by American Towers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,260 ft | Guyed tower | Suffolk-23435 | American Towers LLC | 1057874 |
| 1,230 ft | Tower | Thaxton | WSET Licensee, LLC | 1016546 |
| 1,230 ft | Guyed tower | Richmond | SpectraSite Communications, LLC. through American Towers, LLC. | 1018227 |
| 1,224 ft | Guyed tower | Suffolk | WVEC Television, LLC | 1043102 |
| 1,224 ft | Tower | Richmond | Pinnacle Towers LLC | 1026425 |
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 Virginia 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.