Washington cell towers at a glance
The FCC records list 2,453 cell towers and other antenna sites in Washington: every registered antenna structure that is built and still standing, plus the licensed cellular transmitter sites too short to need registration. That ranks Washington 26th of the 51 states and DC by number of registered sites. The most common structure is the tower, with 697 sites (28%). Seattle has the most listed sites of any city, at 263.
To see the ones near you, tap Find towers near me above or type a Washington ZIP code. The list ranks sites by distance and shows the direction to each, its height and its owner.
Carriers on the record in Washington
T-Mobile is named on the most Washington sites, 375 of them (15%). 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 Washington are owned by tower companies that rent space to several carriers without naming them.
| Carrier | Sites naming it | Share of Washington sites |
|---|---|---|
| Verizon | 154 | 6.3% |
| AT&T | 75 | 3.1% |
| T-Mobile | 375 | 15% |
Who owns the towers in Washington
The largest single owner name in Washington is T-Mobile West LLC, with 238 sites (9.7%). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| T-Mobile West LLC | 238 | 9.7% |
| American Towers LLC | 167 | 6.8% |
| CCATT LLC | 136 | 5.5% |
| T-Mobile West Tower LLC | 134 | 5.5% |
| ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. | 119 | 4.9% |
| Cellco Partnership | 114 | 4.6% |
| The Boeing Company | 95 | 3.9% |
| Seattle SMSA Limited Partnership | 87 | 3.5% |
Types of structure
| Structure | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tower | 697 | 28% |
| Monopole | 508 | 21% |
| Lattice tower | 442 | 18% |
| Pole | 302 | 12% |
| Guyed tower | 83 | 3.4% |
| Antenna on a building | 83 | 3.4% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle | 263 | Towers around Seattle |
| Spokane | 99 | Towers around Spokane |
| Vancouver | 82 | Towers around Vancouver |
| Yakima | 71 | Towers around Yakima |
| Tacoma | 63 | Towers around Tacoma |
| Everett | 50 | Towers around Everett |
| Renton | 44 | Towers around Renton |
| Auburn | 44 | Towers around Auburn |
| Kennewick | 42 | Towers around Kennewick |
| Pasco | 32 | Towers around Pasco |
Tallest registered structures in Washington
The tallest is a tower near Spokane at 942 feet (287 m) overall, owned by KING Broadcasting Company. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 942 ft | Tower | Spokane | KING Broadcasting Company | 1033992 |
| 906 ft | Tower | Spokane | KHQ, INCORPORATED | 1032881 |
| 823 ft | Tower | Spokane | Rincon Broadcasting Spokane Operations LLC | 1033566 |
| 705 ft | Guyed tower | Bremerton | Fox Television Stations, LLC | 1049708 |
| 696 ft | Water tank | Puyallup | PUYALLUP, CITY OF | 1064368 |
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 Washington 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.