States / Alabama
AL · #7 of 51 by structures
Cell towers in Alabama
Alabama has 4,550 constructed antenna structures in the FCC registry — 3% of the national total and number 7 of 51. The most common kind is the tower (42%), the median overall height is 265 feet, and 74% stand taller than 200 feet. The largest owner is Crown Castle, with 790 structures (17%).
- 1Constructed structures 4,550
- 2Median height 265 ft
- 3Largest owner Crown Castle
- 4Counties with a county page 67
Who owns Alabama's towers
The FCC registry names the owner of each structure. In Alabama the eight largest owner groups hold 2,769 of the 4,550 structures. Where a tower stands on leased land, that owner — or whoever bought the tower from it — is usually the landowner's tenant and the party a lease buyout offer is ultimately about.
Types and age
More of Alabama's registered structures went up in the 2000s than in any other decade (33%). A tower's age matters to a landowner because a ground lease runs for a set term plus renewals: the older the tower, the more of that term has been used, and the fewer years of rent are left to value when an offer arrives.
Every county
Counties with fewer than 10 structures have no page of their own; their towers are in the lookup.
Source: FCC Antenna Structure Registration, weekly public access file (r_tower.zip, created 2026-10-18); county names from the U.S. Census Bureau 2024 gazetteer. Checked 2026-10-23. Methodology.