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AR · #20 of 51 by structures

Cell towers in Arkansas

Arkansas has 3,071 constructed antenna structures in the FCC registry — 2% of the national total and number 20 of 51. The most common kind is the tower (39%), the median overall height is 260 feet, and 66% stand taller than 200 feet. The largest owner is SBA Communications, with 464 structures (15%).

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  1. 1Constructed structures 3,071
  2. 2Median height 260 ft
  3. 3Largest owner SBA Communications
  4. 4Counties with a county page 75
Pulaski County201Benton County166Washington County140Craighead County100Garland County93Saline County89Sebastian County81Jefferson County78White County76Faulkner County74
Constructed FCC-registered structures in Arkansas's ten counties with the most, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Who owns Arkansas's towers

The FCC registry names the owner of each structure. In Arkansas the eight largest owner groups hold 1,823 of the 3,071 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.

SBA Communications464American Tower338Alltel327Crown Castle246Tillman Infrastructure178ARKANSAS, STATE OF92Private owners91SBC TOWER HOLDINGS LLC87
Constructed structures in Arkansas by owner group, bars to scale. Families group registrant names carrying the brand; private owners' names are withheld. Source: FCC ASR.

Types and age

More of Arkansas's registered structures went up in the 2000s than in any other decade (35%). 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.

Tower1,203Lattice tower855Guyed tower433Monopole320Pole88Mast73Other or unspecified70On a building15Water tank13Tree / stealth1
Constructed structures in Arkansas by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR structure types.
121950s521960s661970s2051980s5471990s1,0802000s6382010s4652020s
Structures in Arkansas by decade built (1950s on), columns to scale. Source: FCC ASR construction dates.

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.