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States / Connecticut

CT · #45 of 51 by structures

Cell towers in Connecticut

Connecticut has 482 constructed antenna structures in the FCC registry — 0% of the national total and number 45 of 51. The most common kind is the monopole (33%), the median overall height is 170 feet, and 26% stand taller than 200 feet. The largest owner is SBA Communications, with 131 structures (27%).

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  1. 1Constructed structures 482
  2. 2Median height 170 ft
  3. 3Largest owner SBA Communications
  4. 4Counties with a county page 8
Hartford County122New Haven County109New London County67Fairfield County62Windham County37Middlesex County33Litchfield County30Tolland County22
Constructed FCC-registered structures in Connecticut's ten counties with the most, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Who owns Connecticut's towers

The FCC registry names the owner of each structure. In Connecticut the eight largest owner groups hold 285 of the 482 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 Communications131American Tower64Crown Castle31Tarpon Towers16T-Mobile12Private owners11STC Five LLC11Eversource Energy Service Co9
Constructed structures in Connecticut 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 Connecticut's registered structures went up in the 2000s than in any other decade (39%). 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.

Monopole159Tower117Lattice tower74Other or unspecified46Pole35Guyed tower29On a building15Tree / stealth4Water tank2Mast1
Constructed structures in Connecticut by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR structure types.
171950s131960s201970s301980s1021990s1872000s722010s292020s
Structures in Connecticut by decade built (1950s on), columns to scale. Source: FCC ASR construction dates.

Every county

Fairfield County 62Hartford County 122Litchfield County 30Middlesex County 33New Haven County 109New London County 67Tolland County 22Windham County 37

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.