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States / Delaware

DE · #48 of 51 by structures

Cell towers in Delaware

Delaware has 234 constructed antenna structures in the FCC registry — 0% of the national total and number 48 of 51. The most common kind is the tower (31%), the median overall height is 178 feet, and 34% stand taller than 200 feet. The largest owner is SBA Communications, with 37 structures (16%).

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  1. 1Constructed structures 234
  2. 2Median height 178 ft
  3. 3Largest owner SBA Communications
  4. 4Counties with a county page 3
New Castle County94Sussex County75Kent County65
Constructed FCC-registered structures in Delaware's ten counties with the most, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Who owns Delaware's towers

The FCC registry names the owner of each structure. In Delaware the eight largest owner groups hold 153 of the 234 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 Communications37American Tower30State of Delaware Div. of Co25Crown Castle19Verizon17T-Mobile11DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT7Vertical Bridge7
Constructed structures in Delaware 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 Delaware'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.

Tower73Monopole56Lattice tower43Guyed tower22Other or unspecified18Pole12Mast6On a building2Water tank2
Constructed structures in Delaware by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR structure types.
11950s61960s41970s231980s631990s772000s452010s152020s
Structures in Delaware by decade built (1950s on), columns to scale. Source: FCC ASR construction dates.

Every county

Kent County 65New Castle County 94Sussex County 75

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.