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Cell towers in District of Columbia

District of Columbia has 29 constructed antenna structures in the FCC registry — 0% of the national total and number 51 of 51. The most common kind is the tower (24%), the median overall height is 199 feet, and 41% stand taller than 200 feet. The largest owner is SBA Communications, with 4 structures (14%).

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  1. 1Constructed structures 29
  2. 2Median height 199 ft
  3. 3Largest owner SBA Communications
  4. 4Counties with a county page 1
District of Columbia29
Constructed FCC-registered structures in District of Columbia's ten counties with the most, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Who owns District of Columbia's towers

The FCC registry names the owner of each structure. In District of Columbia the eight largest owner groups hold 17 of the 29 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 Communications4American Tower3T-Mobile3AT&T2Verizon2Harrison Wisconsin Owner LLC1ACC Licensee, LLC1Norfolk Southern1
Constructed structures in District of Columbia 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 District of Columbia's registered structures went up in the 1990s than in any other decade (24%). 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.

Tower7Lattice tower6On a building6Monopole6Other or unspecified2Pole2
Constructed structures in District of Columbia by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR structure types.
11950s11960s21970s31980s71990s52000s72010s32020s
Structures in District of Columbia by decade built (1950s on), columns to scale. Source: FCC ASR construction dates.

Every county

District of Columbia 29

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.