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MA · #38 of 51 by structures

Cell towers in Massachusetts

Massachusetts has 965 constructed antenna structures in the FCC registry — 1% of the national total and number 38 of 51. The most common kind is the monopole (26%), the median overall height is 165 feet, and 29% stand taller than 200 feet. The largest owner is SBA Communications, with 170 structures (18%).

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  1. 1Constructed structures 965
  2. 2Median height 165 ft
  3. 3Largest owner SBA Communications
  4. 4Counties with a county page 13
Worcester County166Middlesex County146Plymouth County111Bristol County95Hampden County85Norfolk County71Essex County70Barnstable County55Suffolk County48Berkshire County44
Constructed FCC-registered structures in Massachusetts's ten counties with the most, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Who owns Massachusetts's towers

The FCC registry names the owner of each structure. In Massachusetts the eight largest owner groups hold 592 of the 965 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 Communications170American Tower159Industrial Tower and Wireles74Crown Castle57T-Mobile48Private owners39Verizon27STC Six Company18
Constructed structures in Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts's registered structures went up in the 2000s than in any other decade (41%). 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.

Monopole255Tower224Lattice tower136Pole104Other or unspecified94Guyed tower78On a building47Water tank11Mast8Tree / stealth8
Constructed structures in Massachusetts by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR structure types.
211950s161960s381970s741980s1651990s3932000s1532010s752020s
Structures in Massachusetts by decade built (1950s on), columns to scale. Source: FCC ASR construction dates.

Every county

Barnstable County 55Berkshire County 44Bristol County 95Dukes County 20Essex County 70Franklin County 21Hampden County 85Hampshire County 28Middlesex County 146Nantucket County 5Norfolk County 71Plymouth County 111Suffolk County 48Worcester County 166

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.