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RI · #49 of 51 by structures

Cell towers in Rhode Island

Rhode Island has 232 constructed antenna structures in the FCC registry — 0% of the national total and number 49 of 51. The most common kind is the tower (30%), the median overall height is 161 feet, and 24% stand taller than 200 feet. The largest owner is SBA Communications, with 34 structures (15%).

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  1. 1Constructed structures 232
  2. 2Median height 161 ft
  3. 3Largest owner SBA Communications
  4. 4Counties with a county page 4
Providence County91Kent County68Washington County56Newport County15Bristol County2
Constructed FCC-registered structures in Rhode Island's ten counties with the most, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Who owns Rhode Island's towers

The FCC registry names the owner of each structure. In Rhode Island the eight largest owner groups hold 156 of the 232 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 Communications34American Tower33ATC Outdoor DAS, LLC32Crown Castle18T-Mobile13Industrial Tower and Wireles12VB Nimbus, LLC8STC Five LLC6
Constructed structures in Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island's registered structures went up in the 2000s than in any other decade (31%). 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.

Tower69Pole53Monopole43Lattice tower32Guyed tower14Other or unspecified12On a building5Water tank3Mast1
Constructed structures in Rhode Island by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR structure types.
131950s41960s51970s81980s461990s712000s682010s122020s
Structures in Rhode Island by decade built (1950s on), columns to scale. Source: FCC ASR construction dates.

Every county

Bristol County 2Kent County 68Newport County 15Providence County 91Washington County 56

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.