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WI · #13 of 51 by structures

Cell towers in Wisconsin

Wisconsin has 3,943 constructed antenna structures in the FCC registry — 3% of the national total and number 13 of 51. The most common kind is the tower (28%), the median overall height is 254 feet, and 57% stand taller than 200 feet. The largest owner is Array Digital Infrastructure, with 527 structures (13%).

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  1. 1Constructed structures 3,943
  2. 2Median height 254 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
  4. 4Counties with a county page 70
Dane County181Milwaukee County175Marathon County123Brown County119Waukesha County114Winnebago County99Fond du Lac County90Monroe County85Racine County85Wood County85
Constructed FCC-registered structures in Wisconsin's ten counties with the most, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Who owns Wisconsin's towers

The FCC registry names the owner of each structure. In Wisconsin the eight largest owner groups hold 1,860 of the 3,943 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.

Array Digital Infrastructure527SBA Communications372American Tower311Boldyn Networks US VI LLC243Nsight Tower Holdings, LLC168WISCONSIN, STATE OF87Private owners78Alltel74
Constructed structures in Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin'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.

Tower1,087Lattice tower1,074Guyed tower789Monopole500Other or unspecified202Pole156Water tank56On a building46Mast33
Constructed structures in Wisconsin by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR structure types.
301950s631960s1011970s1961980s7061990s1,2272000s9312010s6742020s
Structures in Wisconsin by decade built (1950s on), columns to scale. Source: FCC ASR construction dates.

Every county

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.