Cell towers in San Francisco, California
The FCC register lists 32 antenna structures in and around San Francisco. That is the 33rd highest count of any place in California.
Overview
The FCC register lists 32 antenna structures in and around San Francisco, CA. That is the 33rd highest count of any place in California.
Density works out to 0.69 registered structures per square mile of land area.
Heights are uneven: the median is 37 m (120 ft) but the tallest is 298 m (977 ft), roughly 8.1 times that — usually the signature of a broadcast mast among shorter mobile sites.
The largest registered owner here is T-mobile West LLC, which holds 9 of them — 28.1% of the local total. Owner is not the same as carrier: tower companies lease space on their structures to several networks at once.
Registrations here span 1925 to 2022.
Structure types
| Building | 8 | 25% |
| Building with antenna | 4 | 13% |
| Not specified | 3 | 9% |
| Tower | 3 | 9% |
| Tower array | 2 | 6% |
| Pole | 2 | 6% |
| Monopole | 2 | 6% |
| Building with tower | 2 | 6% |
| Building with pipe | 2 | 6% |
| Utility pole | 1 | 3% |
| Mast | 1 | 3% |
| Lattice tower | 1 | 3% |
| Building with mast | 1 | 3% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| T-mobile West LLC Carrier | 9 | 28% |
| San Francisco, City and County Of Government | 6 | 19% |
| Radio License Holding Viii, LLC Broadcaster | 2 | 6% |
| Gte Mobilnet of California Limited Partnership Other | 2 | 6% |
| Bellaire Tower Homeowners Association Tower company | 1 | 3% |
Tallest registered structures
top 25 of 32| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 298 m (977 ft) | Lattice tower | 1998 | Sutro Tower INC. | 107757 |
| 250 m (820 ft) | Building with antenna | 2003 | Hwa 555 Owners, LLC | 2601995 |
| 175 m (575 ft) | Building with pipe | 1980 | Pacific Gas & Electric Company | 118514 |
| 159 m (520 ft) | Building | 2003 | Shilton San Francisco & Towers | 613637 |
| 121 m (397 ft) | Tower | 1998 | Immaculate Heart Media, INC. | 105841 |
| 116 m (380 ft) | Building | 2022 | T-mobile West LLC | 2717598 |
| 115 m (376 ft) | Tower array | 1925 | Radio License Holding Viii, LLC | 118631 |
| 109 m (358 ft) | Building with tower | 1997 | Eip Holdings II, LLC | 124732 |
| 97 m (317 ft) | Building with antenna | 2017 | T-mobile West LLC | 2714607 |
| 94 m (308 ft) | Tower array | 1980 | Radio License Holding Viii, LLC | 118632 |
| 79 m (260 ft) | Building | 2021 | T-mobile West LLC | 2716230 |
| 73 m (239 ft) | Building with mast | 1962 | Bellaire Tower Homeowners Association | 125374 |
| 60 m (197 ft) | Not specified | 1998 | San Francisco, City and County Of | 623989 |
| 55 m (180 ft) | Not specified | 2022 | San Francisco, City and County Of | 126247 |
| 50 m (163 ft) | Tower | 2010 | Uscg Rescue 21 Pro | 2668470 |
| 43 m (140 ft) | Building with tower | 1984 | Mci Communications Services LLC | 2638876 |
| 31 m (100 ft) | Not specified | 1998 | San Francisco, City and County Of | 623988 |
| 21 m (69 ft) | Building | 2001 | San Francisco, City and County Of | 2613811 |
| 20 m (66 ft) | Building | 2001 | San Francisco, City and County Of | 2613812 |
| 20 m (65 ft) | Building with pipe | 2020 | San Francisco, City and County Of | 2665856 |
| 20 m (65 ft) | Building with antenna | 1999 | T-mobile West LLC | 2687364 |
| 17 m (56 ft) | Monopole | 2022 | City and County of San Francisco | 2718797 |
| 15 m (50 ft) | Tower | 2011 | Sba Monarch Towers I, LLC | 2672876 |
| 15 m (49 ft) | Pole | 1996 | California, State Of | 117473 |
| 14 m (45 ft) | Utility pole | 2009 | T-mobile West LLC | 2672189 |
When they were registered
| 1920s | 1 | 3% |
| 1960s | 1 | 3% |
| 1980s | 3 | 9% |
| 1990s | 7 | 22% |
| 2000s | 8 | 25% |
| 2010s | 4 | 13% |
| 2020s | 8 | 25% |
Nearby places
- Daly City 14
- Pacifica 5
- Moss Beach 6
- San Bruno 23
- Millbrae 14
About this data
Source is the FCC Antenna Structure Registration file of 2026-08-23. What it records is structures, not the radios mounted on them: the register cannot tell you which carrier operates from a given site.
The FCC Antenna Structure Registration database covers structures that require registration — generally those over 200 feet or near airports. Many small cells, rooftop antennas and short towers are not registered and will not appear here.
"Owner" is the entity that registered the structure, usually a tower company such as American Tower or Crown Castle. It does not indicate which carriers operate equipment on the structure.