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Cell Tower Lease Rates - Comparable Data


One of the things that we believe sets us apart from our competitors is the quality of the data we have available. In 1999, we started collecting datasets of tower locations across the U.S. Because our data includes many details about each location in addition to cell tower rental rates, we are able to provide the highest quality analysis to our clients.

Over the last 10 years, our proprietary database has grown to encompass over 175,000 cell tower and cell site locations. Our data comes from numerous public and private sources, many of which are not available to the general public.

The database includes the following information to the extent known:

  • Cell Tower Location
  • Cell Tower Type
  • Height of Tower
  • Latitude and Longitude of Tower
  • FCC Identification Number (if registered)
  • Carriers on the Tower (if known)
  • Owner of the Tower
  • Initial Owner/Developer of the Tower
  • Ground Lease Rate
  • Collocation Lease Rates

Over the course of assisting 2,200 clients, we have also incorporated their information into our database. These clients have shared over 5,000 individual cell tower rental rates and comparable data, which span the United States. As part of these projects, we are continually receiving cell tower rental rate and collocation rate data for these towers and add them to the database.

We keep detailed logs on every online newspaper article that we find that mentions cell tower rental rates. In addition, we actively poll municipalities on any available rental rate data. As a result, there are few areas of the country we don't have good data on cell tower rental rates. When people submit inquiries to our website, we track that data as well.

Please note: We take our potential client's confidentiality seriously and NEVER sell or distribute this data. We do share lease rates, but never with any local information. For example, we may suggest to our clients that we are aware of an AT&T lease that pays $1000/mo in St. Louis, MO, but we will never divulge site addresses or share the client's name or location.

To better accommodate our clients; we developed a custom mapping application that allows us to see our tower data on high-resolution aerial photography along with terrain. This enables us to determine what other towers or cell sites are in the area of the subject site and whether there is potential for consolidation. We also incorporated our cell tower rental rates into Google Earth allowing us to view cell tower rental rates of the other towers closest to your site.

How do we review a site in California when we are in Fort Myers? We make it our business to know exactly how to find necessary information quickly. Below is a screen shot of our tower database application.

We also track lease buyout offers: What carrier they come from; what date they were offered; how long the purchase offer is for; and how many months of rent the purchase offer represents. We have done this for over 1,000 lease buyout offers representing nearly 10 various buyers of cell tower leases. We also track extension offers so if you receive an offer to extend your tower lease, we can compare what other owners in similar situations received.

Candidly, we don't know how any other firm can effectively represent you without this type of data. Surely, they are just guessing blindly.

If you have questions, please either see our page on Cell Tower Location Data or Contact Us for more information.