# Cell Towers in Chicago, IL

## Summary

- **Location**: Chicago, Illinois 60632
- **Population**: 87,395
- **Mapped antenna sites**: 239
- **Sites with cellular spectrum**: 51
- **FCC records grouped**: 469
- **Area**: 0.78 square miles
- **Mapped site density**: 14.9 sites per square mile

- **County**: Cook

## Coordinates

- **Latitude**: 41.810535
- **Longitude**: -87.705359

## Top Licensees by Tower Count

1. **TowerStream Corp**: 13 towers

2. **BNSF Railway Co.**: 11 towers

3. **FiberTower Network Services, Corp., Debtor-in-Possession**: 10 towers

4. **City of Chicago - Office of Public Safety Administration**: 10 towers

5. **Clearwire Spectrum Holdings III LLC**: 9 towers


## Major Carriers

- **Clearwire Spectrum Holdings III LLC**: 9 towers

- **Aviation Spectrum Resources Inc**: 7 towers

- **SprintCom, Inc.**: 3 towers

- **T-MOBILE LICENSE LLC**: 2 towers

- **GTC SPECTRUM CORPORATION**: 2 towers

## Related Links

- [View the interactive map](https://www.celltowermaps.com/cell-towers/near/city-state/chicago/il): Human-readable map for this location.
- [State directory](https://www.celltowermaps.com/cell-towers/directory/illinois/index.md): Text-first list of locations in Illinois.
- [United States directory](https://www.celltowermaps.com/cell-towers/directory/index.md): Browse all states.

## Data Source

Tower data is sourced from U.S. Federal Communications Commission licensing records. See [llms.txt](https://www.celltowermaps.com/llms.txt) for methodology and access guidance.