73/100BAmerican Tower company profile
- CEO
- Steven O. Vondran
- Employees
- 4,866
- Headquarters
- 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116, US
- Sector
- Real Estate
- Industry
- REIT - Specialty
- IPO date
- 27 Feb 1998
- Stock exchange
- NYSE
- ISIN
- US03027X1000
Website:americantower.com
About the company
American Tower Corporation is one of the largest global real estate investment trusts. It is a leading independent owner, operator and developer of multitenant communications real estate. The Company's primary business is the leasing of space on communications sites to wireless service providers, radio and television broadcast companies, wireless data providers, government agencies and municipalities and tenants in a few other industries. The Company refers to this business, inclusive of its data center business discussed below, as its property operations. Additionally, the Company offers tower-related services in the United States, which the Company refers to as its services operations. These services include site application, zoning and permitting, structural and mount analyses, and construction management services, together with program management offerings that support customer deployment needs from project scoping through construction. The Company's services operations primarily support the Company's site leasing business, including through the addition of new tenants and equipment on its sites. The Company's customers include its tenants, licensees and other payers. American Tower Corporation was incorporated in 1995 in Delaware and is based in Massachusetts, Boston.
Employees
American Tower had about 4,866 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025 (31 December 2025), by its annual report. That is 3.7% more than a year before.
Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.
Who owns American Tower
Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 95.6% of American Tower's shares on 30 June 2026, 1,818 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
Common questions about American Tower
Source: Financial Modeling PrepVerified against SEC filings