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Crown Castle - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Crown Castle M&A Summary

Crown Castle has acquired 19 companies. A total of 16 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 2 assets.

Crown Castle’s largest acquisition to date was in 2017, when it acquired Lightower Fiber Networks for $7.1B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2025, when it sold Crown Castle - Small Cells Solutions Business to EQT for $4.3B. Crown Castle has acquired in 6 different US states. The Company’s most targeted sectors include communications (78%) and real estate (12%).

Crown Castle Business Overview

Where is Crown Castle headquartered?

Crown Castle is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

What is Crown Castle’s revenue?

Crown Castle disclosed revenue of 6,568M USD for 2024 and 6,981M USD for 2023.

How many employees does Crown Castle have?

Crown Castle has 3,900 employees.

What sector is Crown Castle in?

Crown Castle is a communications company.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity11
    • M&A Buy Activity9
    • M&A Sell Activity2
  • Total Sectors Invested 3
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 15
  • M&A Advisors 3

Crown Castle

Crown Castle International Corp.

8020 Katy Freeway,
Houston, Texas 77024
United States,
(713) 570-3000
www.crowncastle.com

Crown Castle operates and leases shared wireless infrastructure, distributed antenna systems, and interests in land under third party towers. The Company's core business is providing access, including space or capacity, to towers, and to a lesser extent, to small cells and third party land interests via long-term contracts, including license, sublease and lease agreements. Crown Castle is based in Houston, Texas.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 9 - - - - - 9
vol $17.9B $17.9B
Sell (0.4/yr) # - - - - - 2 2
vol $8.5B $8.5B
  11

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Crown Castle - Small Cells Solutions Business 2025-03-14 4.3B USD Divestiture
Houston, Texas
Crown Castle - Fiber Solutions Business 2025-03-13 4.3B USD Divestiture
Houston, Texas
Lightower Fiber Networks LLC 2017-07-18 7.1B USD Add-on Acquisition
Boxborough, Massachusetts · www.lightower.com
Wilcon Operations LLC 2017-04-17 600M USD Add-on Acquisition
Los Angeles, California · www.wilcon.com
FPL FiberNet LLC 2016-11-01 1.5B USD Divestiture
Miami, Florida · www.fplfibernet.com
Tower Development Corp. 2016-04-08 461M USD Add-on Acquisition
Boston, Massachusetts
Quanta Fiber Networks, Inc. (Sunesys) 2015-08-04 1.0B USD Add-on Acquisition
Houston, Texas
NextG Networks, Inc. 2011-12-19 1.0B USD Add-on Acquisition
San Jose, California · www.nextgnetworks.net
NewPath Networks, Inc. 2010-09-08 115M USD Add-on Acquisition
Seattle, Washington · www.newpathnetworks.net
Global Signal, Inc. 2007-01-12 5.8B USD Add-on Acquisition
Sarasota, Florida · www.gsignal.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Communications 7 (78%) 11.1B (62%) 2 (100%) 8.5B (100%)
Infrastructure 1 (11%) 1.0B (6%) - -
Real Estate 1 (11%) 5.8B (32%) - -
Total 9 $17.9B 2 $8.5B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 9 17.9B 2 8.5B
  Texas 1 1.0B 2 8.5B
  Massachusetts 2 7.6B - -
  Florida 2 7.3B - -
  California 2 1.6B - -
  Washington 1 115M - -
  Virginia 1 309M - -
Total 9 $17.9B 2 $8.5B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Morgan Stanley
 2
J.P. Morgan Securities
 1
Legal Deals
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
 3

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 5 $16.4B
$100M to $1B 4 $1.5B
TOTAL $17.9B
Largest Lightower Fiber Networks LLC
$7.1B (2017-07-18)
sell # Total
> $1B 2 $8.5B
TOTAL $8.5B
Largest Crown Castle - Small Cells Solutions Business
$4.3B (2025-03-14)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
67%
6 (67%)
Strategic(s)
11%
1 (11%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
50%
1 (50%)
Strategic(s)
50%
1 (50%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Communications

Revenue

6,568   6% 2024
6,981   1% 2023
6,986   11% 2022
6,340   9% 2021
5,840   2% 2020
5,763   7% 2019
5,423   25% 2018
4,356   12% 2017
3,921   8% 2016
3,664   1% 2015
3,690   23% 2014
3,022   25% 2013
2,432   2012
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Employees

3,900

Public

NYSE: CCI

Former Name

Castle Transmission International Ltd.

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