# Verizon holds 20,104 active FCC radio licenses

Published 2026-11-07 · By Pushbuild · Data: [FCC Radio Licenses API – Search ULS by Licensee, Frequency or Place](https://pushbuild.com/apis/fcc-radio-licenses.html)

**20,104**Verizon holds · as of 2026-11-07

**Cellco Partnership (Verizon Wireless) holds more active licenses than any other organization in our FCC data; T-Mobile's licensing unit holds 15,096 and AT&T Mobility Spectrum 10,689.**

| Licensee | Active licenses |
| --- | --- |
| CELLCO PARTNERSHIP | 20,104 |
| T-MOBILE MW LLC | 15,096 |
| AT&T MOBILITY SPECTRUM, LLC | 10,689 |
| TRACE-TEK | 10,000 |
| NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC | 8,468 |
| NEXTEL WEST CORP. | 5,555 |
| WETTERHORN WIRELESS L.L.C. | 5,491 |
| AMG TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC | 5,200 |
| AVIATION SPECTRUM RESOURCES INC | 4,543 |
| CALIFORNIA, STATE OF | 4,022 |
| T-MOBILE LICENSE LLC | 4,003 |
| UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY | 3,574 |
| BNSF RAILWAY CO. | 3,079 |
| NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY | 2,859 |
| SDF, INC. | 2,651 |

## Caveats

FCC ULS weekly files, licensed services only (no amateur, GMRS, ship or aircraft). Carriers hold licenses under many entity names.

## Sources

- [FCC Universal Licensing System public access files](https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/data/public-access-files-database-downloads), read through the Pushbuild [FCC Radio Licenses API](https://pushbuild.com/apis/fcc-radio-licenses.html) on 2026-11-07

Data as of 2026-11-07. Every figure in this post is in the table above and the CSV below.

Download the data behind this post: [b4-fcc-top-license-holders.csv](https://pushbuild.com/apis/analysis/data/b4-fcc-top-license-holders.csv)

## Get this data

Every number in this post comes from the [FCC Radio Licenses API – Search ULS by Licensee, Frequency or Place](https://pushbuild.com/apis/fcc-radio-licenses.html). $0.0008 per row returned; every key gets $1 of free usage each month.

```
curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/fcc-radio-licenses/run \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"licensee": "Verizon", "maxItems": 20}'
```

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As of 2026-11-07. Source: https://pushbuild.com/apis/analysis/largest-fcc-radio-license-holders/