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Top 25 Cell phone carriers based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 184 cell phone carriers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 108,066 professional contacts across them, including 10,289 with verified work emails. Dallas is the largest hub.
This list covers cell phone carriers headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest cell phone carriers based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 73,993 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “As the supercharged Un-carrier, T-Mobile US, Inc.(NASDAQ: TMUS) is powered by an award-winning 5G network that connects more people, in more places, than ever before.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 7,008 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Cricket, we help customers stress less and smile more by providing an easy, high-quality, and affordable wireless experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 6,210 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “UScellular is now part of T-Mobile” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 3,462 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mobile technology shapes how people live, work, and stay connected - and Victra sits at the center of that evolution.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 1,755 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Consumer Cellular has more than four million customers nationwide and is a top-rated wireless provider that markets no-contract cellphones and service plans primarily to those…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 1,438 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Doing business as Alltel Wireless, Allied Wireless Communications Corporation (AWCC) is a wireless telecommunications provider based in Little Rock, Arkansas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 1,327 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wireless Advocates is a leading provider of wireless products and services both online and in nearly 700 retail locations nationwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 725 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “As one of the largest partners to major wireless carriers in the United States, Mobilelink is experiencing rapid growth and quickly becoming the preferred wireless retailer of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 392 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “5G & MEC Acceleration” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 355 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mint Mobile launched in 2016 as the smarter way to do wireless.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 252 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “My Wireless aims to better the lives of our team members with Journeys that install responsible habits and useful skills to realize aspirations, one milestone at a time.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 228 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Blue Link Wireless is proud to be one of the largest AT & T Authorized Retailers in the country, and we’re just getting started!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 189 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “There’s a big difference between a network and a community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 183 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Leap provides innovative, high-value wireless services to a young and ethnically diverse customer base.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 154 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1998 by Montana grown entrepreneur - Adam Kimmet, Cellular Plus is the fastest growing Verizon Wireless Authorized Retailers in the Northwest.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 112 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Carolina West Wireless was formed in 1991 and is owned by a partnership consisting of Skyline Telephone and Surry Telephone.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 97 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since its start in 2015, Sun Com Mobile has grown consistently to the present day.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 80 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Next Generation Wireless started in 2001, with two retail locations in Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 77 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Inland Cellular is a regionally owned and operated wireless company with nationwide service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 76 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Headquartered in Fort Lee, NJ, Locus Telecommunications is an established, leading provider of long distance, wireless, point-of-sale and carrier services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 72 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “proudly operates 16 AT & T retail store locations across Michigan, delivering exceptional wireless solutions to our communities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 64 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 2008, R Wireless is a Verizon Authorized Retailer serving communities across the East Coast.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Every great legacy starts with a single step.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 59 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 2015, RXP Wireless has continually strives to be a driving force in the wireless industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sage Telecom, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: cell phone carriers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names cell phone carriers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of cell phone carriers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name cell phone carriers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Cell phone carriers based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 184 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among cell phone carriers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “cell phone carriers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names cell phone carriers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among cell phone carriers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 10,289 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names cell phone carriers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many cell phone carriers are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 184 cell phone carriers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
T-Mobile, headquartered in Bellevue, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most cell phone carriers?
Dallas leads with 6 headquartered companies, followed by Houston (5) and Arlington (3).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 10,289 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 184 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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