ROHN

What ROHN does

ROHN Products, LLC is a privately held, Peoria, Illinois-based manufacturer of engineered steel tower and pole structures serving telecommunications, utility/energy, government/security, and amateur/consumer end markets. Founded in 1948 by Dwight Rohn and operating today as an LLC after regaining independence in 2008, the company runs a Tower Products Division at #1 Fairholm Avenue and a Tubular Products Division at 6800 W. Plank Road that includes an on-site hot-dip galvanizing kettle. Its product portfolio spans guyed towers (25G through 80/90 series, capable of heights up to 500+ feet), self-supporting towers (G-Series, RSL, RTL, SSV, SSMW, ranging from 20' to 190'), telescoping masts, fold-over towers, steel utility poles, and a family of non-penetrating roof and wall mounting accessories. Core proprietary technology includes the Zig-Zag® solid rod bracing trademark, AISC-certified fabrication, AWS-certified welding and inspection, in-house ultrasonic testing, and a 25-year library of tower and foundation design drawings referenced through ROHN-developed structural design software layered on top of Power Line Systems' third-party analysis tools.

The company's business model is overwhelmingly a hardware sales model, monetizing manufactured galvanized steel structures either directly to enterprise buyers (telecom carriers, utilities, government/military) or through 40+ authorized distributors in North America and international representatives. GTM is segmented: a dedicated Telecommunications Sales team (cellular, PCS, broadband, broadcast), a Utility Sales team with an inside sales manager and regional rep firms, and a Distribution Sales team. ROHN also generates ancillary professional services revenue through a Documentation Services line that prices assembly drawings at $550, combined geotechnical/foundation data at $800, and replacement IDs at $100 on a pay-as-you-go basis. Marketing relies on industry trade shows (Connect X, UTC, SEE, ASCE), social media, and a documentation-rich website.

ROHN's market position is anchored by 75+ years of brand recognition, the AISC quality stamp present on every utility structure, capital-intensive vertically integrated manufacturing with in-house galvanization, and a global installed base spanning every continent including a 1968 Antarctica deployment. The company addresses customer pain points around hurricane-grade wind survivability, minimal land footprint for self-supporting designs, and quick prefabricated deployment. Customer concentration is diversified across infrastructure verticals (telecom, utility, government, consumer), with named end-user categories including cellular/PCS carriers, police and fire departments, military and government installations, wind energy operators, utility companies, and broadcast communications stations.

Name

ROHN

Legal name

ROHN Products, LLC

Website

https://rohnnet.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ROHN Products, LLC is a Peoria, Illinois-based manufacturer of engineered galvanized steel towers, poles, and mounting structures serving telecommunications carriers, electric utilities, government/military, and consumer/amateur radio markets. The company operates AISC-certified fabrication with on-site hot-dip galvanization and sells via direct enterprise sales teams and 40+ authorized distributors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Telecommunications Tower Manufacturing

NAICS

Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing (332322), Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction (237130)

SIC

Fabricated Structural Metal Products (3440)

akta.pro primary industry

Poles, Towers & Structures (wood/steel/concrete poles, lattice towers, monopoles, crossarms) (EUADADAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Structural & Civil Engineering for Sites (Design, Reinforcement, Foundations) (HDAIAKAI), Pole, Tower & Structure Installation / Replacement (Distribution) (EUAEACAE), Engineering design services (line design, substation design, civil/structural) (EUADAKAG)

Keywords

• Communication tower manufacturing
• Guyed tower design
• Self-supporting towers
• Steel utility poles
• Hot-dip galvanization

Headquarters

HQ city

Peoria

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tower and Pole Product Sales: ROHN generates primary revenue through the manufacture and sale of communication towers, utility poles, and related structures including guyed towers, self-supporting towers, telescoping masts, and steel poles. Products are sold directly and through distribution partners.
2. Documentation Services: ROHN provides documentation services for existing structures including assembly drawings, foundation drawings, geotechnical reports, and replacement IDs for a fee.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ROHN designs, manufactures, and sells engineered steel communication towers, utility poles, and related support structures, including guyed towers, self-supporting towers, telescoping masts, fold-over towers, bracketed towers, and pre-engineered steel poles. Products are hot-dip galvanized and AISC-certified, with heights ranging from 20 feet to over 500 feet, serving telecommunications carriers, electric utilities, government and military installations, broadcast operators, and amateur radio/consumer customers globally. The company also provides paid documentation services (assembly drawings, foundation drawings, geotechnical reports) for existing tower structures.

Product overview

ROHN is a tower manufacturing company offering a comprehensive portfolio of engineered utility structures for telecommunications, utilities, and security applications. The product lineup includes multiple tower types organized by structural design: Guyed Towers (25G, 45G, 45GSR, 55G, 65G, 65GSR, 80/90 Series) for heights from 190' to 500'+; Self-Supporting Towers (G-Series, RSL, RTL, SSV, SSMW) ranging from 20' to 190'; Telescoping Masts (H Series in 20'-50' heights); and Fold-Over Towers (55FK with ground-level access). Supporting infrastructure includes Non-Penetrating Roof Mounts (25GBRM, BRM4, BRM6, JRM, FRM, TRT), Wall Mounts, and Steel Poles (Light Duty, Pre-Engineered Utility, Tapered, Flanged). All products feature hot-dip galvanization for corrosion protection and are certified by the American Institute of Steel Construction. The company serves telecommunications, utility, and security industries with both standard pre-engineered designs and custom engineered solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 25G Guyed Tower Lightweight guyed tower with double bolted joints, available in standard 10' lengths and 7' UPS-shippable lengths, designed for telecom, broadband, amateur radio, and consumer communications.
• 45G Guyed Tower Multi-use guyed tower with heavy steel tube legs providing excellent strength for applications up to 300 feet.
• 45GSR Guyed Tower Heavy duty guyed tower with solid leg design, available in 10' and 20' sections for higher load applications.
• 55G Guyed Tower Rugged guyed tower designed for unusual wind loading and height requirements up to 400 feet, available in 10' tower sections.
• 65G Guyed Tower High-strength guyed tower with prefabricated welded sections, providing excellent rigidity and superior strength up to 500 feet (guyed) or 80 feet (self-supporting).
• 65GSR Guyed Tower Heavy duty version of the 65G with solid leg design and extra heavy bracing, available in 10' and 20' sections.
• 80/90 Guyed Tower Series High-strength guyed towers for microwave, cellular, PCS, television and radio broadcast, with 41' face (#80) for economical multi-purpose use and 60' face (#90) for heavy duty applications and collocation.
• G-Series Self-Supporting Tower Lightweight self-supporting antenna towers with low land area usage, available in 25G (up to 40'), 45G (up to 45'), 55G (up to 50'), and 65G (up to 60') variants.
• RSL Self-Supporting Tower Lightweight self-supporting tower for broadband and security applications, reaching 20' to 100' with high strength u-shaped legs and lap splice connection.
• RTL Self-Supporting Tower Pre-engineered self-supporting tower in Light, Medium, and Heavy standard designs from 40' to 190' for commercial, broadband, public safety, and security applications.
• SSV Self-Supporting Tower Time-tested self-supporting tower using angle steel cross bracing with Zig-Zag brace pattern, providing excellent strength-to-cost ratio for cellular, PCS, microwave, public safety, broadcast, surveillance, and weather stations.
• SSMW Self-Supporting Tower High wind and ice condition tower with a unique K-braced system using pipe braces, designed for heavy load applications.
• H Series Telescoping Mast Heavy duty telescoping masts available in 20', 30', 40' and 50' heights using 1-1/4" 16 gauge galvanized tubing for the top section, featuring interior tube flanging and a double crimped exterior tube design.
• 55FK Fold-Over Tower Self-supporting 55G tower with a hinged base allowing the top section to lower to ground level for maintenance, available in heights from 20' to 60' based on 90 mph wind conditions.
• G-Series Bracketed Tower Tower installed adjacent to buildings using bracket securing in one or two locations, available in heights from 40' to 100' for 25G, 45G and 55G models with Zig-Zag bracing pattern.
• Light Duty Steel Pole Pre-engineered light application steel pole designed for direct embedment with quick aggregate backfill, available in heights from 30 feet to 150 feet for broadband, WiFi, and security camera mounts.
• Pre-Engineered Steel Utility Pole Light duty steel utility pole offered as an alternative to wood poles, available for direct embed or flange installations with hot-dip galvanized coating or weathering steel option.
• Tapered and Flanged Steel Pole Steel pole with a small footprint offering tapered and flanged designs, aesthetically pleasing and hot-dip galvanized for corrosion-free use.
• 65G Security Camera Tower Security tower supporting cameras at military and government installations, with 65G tower sections supporting 14.5 square feet of camera in 90 mph conditions with 1/2" ice, in standard heights from 10' to 50'.
• Non-Penetrating Roof Mounts (25GBRM, BRM4, BRM6, JRM, FRM, PRM6, NPPK) Ballast and fixed roof mounts for PCS, wireless cable, DBS, and UHF/VHF reception, supporting various mast diameters and base sizes.
• G-Series Antenna Wall Mount Wall mount enabling wall mounting of a bracketed 25G Guyed Tower base with increased load capacity, hot-dip galvanized.
• Pole Wall Mount Pole wall mount supporting Satellite, PCS, Cellular, and Microwave antennas, accepting up to 5-1/2" OD pipe, hot-dip galvanized.
• One-Legged Gable Mount (1LG) Universal mount installable on any part of any building for home, TV, MMDS, and DBS antennas with 1-1/4" mounting pipe.
• TRT Tripod Roof Tower Tripod roof tower with universal mast clamp supporting up to 1-3/4" diameter mast, compact folding design with bolt-on swivel feet.
• Tower Documentation Services Documentation services for existing tower structures, including assembly drawings, foundation drawings, geotechnical reports, and replacement IDs. Assembly drawings with/without foundation drawings priced at $550, combined geotechnical report and structure/foundation data at $800, and replacement ID at $100.

Quantifiable outcome

• Towers survive hurricane force winds and direct hits from hurricanes
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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AI maturity

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered standard and historical.

• ISP SuppliesstandardChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorStocking distributor for consumer towers, parts and accessories based in College Station, TX serving ISP and communication equipment markets.
• TESSCO TechnologiesstandardChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMajor wireless communications equipment distributor based in Hunt Valley, MD offering ROHN products through established distribution channels.
• Talley CorporationstandardChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistribution partner with multiple locations in Santa Fe Springs CA, Lewisville TX, and Olathe KS serving wireless infrastructure markets.
• E.L. Flowers & AssociatesstandardChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional sales representative firm covering utility structure sales with multiple sales contacts across US regions.
• Radian (acquired ROHN assets in 2004)historicalOthersCanadian-based company that purchased ROHN assets in 2004 and formed a separate ROHN division offering towers ranging from 25G to the largest broadcast towers in the world.
• Unarco/UnR-IndustrieshistoricalOthersAcquired ROHN in the early 1970s creating a ROHN division of Unarco; later consolidated to UNR-Industries before ROHN became independent again in 1997.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Sabre Industries: Sabre Industries is a leading manufacturer of engineered structural steel products including telecom towers, utility poles, and lattice/self-supporting structures, directly competing with ROHN across its core guyed and self-supporting tower lines for telecom and utility customers.
• Nello Corporation: Nello manufactures pre-engineered steel utility poles, substation structures, and lattice towers serving investor-owned utilities and telecom carriers, directly comparable to ROHN's pre-engineered utility pole and switch/substation steel offerings.
• Allstate Tower: Allstate Tower manufactures guyed and self-supporting telecom towers, antenna mounts, and related accessories, competing with ROHN across cellular, broadcast, and public-safety communications customers in the U.S. market.
• Dis-Tran Steel: Dis-Tran Steel fabricates engineered transmission and distribution substation steel, lattice towers, and tubular poles for utilities, directly competing with ROHN's heavy-duty transmission/distribution and substation structure business.
• Trylon TSF: Trylon is a Canadian-headquartered manufacturer of galvanized steel telecom towers (guyed, self-supporting, monopole) and related accessories, competing directly with ROHN's guyed tower lineup for wireless carrier and broadcast customers.

Others

• TESSCO Technologies: TESSCO is a value-added distributor of wireless infrastructure products including ROHN towers, antennas, and cabling. While not a manufacturer-competitor, TESSCO is a channel partner of ROHN and a useful comparable for the wireless infrastructure ecosystem ROHN serves.

Emerging players

• Aluma Tower: Aluma Tower specializes in lightweight aluminum telescoping masts and trailer-mounted towers used in public safety, broadcast, and military applications, partially overlapping with ROHN's H-Series telescoping mast and fold-over tower product lines.
• Kenwood Tower: Kenwood Tower is a U.S. manufacturer and installer of guyed and self-supporting communication towers serving amateur radio, public safety, and small wireless carrier markets, overlapping with ROHN's amateur/consumer and small-scale telecom segments.

Broad incumbents

• Valmont Industries: Valmont Industries is a large, diversified manufacturer of steel poles, lattice towers, and engineered infrastructure products for utility, lighting, and telecom markets. It is a broad incumbent that competes with ROHN in pre-engineered steel utility poles and telecom structures but at significantly greater scale.

Regional players

• Til-Tek: Til-Tek is a Canadian manufacturer of tubular steel towers, antenna masts, and pre-engineered structures serving telecom, utility, and security markets, comparable to ROHN's product portfolio but primarily focused on the Canadian market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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