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Alcohol permits in Santa Ana
95 TTB Basic Permit holders with Santa Ana, California premises — wineries, distilleries, importers, and wholesalers from the August 2026 FOIA file.
- 95
- Permit holders
- 312,534
- ACS 2024 population estimate
- 51
- Wholesalers
- 2
- Distilleries
- California
- State
Santa Ana in one line
Santa Ana, California: 95 federal alcohol Basic Permits on file; wholesalers are the largest class (51).
- 30.4 per 100k
- permit-premises density
- #96 of 11,126
- national city rank
- #34 of 889
- California city rank
Source: TTB FOIA List of Permittees, August 2026 · U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2024 5-year estimate.
Full Santa Ana directory (95 holders). Names link to individual permit pages with class, DBA, and TTB permit number where published.
Santa Ana vs nearby California cities
Santa Ana ranks 34th in California — compare the adjacent cities by federal permit count below.
Four permit classes in Santa Ana
Wholesalers lead (51, 54%), followed by 42 importers and 2 distilleries across 95 TTB premises.
All 95 permit holders Show list
How Santa Ana compares within California
Santa Ana ranks 34th of 889 cities in California by permit count; Napa leads the state with 1,811 holders.
The 95 permit holders listed here represent 0.5% of California's 21,002 statewide Basic Permits in the August 2026 TTB extract — a city-level slice of the federal registry, not a local liquor-license roll.
Nationwide, Santa Ana sits at #96 of 11,126 U.S. cities with at least one permit premises in the TTB file — placement by count only, not production volume or retail outlets.
The U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 2024 five-year estimate puts Santa Ana's population at 312,534. That works out to 30.4 federal Basic Permit premises per 100,000 residents in this registry — a premises-density comparison, not a measure of alcohol production or consumption.
Named holders in this extract include Blinking Owl Distillery, LLC, Bear and Eagle Products, A&A Empire Imports (+92 more), spanning 51 wholesalers, 42 importers, 2 distilleries.
Frequently asked questions
How many federal alcohol permit holders are in Santa Ana, California?
Santa Ana has 95 active Basic Permits in the August 2026 TTB extract, led by wholesalers (51). Breweries are excluded (Brewer's Notice, not published).
Where does Santa Ana rank among California cities?
Santa Ana ranks 34th of 889 cities in California; Napa leads with 1,811 holders.
How does Santa Ana rank nationally for TTB permit cities?
Santa Ana is #96 of 11,126 U.S. cities with at least one permit premises in the TTB file (count rank only).
Which producers appear in the Santa Ana extract?
Examples from this city's table: Blinking Owl Distillery, LLC, Bear and Eagle Products, A&A Empire Imports, Ancestral Agave Imports LLC, plus 91 more in the full list.
Source: TTB FOIA List of Permittees, published August 2026, public U.S. government data, reformatted without alteration. Verify with the TTB → · View the ACS population estimate →
According to the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau's List of Permittees, the August 2026 List of Permittees source contains 84,273 federal Basic Permit records. PlainAlcohol renders those records directly from the source; no figure is typed in by an editor. 95 TTB premises addresses grouped under Santa Ana, California — a federal registry view, not a municipal liquor-license roll. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data & editorial changelog, or report a data error.