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Alcohol permits in Skokie
32 TTB Basic Permit holders with Skokie, Illinois premises — wineries, distilleries, importers, and wholesalers from the August 2026 FOIA file.
- 32
- Permit holders
- 66,219
- ACS 2024 population estimate
- 15
- Wholesalers
- 1
- Distilleries
- Illinois
- State
Skokie in one line
Skokie, Illinois: 32 federal alcohol Basic Permits on file; importers are the largest class (16).
- 48.3 per 100k
- permit-premises density
- #387 of 11,126
- national city rank
- #5 of 382
- Illinois city rank
Source: TTB FOIA List of Permittees, August 2026 · U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2024 5-year estimate.
32 permit holders registered to Skokie, Illinois addresses in the TTB extract — click a name for the holder detail page.
Skokie vs nearby Illinois cities
Skokie ranks 5th in Illinois — compare the adjacent cities by federal permit count below.
- Bolingbrook 38 permits (+6 vs Skokie)
- Naperville 31 permits (+1 vs Skokie)
Four permit classes in Skokie
Importers lead (16, 50%), followed by 15 wholesalers and 1 distilleries across 32 TTB premises.
All 32 permit holders Show list
How Skokie compares within Illinois
Skokie ranks 5th of 382 cities in Illinois by permit count; Chicago leads the state with 694 holders.
The 32 permit holders listed here represent 1.4% of Illinois's 2,342 statewide Basic Permits in the August 2026 TTB extract — a city-level slice of the federal registry, not a local liquor-license roll.
Nationwide, Skokie sits at #387 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 Skokie's population at 66,219. That works out to 48.3 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 Take Flight Spirits, Abetter Pour LLC, American Romanian Import Export, INC. (+29 more), spanning 16 importers, 15 wholesalers, 1 distilleries.
Frequently asked questions
How many federal alcohol permit holders are in Skokie, Illinois?
Skokie has 32 active Basic Permits in the August 2026 TTB extract, led by importers (16). Breweries are excluded (Brewer's Notice, not published).
Where does Skokie rank among Illinois cities?
Skokie ranks 5th of 382 cities in Illinois; Chicago leads with 694 holders.
What share of Illinois alcohol permits are in Skokie?
32 of 2,342 statewide Basic Permits (1.4%) list a Skokie premises address in this vintage.
How does Skokie rank nationally for TTB permit cities?
Skokie is #387 of 11,126 U.S. cities with at least one permit premises in the TTB file (count rank only).
Which producers appear in the Skokie extract?
Examples from this city's table: Take Flight Spirits, Abetter Pour LLC, American Romanian Import Export, INC., Awe LLC, plus 28 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. 32 TTB premises addresses grouped under Skokie, Illinois — 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.