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Single TTB permit in Blue Grass

One federal Basic Permit lists a Blue Grass, Iowa premises address in the TTB August 2026 extract (wholesaler).

1
Permit holders
1,972
ACS 2024 population estimate
1
Wholesalers
0
Importers
Iowa
State

Blue Grass in one line

Blue Grass, Iowa: 1 federal alcohol Basic Permits on file; wholesalers are the largest class (1).

50.7 per 100k
permit-premises density
#7800 of 11,126
national city rank
#188 of 325
Iowa city rank

Source: TTB FOIA List of Permittees, August 2026 · U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2024 5-year estimate.

The sole permit row below is the complete Blue Grass inventory in this TTB vintage.

Blue Grass vs nearby Iowa cities

Blue Grass ranks 188th in Iowa — compare the adjacent cities by federal permit count below.

1 of 1 Basic Permits in Blue Grass are wholesalers premises — a single-class city in the August 2026 TTB file.

Blue Grass among cities by permit count and density

Source: TTB List of Permittees; population from Census Bureau estimates 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Total Permits (X) and Permits per 100k (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Big & denseSmall & denseBig & sparseSmall & sparse 05001,0001,5002,000 050,000100,000150,000200,000250,000 Total Permits Permits per 100k Blue Grass among cities by permit count and density
Source: TTB List of Permittees; population from Census Bureau estimates

Each dot is a city (a representative sample by permit count and density, 30 of 8678 cities shown), positioned by total permits (left to right) against permits per 100k residents (bottom to top). The dividers sit at the median across all 8678 cities with a measurable population. Blue Grass is highlighted.

All 1 permit holders Show list
Name Class
Jeff's Market

Thoma Enterprises, INC.

Wholesaler

How Blue Grass compares within Iowa

Blue Grass ranks 188th of 325 cities in Iowa by permit count; Des Moines leads the state with 68 holders.

The 1 permit holders listed here represent 0.1% of Iowa's 1,238 statewide Basic Permits in the August 2026 TTB extract — a city-level slice of the federal registry, not a local liquor-license roll.

Nationwide, Blue Grass sits at #7,800 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 Blue Grass's population at 1,972. That works out to 50.7 federal Basic Permit premises per 100,000 residents in this registry — a premises-density comparison, not a measure of alcohol production or consumption.

This is a single-permit city: Jeff's Market holds the only federal Basic Permit with a Blue Grass premises address in this vintage.

Frequently asked questions

How many federal alcohol permit holders are in Blue Grass, Iowa?

Blue Grass has 1 active Basic Permits in the August 2026 TTB extract, led by wholesalers (1). Breweries are excluded (Brewer's Notice, not published).

Where does Blue Grass rank among Iowa cities?

Blue Grass ranks 188th of 325 cities in Iowa; Des Moines leads with 68 holders.

How does Blue Grass rank nationally for TTB permit cities?

Blue Grass is #7,800 of 11,126 U.S. cities with at least one permit premises in the TTB file (count rank only).

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. 1 TTB premises addresses grouped under Blue Grass, Iowa — 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.