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Top US cities by alcohol permits

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U.S. cities ranked by federal alcohol permit holders, wineries, distilleries, importers, and wholesalers that list the city as their premises in the TTB List of Permittees.

Napa
#1 city: 1,811
Permit holders: 24.6%
Share in top 50: 11,126
Cities covered

The leaderboard in one line

Napa, California leads all U.S. cities with 1,811 federal alcohol permit holders; the #50 cutoff to make this list is 162 (Lompoc, California).

1,811
#1 · Napa: 162
#50, the cutoff to make this list: 24.6%
of holders in the top 50: 11,126
U.S. cities covered

Source: TTB FOIA List of Permittees, August 2026.

According to the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) List of Permittees, published August 2026, 84,273 federal alcohol Basic Permits are on file across 11,126 U.S. cities. These 50 cities concentrate the most permit holders; each links to its full local directory. See the methodology for how cities are attributed.

State concentration in the top 50

How many of the 50 leading cities sit in each state.

California 19 cities Florida 5 cities Texas 4 cities Washington 3 cities New York 2 cities

Top 50 cities by permit holders

#	City	Permit holders	Wineries	Importers	Wholesalers
1	Napa, California	1,811	797	235	755
2	Miami, Florida	1,235	9	662	550
3	New York, New York	1,117	7	555	553
4	Los Angeles, California	848	9	367	460
5	Houston, Texas	790	60	322	378
6	Chicago, Illinois	694	21	291	362
7	Brooklyn, New York	666	15	272	343
8	Paso Robles, California	645	465	34	130
9	Santa Rosa, California	625	258	78	281
10	San Francisco, California	579	58	179	331
11	Portland, Oregon	559	73	134	324
12	Healdsburg, California	540	312	42	175
13	Seattle, Washington	538	61	149	297
14	San Diego, California	501	34	192	252
15	Saint Helena, California	493	213	46	231
16	Sonoma, California	479	229	58	186
17	Las Vegas, Nevada	454	1	203	242
18	Denver, Colorado	443	19	140	258
19	Raleigh, North Carolina	437	7	111	313
20	Austin, Texas	419	36	177	190
21	Atlanta, Georgia	352	19	146	166
22	Washington, District of Columbia	350	10	166	160
23	Dallas, Texas	335	26	143	153
24	Calistoga, California	330	167	25	134
25	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	279	23	93	137
26	San Antonio, Texas	279	16	133	116
27	Doral, Florida	262	1	141	119
28	Walla Walla, Washington	260	221	8	24
29	Louisville, Kentucky	255	10	61	143
30	Orlando, Florida	247	8	115	117
31	San Jose, California	238	14	82	137
32	ST. Helena, California	235	132	20	78
33	Sebastopol, California	213	114	13	82
34	Woodinville, Washington	213	156	16	30
35	Tampa, Florida	211	10	88	99
36	Oakland, California	210	9	74	123
37	Charlotte, North Carolina	210	8	70	118
38	Lodi, California	208	113	20	70
39	Phoenix, Arizona	206	2	82	109
40	Newberg, Oregon	198	101	12	79
41	Nashville, Tennessee	190	15	42	115
42	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	184	22	53	92
43	American Canyon, California	181	28	59	92
44	Buellton, California	181	140	11	28
45	Cincinnati, Ohio	173	29	49	75
46	Baltimore, Maryland	165	17	55	81
47	Temecula, California	164	108	19	29
48	San Juan, Puerto Rico	164	3	76	73
49	Jacksonville, Florida	163	4	69	82
50	Lompoc, California	162	114	8	37

Counts use the city listed on each TTB permit. Wine-region cities rank high because wineries cluster around growing regions; distribution-hub cities rank high on importers and wholesalers.

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Source: TTB FOIA List of Permittees, published August 2026. City assignments use self-reported premises addresses. Federal permits reflect licensing, not operational status; confirm any record against the official TTB Public Permit Search.

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. This ranking is rendered directly from the TTB List of Permittees, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data & editorial changelog, or report a data error.