Original data research from PlainAlcohol. Every page draws current numbers directly from the source dataset; no numbers are hardcoded.
What this research covers
PlainAlcohol research maps the live TTB List of Permittees across 84,273 active federal Basic Permits in 52 states and 11,126 cities, including 18,120 winery and 5,670 distillery permits.
Permit counts measure federal registry presence, not production volume, sales, or on-premise outlets.
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) permit data ranking US states by total count of active federal Basic Permits across wineries, distilleries, importers, and wholesalers. Draws current numbers directly from the states dataset.
City-level breakdown of the TTB federal permit registry. PlainAlcohol ranks US cities by total count of active permits across the winery, distillery, importer, and wholesaler classes, surfacing the dense urban clusters that anchor the regulated alcohol trade.
PlainAlcohol breaks down the TTB federal permit registry by the four permit classes, winery, distillery, importer, and wholesaler, surfacing the overall distribution of permits across the regulated supply chain.
Bonded winery Basic Permits only, states ranked by the winery class count from the live TTB registry extract.
Distilled Spirits Plant permits by state, absolute DSP counts from the TTB List of Permittees.
Importer Basic Permits by state, coastal and large-market concentration from the federal registry.
Download the 52-jurisdiction TTB permit landscape cited on this page: ttb-state-landscape.csv (CC0). Method notes live on /statistics and /methodology.