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Alcohol permits in California

Name: California Federal Alcohol Permit Holders
Creator: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB)
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

Every TTB Federal Basic Permit holder in California - wineries, distilleries, importers, and wholesalers, from the public List of Permittees.

20,928
Total permits: #1
National rank: 53.7
Per 100k residents: 896
Cities covered

California in one line

California holds 20,928 federal alcohol permits, led by wholesalers (9,309) - at 53.7 per 100,000 residents, the 2nd densest state.

#1
by total permits: #2
by permits per capita: 6,399
wineries: 561
distilleries

Source: TTB List of Permittees (April 2025) · Census Vintage-2023 population.

According to the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) List of Permittees, published April 2025, 83,590 federal alcohol Basic Permits are on file across 52 states and territories. This page lists every holder with premises in the state, drawn directly from that public federal record; see the methodology for details.

Permit mix

How California's 20,928 permits split across the four classes.

Wholesalers9,309 · 44%

Wineries6,399 · 31%

Importers4,659 · 22%

Distilleries561 · 3%

Napa

1,798
Los Angeles

838
Paso Robles

641
Santa Rosa

622
San Francisco

573
Healdsburg

535
San Diego

500
Saint Helena

489
Sonoma

482
Calistoga

336

All permit holders (20,928)

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Name	City	Class	Permit #
Solune Winegrowers LLC	Grass Valley	Wholesaler	CA-P-15040
So Max Somax Brewery	Los Angeles	Wholesaler	CA-P-21872
Sommselect Somm, INC.	Napa	Wholesaler	CA-P-23369
Sommglobal INC	Napa	Wholesaler	CA-P-27224
Sommpicks LLC	Daly City	Wholesaler	CA-P-23511
Sommras Sommras, LLC	Rancho Cordova	Wholesaler	CA-P-25645
Creative Wines International Sona Wines, INC.	Santa Rosa	Wholesaler	CA-P-16968
Sonic Max INC.	South el Monte	Wholesaler	CA-P-24287
Sonoma Bespoke LLC	Napa	Wholesaler	CA-P-26413
Sonoma Beverage Group Sonoma Beverage Group LLC	Santa Rosa	Wholesaler	CA-P-23878
Sonoma Beverage Group LLC	Oakland	Wholesaler	CA-P-24085
Sonoma County Select Wines, LLC	Santa Rosa	Wholesaler	CA-P-22812
Adler Fels Sonoma Estate Vintners, LLC	Santa Rosa	Wholesaler	CA-P-21647
Sonora International CORP	Commerce	Wholesaler	CA-P-26753
Sons & Dotters Sons & Dotters LLC	San Diego	Wholesaler	CA-P-26622
Sons of Bacchus, LLC	Gonzales	Wholesaler	CA-P-8612
Occidental Trading CO. Soo Young Kim	San Rafael	Wholesaler	CA-P-17846
Sophie Enterprise, LLC	Napa	Wholesaler	CA-P-24540
Sophie James Sophie James LLC	Petaluma	Wholesaler	CA-P-23732
Sorta Stuff, INC.	Santa Ana	Wholesaler	CA-P-23014
Sosi Fine California Wine LLC	San Pablo	Wholesaler	CA-P-23342
Sotaques LLC	San Diego	Wholesaler	CA-P-26192
Soulmates Wines Soulmates Wines, LLC	Stockton	Wholesaler	CA-P-18096
Source & Sink LLC	Napa	Wholesaler	CA-P-24589
Source Diversified, INC.	San Clemente	Wholesaler	CA-P-15868
Sourceu LLC	San Francisco	Wholesaler	CA-P-22687
Sous Rature Wine Company Sous Rature Wine Company, LLC	Napa	Wholesaler	CA-P-26504
South Fork Vine South Fork Vine LLC	Coloma	Wholesaler	CA-P-26913
South Park Spirits INC	Studio City	Wholesaler	CA-P-22831
Southern California Trading CORP.	El Segundo	Wholesaler	CA-P-15267
Beer & Wine Unlimited Southern California Wine Merchants, INC.	San Diego	Wholesaler	CA-P-4888
Southern Cross Wine INC.	Santa Monica	Wholesaler	CA-P-18652
Southern Glazer's Ca North Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC	Red Bluff	Wholesaler	CA-P-18625
Southern Glazer's Ca South Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC	Bishop	Wholesaler	CA-P-19058
Southern Glazer's Ca South Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC	Cerritos	Wholesaler	CA-P-19059
Southern Glazer's Ca North Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC	Fresno	Wholesaler	CA-P-19060
Southern Glazer's Ca North Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC	Marina	Wholesaler	CA-P-19061
Southern Glazer's Ca South Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC	North Hollywood	Wholesaler	CA-P-19062
Southern Glazer's Ca South Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC	Oxnard	Wholesaler	CA-P-19063
Southern Glazer's Ca South Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC	Palm Desert	Wholesaler	CA-P-19064
Southern Glazer's Ca South Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC	Riverside	Wholesaler	CA-P-19065
Southern Glazer's Ca North Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC	Rohnert Park	Wholesaler	CA-P-19066
Southern Glazer's Ca North Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC	Sacramento	Wholesaler	CA-P-19067
Southern Glazer's Ca South Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC	San Diego	Wholesaler	CA-P-19068
Southern Glazer's Ca North Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC	San Francisco	Wholesaler	CA-P-19069
Southern Glazer's Ca South Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC	Santa Fe Springs	Wholesaler	CA-P-19070
Southern Glazer's Ca North Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC	Stockton	Wholesaler	CA-P-19071
Southern Glazer's Ca North Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC	Union City	Wholesaler	CA-P-19072
Southern Glazer's Ca North Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC	Union City	Wholesaler	CA-P-19073
Southern Glazer's Ca North Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC	Union City	Wholesaler	CA-P-19074

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Frequently asked questions

How many federal alcohol permits are in California?

California has 20,928 active federal alcohol Basic Permits - 6,399 wineries, 561 distilleries, 4,659 importers, and 9,309 wholesalers. That is the 1st most of any U.S. state or territory.

What is California's per-capita permit rate?

California has 53.7 federal alcohol permits per 100,000 residents (U.S. Census Vintage-2023 population), ranking 2nd by density. Per-capita rates are high in wine- and spirits-producing states with smaller populations.

Which California city has the most permit holders?

Napa leads California with 1,798 federal alcohol permit holders, followed by Los Angeles, Paso Robles, Santa Rosa.

Are breweries included?

No. Breweries do not hold an FAA Basic Permit, they operate under a Brewer's Notice (IRC §6103, protected from disclosure), so they are not in the public TTB List of Permittees this directory is built from.

Where does this data come from?

The TTB FOIA "List of Permittees," published April 2025, public U.S. government data, reformatted without alteration.

Sources: TTB FOIA List of Permittees (April 2025) · U.S. Census Bureau Vintage-2023 population estimates for per-capita rates (Verify with the Census Bureau →). Reformatted without alteration; confirm any record against the official TTB list.

Every figure on PlainAlcohol is rendered directly from federal TTB permit data, no number is typed in by an editor. This state count 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, or report a data error.

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