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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 #
The Great Wave Imports LLC	Torrance	Wholesaler	CA-P-25250
Nine North Wine Company The Halcyon Syndicate LTD., LLC	Oakland	Wholesaler	CA-P-17468
The Hidden Sea USA, INC.	Manhattan Beach	Wholesaler	CA-P-26958
Vino Sweet The Honey Wine Company LLC	Pleasanton	Wholesaler	CA-P-21437
The Huntingdon Group, LLC	Sonoma	Wholesaler	CA-P-21508
California Wine Exporters The Impex Group, INC.	Tustin	Wholesaler	CA-P-6276
The Import Guys LLC	Beverly Hills	Wholesaler	CA-P-21754
Broken Barrel Whiskey CO. The Infusery LLC	Los Angeles	Wholesaler	CA-P-25567
The Inner Circle, INC.	Napa	Wholesaler	CA-P-15729
The Italian Wine Trader, LLC	Santa Ana	Wholesaler	CA-P-16491
The Jose Celaya Company, LLC	Manhattan Beach	Wholesaler	CA-P-25937
The Joseph Company International, INC.	Irvine	Wholesaler	CA-P-24266
The Juho Company, INC.	San Francisco	Wholesaler	CA-P-25369
The Krater Good The Krater Good, LLC	Sonoma	Wholesaler	CA-P-23750
The Lagunitas Brewing Company	Petaluma	Wholesaler	CA-P-25233
The Lil Drinks Company LLC	Garden Grove	Wholesaler	CA-P-26646
The Littorai Wines	Sebastopol	Wholesaler	CA-P-7275
Rocky Hill Vineyards The Loop, LLC	Glen Ellen	Wholesaler	CA-P-17419
Malabar The Malabar Beverage Company	Cupertino	Wholesaler	CA-P-23425
Hacienda Robles Vineyards The Mascall Family Trust	Atascadero	Wholesaler	CA-P-26097
The Mascot The Mascot Wine, LLC	Oakville	Wholesaler	CA-P-23941
The McKenzie River Corporation	San Francisco	Wholesaler	CA-P-8849
Le Chanceux The McNerney Family Trust	Napa	Wholesaler	CA-P-16620
The Meeks Collective LLC	Napa	Wholesaler	CA-P-25798
The Morlet Selection, Incorporated	Saint Helena	Wholesaler	CA-P-18734
Seacoast Distributing The Morning Sun Distributing Corporation	San Diego	Wholesaler	CA-P-25137
The Na Beverage Company LLC	San Clemente	Wholesaler	CA-P-26551
The Napa Branding Company LLC,	Napa	Wholesaler	CA-P-17675
The Neighbor Wine Company LLC	Napa	Wholesaler	CA-P-26175
The New Normal, LLC	Los Angeles	Wholesaler	CA-P-23225
The Nipomo Wine Group	Santa Maria	Wholesaler	CA-P-15214
The Nomad The Nomad LLC	Los Angeles	Wholesaler	CA-P-27285
Cost-U-Less The North West Company (International) INC.	San Leandro	Wholesaler	CA-P-26147
Gust Picoulas Nut Company The Nut Guys INC	Stockton	Wholesaler	CA-P-25286
The Old & Rare Wine Company, LLC	Santa Monica	Wholesaler	CA-P-16911
Top Shelf The Old Julian Distillery LLC	Carlsbad	Wholesaler	CA-P-22142
The Organic Cellar LLC	Laguna Beach	Wholesaler	CA-P-17531
The Organic Wine Company, INC.	San Francisco	Wholesaler	CA-P-5227
The Particular Cellar Company, LLC	South Pasadena	Wholesaler	CA-P-26770
The People's Beverage Company	Santa Cruz	Wholesaler	CA-P-23758
The Perfect Sip The Perfect Sip, INC.	San Mateo	Wholesaler	CA-P-23498
The Pfeiffer Brewing Company, INC.	Anaheim	Wholesaler	CA-P-26049
J.R. Wagner Family Vineyards The Phoenix Financial Group, INC	Danville	Wholesaler	CA-P-9320
The Piroski Group, LLC	San Rafael	Wholesaler	CA-P-23680
The Porter Spirits Company LLC	Buellton	Wholesaler	CA-P-25496
The Pour Up LLC	Bay Point	Wholesaler	CA-P-25330
The Preamble Wine CO.	ST. Helena	Wholesaler	CA-P-21284
The Rabbit Hole, LLC	Napa	Wholesaler	CA-P-23297
Valencia Wineries The Ragavan Family 2000 Living Trust	Portola Valley	Wholesaler	CA-P-24533
Red Stitch Wine Group The Red Stitch Wine Group, LLC	Encinitas	Wholesaler	CA-P-17638

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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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