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Alcohol permits in Illinois

Name: Illinois Federal Alcohol Permit Holders
Creator: PlainAlcohol
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Every TTB Federal Basic Permit holder in Illinois - wineries, distilleries, importers, and wholesalers, from the public List of Permittees.

2,342
Total permits: #8
National rank: 18.7
Below median · per 100k: 385
Cities covered

Count rank ≠ density rank

Illinois holds 2,342 federal alcohol permits (#8 of 52 by count) but ranks #33 at 18.7 per 100,000 residents — count rank and density rank diverge on this state.

#8
by total permits: #33
by permits per capita: 2,342
permits in state: 18.7/100k
residents

Source: TTB List of Permittees (August 2026) · Census Vintage-2023 population.

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Data updated September 2026

Illinois vs all states by federal permit count

Where this state's TTB Basic Permit count sits among every state and territory on PlainAlcohol

2,342 8th of 52 higher than 44 of 52 states

States, banded by federal alcohol Basic Permit count

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Source TTB List of Permittees · August 2026

Permit mix

How Illinois's 2,342 permits split across the four classes.

Wholesalers1,154 · 49%

Importers867 · 37%

Wineries204 · 9%

Distilleries117 · 5%

Chicago

694
Elk Grove Village

45
Elgin

43
Bolingbrook

38
Skokie

32

Illinois alcohol industry score

One composite grade from Illinois's own TTB permit data, benchmarked against every other state and territory PlainAlcohol tracks (not an external industry standard). A state missing an input is graded on the remaining dimensions alone -- the missing weight moves to them rather than deflating the score.

D 40

Producer density D

18.7 / 100k residents

TTB-permitted producers per 100,000 residents

Industry diversity F

61/100

1 minus the Herfindahl index across distillery/winery/importer/wholesaler permit shares -- higher means no single permit type dominates

City coverage F

3.1 / 100k residents

Distinct cities with a TTB-permitted producer, per 100,000 residents

Source: TTB List of Permittees, August 2026, and U.S. Census Vintage-2023 population. See methodology.

All permit holders (2,342)

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Name	City	Class	Permit #
Steward Family Spirits Steward Family Spirits LLC	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21509
Grey Eagle Distributors Stokes Distributing, LLC	Belleville	Wholesaler	IL-P-15500
Stolen Spirits LLC	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21356
Streamline Beverage, LLC	Elmhurst	Wholesaler	IL-P-21246
Stubing & Gannon, LTD.	Elgin	Wholesaler	IL-P-21571
Summit Craft Beverages LLC	Saint Charles	Wholesaler	IL-P-15513
Sunlight Capital LLC	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21390
Suntory RTD North America LLC	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21708
Super Free Super Free LLC	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21573
Superior Beverage, INC.	Montgomery	Wholesaler	IL-P-2649
Superior Fresh, INC.	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-3434
Sur Coast Incorporated	Deerfield	Wholesaler	IL-P-21124
Sweiss Group, LLC	Arlington Heights	Wholesaler	IL-P-15116
T and D Beverage LLC	Woodstock	Wholesaler	IL-P-21391
Elenteny Imports T. Elenteny Holdings, LLC	Elgin	Wholesaler	IL-P-21570
T. Elenteny Imports T. Elenteny Holdings, LLC	Bolingbrook	Wholesaler	IL-P-21153
Hodala Taiwan Hops INC.	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21700
Vintner Imports Tantika Imports, INC.	Elk Grove Village	Wholesaler	IL-P-3464
Tastings Import Company	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-3800
Tasty Tee LLC	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21650
Ti Wines and Spirits Taurus Imports, INC.	Arlington Heights	Wholesaler	IL-P-21029
Tavolo Vigneto of Illinois Tavolo Vigneto of Illinois LLC	Valmeyer	Wholesaler	IL-P-21226
Tavolo Vigneto, LLC	Columbia	Wholesaler	IL-P-21261
Tbull Corporation	Wauconda	Wholesaler	IL-P-21375
TD Import Export Company	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-15395
TKG Tequila Team Klauer Grit Tequila Company LLC	Elgin	Wholesaler	IL-P-21773
Tec-Mex Imports, INC.	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-3696
Farmers and Artists Ten Angry Pitbulls, INC.	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21020
Tenzing Wine & Spirits, LLC	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-15386
Tenzing Wine & Spirits, LLC	Cicero	Wholesaler	IL-P-21217
Tequila Tino Distributor LLC	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21205
Terra Selections INC	Bolingbrook	Wholesaler	NY-P-21632
Terraneo Merchants Terraneo Merchants, INC.	Skokie	Wholesaler	IL-P-15515
Terre D'oltrepo Wines Terre D'oltrepo Wines LLC	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21669
Testa Produce, INC.	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21603
Testa Rossa Spirits, LLC	Alsip	Wholesaler	IL-P-21420
Thames River Group Incorporated	Des Plaines	Wholesaler	IL-P-15388
Thatcher's Imports Thatcher's LLC	Skokie	Wholesaler	IL-P-21782
The Best Is Yet to Come Brewing, INC.	Joliet	Wholesaler	IL-P-21787
The Beverage Incubators LLC	Elk Grove Village	Wholesaler	IL-P-21690
The Hopewell Brewing Company, LLC	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-15531
The Hum Spirits Company, LLC	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-15328
The Intuition Spirit Group The Intuition Spirit Group LLC	Roscoe	Wholesaler	IL-P-21175
The Italian Spirits Company, LLC	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21670
The Lagunitas Brewing Company	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21455
TLG Wines The Lively Grove LLC	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21062
The Old G The Old G, LLC	Elgin	Wholesaler	IL-P-21742
Original Wine Company The Original Wine Company, LLC	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21011
The PGF Group LLC	Wilmette	Wholesaler	IL-P-21347
Coastal Spritz The Rose Spritz, INC.	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21462

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Frequently asked questions

How many federal alcohol permits are in Illinois?

Illinois has 2,342 active federal alcohol Basic Permits - 204 wineries, 117 distilleries, 867 importers, and 1,154 wholesalers. That is the 8th most of any U.S. state or territory.

What is Illinois's per-capita permit rate?

Illinois has 18.7 federal alcohol permits per 100,000 residents (U.S. Census Vintage-2023 population), ranking 33rd by density. Per-capita rates are high in wine- and spirits-producing states with smaller populations.

Which Illinois city has the most permit holders?

Chicago leads Illinois with 694 federal alcohol permit holders, followed by Elk Grove Village, Elgin, Bolingbrook.

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 August 2026, public U.S. government data, reformatted without alteration.

Reading Illinois's count-vs-density split

Illinois holds 2,342 federal alcohol permits (#8 of 52 by count) but ranks #33 at 18.7 per 100,000 residents — count rank and density rank diverge on this state. Federal Basic Permits authorize FAA Act activity, not retail sale, and are not a substitute for the state ABC license.

Source: TTB FOIA List of Permittees, published August 2026, public U.S. government data, reformatted without alteration. Per-capita rates use U.S. Census Bureau Vintage-2023 population (Verify with the Census Bureau →). Confirm any record against the official TTB Public Permit Search. For informational purposes only; see our disclaimer.