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Alcohol permits in Illinois

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

2,309
Total permits: #8
National rank: 18.4
Per 100k residents: 384
Cities covered

Illinois in one line

Illinois holds 2,309 federal alcohol permits, led by wholesalers (1,136) - at 18.4 per 100,000 residents, the 33rd densest state.

#8
by total permits: #33
by permits per capita: 204
wineries: 115
distilleries

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

Data updated July 2026

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 Illinois's 2,309 permits split across the four classes.

Wholesalers1,136 · 49%

Importers854 · 37%

Wineries204 · 9%

Distilleries115 · 5%

Chicago

679
Elk Grove Village

43
Elgin

41
Bolingbrook

38
Skokie

32
Naperville

29
Joliet

27
Aurora

26
Des Plaines

26
Northbrook

26

All permit holders (2,309)

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Name	City	Class	Permit #
Eagle Lake Distributing Eagle Lake Restaurant, INC.	Fairview Heights	Wholesaler	IL-P-15100
Earl Gaudio and Son, INC.	Tilton	Wholesaler	IL-P-2502
East Wholesale East Wholesale LLC	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21678
Eastal, INC.	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21036
Ecofood Distribution LLC Ecofood Distribution LLC	Schiller Park	Wholesaler	IL-P-21578
Ecvall, L.L.C.	Hinsdale	Wholesaler	IL-P-15325
Egizii Distributing Company	Springfield	Wholesaler	IL-P-21149
Martine's Wines Eight Bottles, LLC	Bolingbrook	Wholesaler	IL-P-21672
El Rancho El Rancho, LLC	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21278
El Rancho El Rancho, LLC	Elgin	Wholesaler	IL-P-21587
The Classy Little Wine Box Elabee Corporation	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21599
Elevage Wines, LLC	Elgin	Wholesaler	IL-P-15469
Elgin Beverage Company	Bartlett	Wholesaler	IL-P-2422
Elite Wine & Spirits, INC.	Oak Brook	Wholesaler	IL-P-15524
Elk Grove Distributors LLC	Lincolnwood	Wholesaler	IL-P-21736
Ella Wines & Imports CORP	Hanover Park	Wholesaler	IL-P-21555
Ellavin Ellavin LLC	Skokie	Wholesaler	IL-P-21531
Histrionic Brewlab Emerald Pool LLC	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21547
Ene Logistic Company	Lincolnwood	Wholesaler	IL-P-15371
Eno + Imports, INC.	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-15490
Entitled Wines, LLC	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21323
The Enye Group Enye Distribution Group, LLC	Elk Grove Village	Wholesaler	IL-P-15229
Epicureo INC.	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21136
Epochal LLC	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21666
Ermun, INC.	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21116
Essentia Distributors Essentia Distributors INC	Naperville	Wholesaler	IL-P-21354
Euclid Beverage LLC	North Aurora	Wholesaler	IL-P-21050
Euclid Beverage LLC	Galesburg	Wholesaler	IL-P-21051
Euclid Beverage LLC	Peru	Wholesaler	IL-P-21057
Euro Liquor, LLC	Schaumburg	Wholesaler	IL-P-21338
Euro-Pound Logistics LLC	Glenview	Wholesaler	IL-P-21523
European Beer Importers, INC.	Melrose Park	Wholesaler	IL-P-3787
European Wine Distributing, INC.	Westchester	Wholesaler	IL-P-3789
Evanston Cellars, LLC	Evanston	Wholesaler	IL-P-21056
Expedition Wines & Spirits, LLC	Winnetka	Wholesaler	IL-P-15037
F Corporate Holdings, INC.	Western Springs	Wholesaler	IL-P-21367
Fantis Imports, INC.	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-3541
Fareway Stores #059 Fareway Stores, INC.	Geneseo	Wholesaler	IL-P-15494
Fareway Stores #988 Fareway Stores, INC.	Moline	Wholesaler	IL-P-15495
Farmer's Pride Import CORP.	Northbrook	Wholesaler	IL-P-21568
Fathers of Freedom Beer LLC	Godfrey	Wholesaler	IL-P-21746
Felix Lady Imports LLC	Chicago	Wholesaler	IL-P-21174
Fergusoncares Fergusoncares, INC.	Westchester	Wholesaler	IL-P-21512
Fiers Breweries, LLC	Geneseo	Wholesaler	IL-P-21253
Fik Distributing Fik Distributing INC	Justice	Wholesaler	IL-P-21543
Fine Brands International LLC	Schiller Park	Wholesaler	IL-P-21739
Fine Vines, L.L.C.	Melrose Park	Wholesaler	IL-P-3595
Fine Wines, LLC	Bannockburn	Wholesaler	IL-P-15460
Fino Fino Tequila, LLC	Zion	Wholesaler	IL-P-21293
Fino Fino Tequila, LLC	Zion	Wholesaler	IL-P-21294

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Frequently asked questions

How many federal alcohol permits are in Illinois?

Illinois has 2,309 active federal alcohol Basic Permits - 204 wineries, 115 distilleries, 854 importers, and 1,136 wholesalers. That is the 8th most of any U.S. state or territory.

What is Illinois's per-capita permit rate?

Illinois has 18.4 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 679 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 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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