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Alcohol permits in North Carolina

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

1,899
Total permits: #10
National rank: 17.5
Per 100k residents: 306
Cities covered

North Carolina in one line

North Carolina holds 1,899 federal alcohol permits, led by wholesalers (983) - at 17.5 per 100,000 residents, the 34th densest state.

#10
by total permits: #34
by permits per capita: 307
wineries: 185
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 North Carolina's 1,899 permits split across the four classes.

Wholesalers983 · 52%

Importers424 · 22%

Wineries307 · 16%

Distilleries185 · 10%

Raleigh

436
Charlotte

208
Durham

69
Wilmington

58
Asheville

55
Winston-Salem

41
Greensboro

37
Concord

27
Wake Forest

23
Cary

23

All permit holders (1,899)

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Name	City	Class	Permit #
Low Country Imports Beaufort Imports LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15206
Bellion Spirits LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21072
Bennett Distributing Company, INC.	Salisbury	Wholesaler	NC-P-1492
Bep Vietnamese Kitchen LLC	Holly Springs	Wholesaler	NC-P-21522
Berber Barrels LLC	Wake Forest	Wholesaler	NC-P-21672
Better Beverage Importers CO.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-3029
Beverage Assets LLC	Clemmons	Wholesaler	NC-P-21704
Big C Wines LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21114
Big City Gyros & Pita, LLC	Williamston	Wholesaler	NC-P-15371
Biltmore Estate Wine Company, LLC	Asheville	Wholesaler	NC-P-21367
Bite Wines Bite LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21689
Classic Wines Bjt, INC.	Cary	Wholesaler	NC-P-15169
Mutual Distributing Company Bjt, INC.	Kill Devil Hills	Wholesaler	NC-P-2037
Sapphire Brands Black Diamond Spirits, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15160
Black Flag Trade INC. Black Flag Trading Company INC.	Greensboro	Wholesaler	NC-P-21100
Libertry and Plenty Distillery Blu Distilling Company LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21438
Blue Ridge Distilling CO., INC.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21026
Blue Ridge Vineyards Blue Ridge Worldwide, INC	Winston Salem	Wholesaler	NC-P-15100
Blue Shark Vodka, LLC	Wilmington	Wholesaler	NC-P-21412
BMG Cellars, LLC	Huntersville	Wholesaler	NC-P-21009
Bodhi International LLC	Clemmons	Wholesaler	NC-P-21143
Bold Rock Partners LP	Mills River	Wholesaler	NC-P-21432
Boone Beer Company Boone Brewing Company, LLC	Vilas	Wholesaler	NC-P-15253
Bottle Diplomacy Bottle Diplomacy, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21560
Bottle Diplomacy, LLC	Durham	Wholesaler	NC-P-21575
Bottle Tree Beverage Company, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21110
Bottletree Beer CO Bottletree Beer CO., LLC	Tryon	Wholesaler	NC-P-15252
Boundary Oak Distillery Boundary Oak Distillery LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15408
Boxer, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21122
Boz Spirits Boz Spirits, INC.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15079
Braided Oaks Spirits, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15369
Brandon Hills Vineyard, LLC	Yadkinville	Wholesaler	NC-P-15225
Brazos Wine Imports, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21144
Brefni INC.	Pittsboro	Wholesaler	NC-P-21099
Brickell Wines LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21571
Bring the Wine Bring the Wine, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21315
British West Indies Trading Company USA British West Indies Trading Company USA, LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21111
British West Indies Trading Company USA, LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21469
Broad Branch Distillery, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21294
The Brothers Vilgalys Spirits Company Brothers Vilgalys Spirits LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21030
Brown-Forman Corporation	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-1563
The Joe Garneau CO., Brown-Forman Distillers Import CO. Brown-Forman Corporation	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-1567
Brutopia Brutopia, LLC	New Bern	Wholesaler	NC-P-21394
Budweiser of Asheville, INC.	Fletcher	Wholesaler	NC-P-1979
Budweiser of Sylva Budweiser of Asheville, INC.	Sylva	Wholesaler	NC-P-1980
Buffalo City Distillery, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21474
Bull Ventures INC.	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21483
Buoka Olasimbo	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21115
Sherman Distribution Button Down Brewing Company LLC	Morrisville	Wholesaler	NC-P-21452
Southern Champion Buzzballz, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15395

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Frequently asked questions

How many federal alcohol permits are in North Carolina?

North Carolina has 1,899 active federal alcohol Basic Permits - 307 wineries, 185 distilleries, 424 importers, and 983 wholesalers. That is the 10th most of any U.S. state or territory.

What is North Carolina's per-capita permit rate?

North Carolina has 17.5 federal alcohol permits per 100,000 residents (U.S. Census Vintage-2023 population), ranking 34th by density. Per-capita rates are high in wine- and spirits-producing states with smaller populations.

Which North Carolina city has the most permit holders?

Raleigh leads North Carolina with 436 federal alcohol permit holders, followed by Charlotte, Durham, Wilmington.

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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