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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 #
Elephants Corner Wines Elephants Corner Wines LLC	Winston Salem	Wholesaler	NC-P-21447
Elevated Mountain Distilling Company Elevated Mountain Distilling Company, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21239
Elysium Holding, INC.	Fuquay Varina	Wholesaler	NC-P-21586
Empire Distributors of North Carolina, INC.	Pineville	Wholesaler	NC-P-1817
Empire Distributors of North Carolina, INC.	Durham	Wholesaler	NC-P-1904
Empire Distributors of North Carolina, INC.	Wilmington	Wholesaler	NC-P-1905
Empire Distributors of North Carolina, INC.	Mills River	Wholesaler	NC-P-1906
Empire Distributors of North Carolina, INC.	Greensboro	Wholesaler	NC-P-21048
Empire Distributors of North Carolina Empire Distributors of North Carolina, INC.	Apex	Wholesaler	NC-P-21548
End of the Vine End of the Vine INC.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21061
Eod Distillery Eod Distillery LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21385
Epicur Wines, LLC	Wake Forest	Wholesaler	NC-P-15042
Ginmans Erica Inman and Thomas Inman	Mint Hill	Wholesaler	NC-P-21639
Etruscan Imports LLC	Greensboro	Wholesaler	NC-P-21345
Euda Wine, LLC	Mill Spring	Wholesaler	NC-P-21558
European Cellars, LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-3079
Everything Foods LLC	Winston-Salem	Wholesaler	NC-P-15358
Executive Wines, INC.	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-15103
Executive Wines, INC.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15300
Executive Wines, INC.	Wilmington	Wholesaler	NC-P-15338
Exotic Selections Exotic Selections LLC	Matthews	Wholesaler	NC-P-21551
F & O Distribution, LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21583
F. Korbel & Bros.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-3063
Fabrizia Spirits, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21123
Peruvian Market Facro Drms LLC	Chapel Hill	Wholesaler	NC-P-21383
Fainting Goat Spirits, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21191
Fetzer Vineyards	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15414
TK Mulligan Fifth Tee, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21581
Filibuster Barrels LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21148
Finally Hers LLC	Indian Trail	Wholesaler	NC-P-21349
Fine Acre, LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21657
Fine Mezcal Distributors Fine Mezcal Distributors LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21576
Fine Wine Trading Company	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-3061
Fire Pit Enterprises LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21562
Firestarter Spirits, INC.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15321
Fizzwerks LLC	Durham	Wholesaler	NC-P-21632
Flat Rock Cider Works Flat Rock Cider Works, L.L.C.	Dana	Wholesaler	NC-P-15370
Flatrock Brewing Company	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21494
FLC Holdings, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21054
Flint Hill Vineyards INC..	East Bend	Wholesaler	NC-P-15037
Foley Family Wines Foley Family Wines, INC.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15237
Foothills Distillery, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21096
Foothills Tourism Committee, INC	Hickory	Wholesaler	NC-P-21533
Fortune International Company LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21263
Four Roses Distillery LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15215
Four Saints Brewing Company, LLC	Asheboro	Wholesaler	NC-P-21590
Fox Distributing CO., INC. Fox Distributing CO., INC.	Shelby	Wholesaler	NC-P-1728
Frank-Lin Distillers Products, LTD.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-2048
Red Oak Brewpub Franklin's Off Friendly, INC.	Greensboro	Wholesaler	NC-P-2092
Free World Trade Free World Trade INC.	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21246

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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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