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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 #
Muddy River Distillery LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21029
Murto Made Murto Made, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21323
Murto Made, LLC	Huntersville	Wholesaler	NC-P-21466
Must Distributing, LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21001
Myers Beverage Mystery Brewing Company, LLC	Hillsborough	Wholesaler	NC-P-15289
Mystic Farm & Distillery, INC.	Durham	Wholesaler	NC-P-21620
Moon Dog Meadery and Bottle Shop Mystic Meadery LLC	Durham	Wholesaler	NC-P-21479
Nccga of CT National Consumer Credit Guarantee Association of Connecticut, INC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21302
Native Brews Native American Beverage Company INC.	Cherokee	Wholesaler	NC-P-21389
Buen Amigo Brands Naturel West CORP.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15000
Navai Logistics INC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21669
Carolina Craft Distributing NC Carolina Craft Acquisitions, LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-15312
NC Craft Exports LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21370
Turner Wine Imports Netwinery, LLC	Morrisville	Wholesaler	NC-P-3081
New Belgium Brewing Company, INC.	Candler	Wholesaler	NC-P-21140
New Third Leaf Wines, LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21664
Next Century Spirits Manufacturing, LLC	Zebulon	Wholesaler	NC-P-21631
Nexwone, LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21042
Harlem Beer Distributing of NC Nfinite Technologies Group, LLC	Durham	Wholesaler	NC-P-21245
Harlem Beer Distributing NC Nfinite Technologies Group, LLC	Rocky Mount	Wholesaler	NC-P-21467
Niche Logistics of North Carolina, LLC	Concord	Wholesaler	NC-P-21667
Nicholas Enterprises, INC.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-3009
Nimba Holdings Nimba Holdings, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21610
Noble and Dominick Trading, LLC	Cornelius	Wholesaler	NC-P-3082
Noble Country Noble Country, INC	Hickory	Wholesaler	NC-P-15396
Nolane LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21116
Nomacorc, LLC	Zebulon	Wholesaler	NC-P-15057
Norsemen's Mead CO Norsemen's Mead CO	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21460
North Carolina Wine Distributors, L.L.C.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21176
O. E. Durant, INC.	Wilmington	Wholesaler	NC-P-1629
O. E. Durant, INC.	Wilmington	Wholesaler	NC-P-21147
Oak & Grist Distilling Company L.L.C.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21274
Oaklore Distilling Company LLC	Matthews	Wholesaler	NC-P-21538
Oaklore Distilling Company LLC	Matthews	Wholesaler	NC-P-21630
Oaklore Distilling Company LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21666
Oaklore Distilling Company LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21688
Obx Beverage Company	Elizabeth City	Wholesaler	NC-P-21476
Cape Wines Ocean South Importers INC.	Wilmington	Wholesaler	NC-P-15030
Octane Octane Spirits LLC	Lexington	Wholesaler	NC-P-21647
Oenophilia, INC.	Hillsborough	Wholesaler	NC-P-1988
Old Bull Beverage LLC	Cary	Wholesaler	NC-P-21076
Old Forge Distillery, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21325
Old Homeplace Vineyard Old Homeplace Vineyard, LLC	Winston Salem	Wholesaler	NC-P-21220
Old North State Winery Old North State Winery, INC.	Mount Airy	Wholesaler	NC-P-15066
Ole Smoky Distillery, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15341
Omar Guendulain	Franklin	Wholesaler	NC-P-21568
Omnistate Distribution LLC	Durham	Wholesaler	NC-P-21472
Exporter and Importer of Alcohol Onatech-Group LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21588
Onyx Zealot Distributor LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21541
House of Spirits Oregon Brewing Company	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15376

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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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