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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 #
Break Zone Billiards Orian Corporation, INC.	Burlington	Wholesaler	NC-P-15096
Outer Banks Distilling Outer Banks Craft Distilling LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21154
Outer Banks Hard Seltzer LLC	Southern Shores	Wholesaler	NC-P-21585
Owl's Eye Vineyard Owl's Eye Vineyard & Winery, LLC	Shelby	Wholesaler	NC-P-15073
P. Comms Int'l, LLC	Waynesville	Wholesaler	NC-P-2082
Bob's Big Gas Subs & Pub P2enterprises, LLC	Winston-Salem	Wholesaler	NC-P-15269
Paddy's Paddy Gibney, LLC	Fayetteville	Wholesaler	NC-P-21464
Painted Pony Vineyards, LLC	Shannon	Wholesaler	NC-P-21278
Pais Selections LLC	Huntersville	Wholesaler	NC-P-21481
Pamlico Distributing Company	Washington	Wholesaler	NC-P-1750
Paragon Wholesale Beverage Company, INC.	Corolla	Wholesaler	NC-P-21232
Paramount Distillers, INC.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15285
Park Street Imports Park Street Imports LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15297
Parlare Wines by Chrissy Parlare Wines BY Chrissy LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21549
Partners and Grapes LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21449
Passing Through Beverage Brands	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21681
Passport Wine Company, LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-15278
Passport Wine Distributors Passport Wine Distributors LLC	Matthews	Wholesaler	NC-P-21171
Terlato Artisan Spirits Paterno Imports, LTD.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15386
Patria Vineyard Patria Vineyard, LLC	Winston Salem	Wholesaler	NC-P-15234
Ibd Global Trading Paul Day	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21087
Peace Out Vapes of Kernersville, LLC	Kernersville	Wholesaler	NC-P-15415
Peak Wines International, INC.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-3075
Pearson & Pearson, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21097
Artisan Brands Pecos Trading, CORP.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21002
Pernod Ricard USA, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-1889
Perry's Berry's Perry's Berry's LLC	Morganton	Wholesaler	NC-P-21424
57 Main Street Imports Peter Andrew LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-3046
Petrea Imports INC Petrea Imports, INC.	Ocean Isle Beach	Wholesaler	NC-P-21523
Petropoulos Imports, INC.	Winston-Salem	Wholesaler	NC-P-21663
Philadelphia Distilling LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21020
Phusion Projects, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21238
Piccione Vineyards Piccione Vineyards LLC	Ronda	Wholesaler	NC-P-21161
Pie Imports, LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21564
Piedmont Distillers, INC.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15031
Piedmont Wine Imports LLC.	Durham	Wholesaler	NC-P-21032
Pine and Oak Distributing Pine and Oak Distribution LLC	Waxhaw	Wholesaler	NC-P-21579
Pine Top Distillery LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21181
Eda Rhyne Distillery Pinnix Distillery, INC.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15404
Pirate Beach Wines Pirate Beach Distributing, LLC	Washington	Wholesaler	NC-P-21125
Pirate Wine LLC	Grimesland	Wholesaler	NC-P-21160
Point Lookout Vineyards INC.	Hendersonville	Wholesaler	NC-P-21197
Pontus Foods LLC	Wallace	Wholesaler	NC-P-21547
Popcorn Sutton Distilling LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15374
Pop•a•holics	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21489
Portfolio Group LLC	Durham	Wholesaler	NC-P-21124
Pretty Ugly Distribution Pretty Ugly Distribution LLC	Moyock	Wholesaler	NC-P-21363
Prichards' Distillery, INC.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15189
Primal Mead LLC	Wilmington	Wholesaler	NC-P-21569
Prime Beverage Group, LLC	Kannapolis	Wholesaler	NC-P-21463

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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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