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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 #
Prime Beverage Group, LLC	Huntersville	Wholesaler	NC-P-21554
Prime Beverage Imports, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15377
Prince Johnson Winery, LLC	Clarkton	Wholesaler	NC-P-21067
Prohibition Beverage, INC.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15214
Prospect Hill Craft Beer Distributors Prospect Hill Enterprises, LLC	Prospect Hill	Wholesaler	NC-P-15360
Prost Beverage Company, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15368
Prowood Wine and Spirits Prowood Holdings, INC.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15180
Three Olives Company Proximo Spirits, INC.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15138
Purcellos 1789 Purcellos 1789	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21556
Pure Holdings, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21018
Pure Spirits, LLC	Kitty Hawk	Wholesaler	NC-P-15260
Purple Toes INC	Jamestown	Wholesaler	NC-P-15216
PZ Culture PZ Culture, LLC	Matthews	Wholesaler	NC-P-21600
Que Chulada LLC	Monroe	Wholesaler	NC-P-21371
Queen of Wines Queen of Wines, LLC	Concord	Wholesaler	NC-P-15380
Queen Spirits, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21550
Quirillo-Pace, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21052
R & C Distributors / the Wine Folks, LLC	Monroe	Wholesaler	NC-P-15281
American Premium Beverage R. H. Barringer Distributing Company, Incorporated	Colfax	Wholesaler	NC-P-15139
R. H. Barringer Distributing Company, Incorporated	Linwood	Wholesaler	NC-P-15342
R. H. Barringer Distributing Company, Incorporated	Greensboro	Wholesaler	NC-P-1935
R. H. Barringer Distributing Company, Incorporated	Winston Salem	Wholesaler	NC-P-1937
R. H. Barringer Distributing Company, Incorporated	Elon College	Wholesaler	NC-P-1938
R. H. Barringer Distributing Company, Incorporated	North Wilkesboro	Wholesaler	NC-P-2022
R. H. Barringer Distributing Company, Incorporated	Hickory	Wholesaler	NC-P-21324
R. H. Barringer Distributing Company, Incorporated	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21381
R. H. Barringer Distributing Company, Incorporated	Hickory	Wholesaler	NC-P-21659
R.S. Lipman Company, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21279
Rsvp Communications R.S.V.P. Communications, INC.	Greensboro	Wholesaler	NC-P-21327
Rabelais Wines LLC	Durham	Wholesaler	NC-P-21084
Ocean South Imports Rabelais Wines LLC	Morrisville	Wholesaler	NC-P-21592
Rad Beverage Company LLC	Concord	Wholesaler	NC-P-21458
Raffaldini Vineyards & Winery, LLC	Ronda	Wholesaler	NC-P-15012
Raleigh Rum Company LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21120
Ranch Hand LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21543
Rapier Solutions, INC. Rapier Solutions, INC.	Matthews	Wholesaler	NC-P-21416
Rated Ag Rated Ag LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21525
Rdu African and Caribbean Market LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21622
Red Oak Crossing, LLC	Weaverville	Wholesaler	NC-P-15106
Redd Brands Redd Brands, LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21382
American Spirits Exchange Limited Redemption Spirits LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15323
Republic National Distributing Company Republic National Distributing Company, LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21465
Republic National Distributing Company Republic National Distributing Company, LLC	Wake Forest	Wholesaler	NC-P-21595
Reservoir Distillery, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21251
Resident Culture Brewing Company, LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21291
RH1 Drinks, INC.	Greensboro	Wholesaler	NC-P-15366
Rickety Bridge Rickety Bridge Winery INC.	High Point	Wholesaler	NC-P-21117
Rise Over Run INC.	Woodfin	Wholesaler	NC-P-21267
River de Vine Vineyards River de Vine Vineyards, INC.	Boonville	Wholesaler	NC-P-15296
Robert Walter Selections Robert Walter Selections INC.	Asheville	Wholesaler	NC-P-15235

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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.

Permit mix

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