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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 #
The Buckminster Spirit CO Slings & Arrows Craft Spirits, LLC	Asheville	Wholesaler	NC-P-21282
Slings & Arrows Craft Spirits, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21283
South Mountain Distilling Company Smbv, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21228
Snively Enterprises LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21047
Soaked Barrel, LLC	Holly Ridge	Wholesaler	NC-P-21319
Social House Vodka, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21236
Sodus Group Trading, LLC	Lexington,	Wholesaler	NC-P-21402
Solitrade Group, LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21428
Ocean South Imports Sommerville Enterprises, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15411
Soulshine LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21314
Sour Grapes Sour Grapes LLC	Asheville	Wholesaler	NC-P-15302
Souther Williams Vineyard Souther Williams Vineyard, L.L.C.	Fletcher	Wholesaler	NC-P-21373
Southerlands Cigar Lounge Southerlands Cigar Lounge	High Point	Wholesaler	NC-P-21531
Southern Belle Imports & Distribution of Nc, INC.	Asheville	Wholesaler	NC-P-21210
Southern Distilling Company, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21233
Southern Glazer's Mid Atlantic Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits Mid Atlantic, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15394
Southern Wicked Beverages Southern Wicked Beverages LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15399
Southern Wicked Beverages LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21262
3 Vodka Distilling CO. Sovereign Brands LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15021
Sovereign Brands LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21270
Spanish Vines, INC.	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-15118
Tru Colors Brewing Spark716 LLC	Wilmington	Wholesaler	NC-P-21473
Spartan Valley Imports LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15310
Speakeasy Spirits Speakeasy Spirits, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15385
Spyrt Worldwide INC	Aberdeen	Wholesaler	NC-P-21601
Stallion Business Ventures LLC	Oak Ridge	Wholesaler	NC-P-21113
Standard Distributors, INC.	Gastonia	Wholesaler	NC-P-1483
Stealth Business Solutions, LLC Stealth Business Solutions LLC	Clemmons	Wholesaler	NC-P-21487
Nishco Stephen Mitchell Herring	Fayetteville	Wholesaler	NC-P-15294
Mayberry Distillery Steven Cox	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21170
Stockholm Imports, INC.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-3071
Stokesworth Wine Company Stokesworth Wine Company, LLC	Denver	Wholesaler	NC-P-21705
Stoli Group (Usa), LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21082
Strategic International Alliance of Marketing Professionals, LLC.	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21445
Sugarlands Distilling Company, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21112
Summit Seltzer Company Summit Seltzer Company, LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21417
Sunrise Wines L.L.C.	Thomasville	Wholesaler	NC-P-15147
Willie's Superbrew Superbrew Acquisition INC.	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21573
Sutter Home Winery, INC.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21055
Symphonia Sellers Symphonia Sellers, LLC	Concord	Wholesaler	NC-P-21668
Syre Brands, LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21683
T Guy Spirits LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21611
Vibe Black Vodka T. Reese Enterprises Incorporated	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21638
Aristotle Spirits Tabula Rasa, CO.	Garner	Wholesaler	NC-P-21453
Bitter Feminist LLC Taburo INC	Cornelius	Wholesaler	NC-P-21545
Tacky Branch Vineyard, LLC	Eden	Wholesaler	NC-P-21528
Aita Wines and More Take 5 Cafe at Lakeview, INC	Durham	Wholesaler	NC-P-21557
Tap House at Carteret Brewing, LLC	Morehead City	Wholesaler	NC-P-21132
Target Marketing and Importing LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15134
Target Marketing and Importing LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21189

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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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