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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 #
Triangle Wine Center Taste Everything, LLC	Durham	Wholesaler	NC-P-15036
Temperance Distilling Temperance Distilling Company	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15412
The 1970, LLC	Farmville	Wholesaler	NC-P-21624
The Blue Ridge Distributing Company, INC.	Newton	Wholesaler	NC-P-1788
Winebow The Country Vintner of North Carolina, LLC	Greensboro	Wholesaler	NC-P-3012
Tca Distribution The Craft Ambassadors, LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21346
Edrington Americas The Edrington Group USA, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21179
The French Wine Bureau, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21311
The Frontline Collection The Frontline Collection LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21696
Lamassu Arak The Lamassu Group, LLC	Hickory	Wholesaler	NC-P-21393
Oyster House Brewing CO. The Lobster Trap, INC.	Asheville	Wholesaler	NC-P-15223
Southern Artisan Spirits The Mauney Group LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15291
Distillerie Vinet Ege Sa The McKenzie River Corporation	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15161
The Mills Groupe The Mills Groupe LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21368
The Urban Tasting Room The Nine 2 Wine CO.	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21484
The Old Nick Williams Company, INC.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21230
The Old Nick Williams Company, INC.	Lewisville	Wholesaler	NC-P-21284
The Payton Distribution Group, LLC	Rocky Mount	Wholesaler	NC-P-21527
Gibby's Ale The Realest Solution INC	West End	Wholesaler	NC-P-21400
The SG Beverage Company, INC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21404
Well Crafted Wine & Beverage CO. The Spanish Wine Importers LLC	Morrisville	Wholesaler	NC-P-21708
The Unknown Barrelworks LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21256
The Wine Connection The Wine Connection CORP.	Arden	Wholesaler	NC-P-15083
Middle James Brewing Company Third Half Brewing Company, LLC	Pineville	Wholesaler	NC-P-21608
Thomas Rogers Distillers INC.	Mebane	Wholesaler	NC-P-21136
Three Sisters Cidery LLC	Hendersonville	Wholesaler	NC-P-21075
Three Stacks Distilling CO., LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21304
Tied House Beverage, LLC	Castle Hayne	Wholesaler	NC-P-15270
Cocky Girl Wine & Cocktails Tiffany Miller	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21679
Ting's Technology & International Trading, LLC	Chapel Hill	Wholesaler	NC-P-21071
Tobacco Road Distillers, INC.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21036
Top of the Hill Distillery Top Spirits LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15345
Topper's Rhum USA, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21155
Torrey Wayne Debnam	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21454
Mama Sake Distributor Toth Somsnith	Wilmington	Wholesaler	NC-P-15331
Traust Brewing Company Traust Brewing Company, LTD.	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21426
Trey Herring's Craft Spirits, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15351
Tropicazo Trading LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21578
Twocan Fermentive Trugrit LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-21435
Twocan Fermentive Trugrit LLC	Mount Holly	Wholesaler	NC-P-21529
Tryon Back Door Distillery, LLC	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-21159
Tryon Distributing, LLC	Durham	Wholesaler	NC-P-15397
Tryon Distributing Company Tryon Distributing, LLC	Charlotte	Wholesaler	NC-P-2058
TTK Distribution	Holly Springs	Wholesaler	NC-P-21202
TTR Products CORP.	Morrisville	Wholesaler	NC-P-21296
Tunnel Creek Vineyards Tunnel Creek Winery, LLC	Roxboro	Wholesaler	NC-P-21356
Twisted Oaks Vineyards, LLC	Julian	Wholesaler	NC-P-21570
Two Oceans CORP. Two Oceans CORP, INC.	Raleigh	Wholesaler	NC-P-15174
United Beverages of North Carolina, LLC	Hickory	Wholesaler	NC-P-3083
United Carolina Beverages, LLC	Concord	Wholesaler	NC-P-21709

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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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