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Alcohol permits in Wisconsin

Name: Wisconsin Federal Alcohol Permit Holders
Creator: PlainAlcohol
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

Every TTB Federal Basic Permit holder in Wisconsin - wineries, distilleries, importers, and wholesalers, from the public List of Permittees.

984
Total permits: #22
National rank: 16.6
Per 100k residents: 263
Cities covered

Wisconsin in one line

Wisconsin holds 984 federal alcohol permits, led by wholesalers (434) - at 16.6 per 100,000 residents, the 38th densest state.

#22
by total permits: #38
by permits per capita: 251
wineries: 123
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 Wisconsin's 984 permits split across the four classes.

Wholesalers434 · 44%

Wineries251 · 26%

Importers176 · 18%

Distilleries123 · 13%

Milwaukee

119
Madison

54
LA Crosse

30
Green Bay

26
Brookfield

16
Eau Claire

16
Waunakee

15
New Berlin

15
Hartland

12
Pewaukee

12

All permit holders (984)

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Name	City	Class	Permit #
Crook & Marker LLC	Random Lake	Wholesaler	WI-P-21203
Dadaist Dadaist LLC	Milwaukee	Wholesaler	WI-P-21206
Dairyair, LLC	Beloit	Wholesaler	WI-P-21071
Dare Wine Company LLC Dare Wine Company LLC	Waunakee	Wholesaler	WI-P-21144
Dead Bird Brewing Company	Madison	Wholesaler	WI-P-21108
Dean Distributing of Northern Wisconsin LLC	Arbor Vitae	Wholesaler	WI-P-21021
Dean Distributing, INC.	Rhinelander	Wholesaler	WI-P-15116
Dean Distributing, INC.	Green Bay	Wholesaler	WI-P-3239
Death's Door Spirits, LLC	Madison	Wholesaler	WI-P-15075
Deluxe Wine and Spirits INC	De Pere	Wholesaler	WI-P-21117
Demon Spirits, LLC	Hudson	Wholesaler	WI-P-21119
Badger South Depere Liquor CO., L.L.C.	Fond Du Lac	Wholesaler	WI-P-3154
Dewitt's Northern Church Goods, LLC	Green Bay	Wholesaler	WI-P-15078
Dipsovino, LLC	Sheboygan	Wholesaler	WI-P-21087
Dirt Rocks LLC	Cashton	Wholesaler	WI-P-21158
West Bend Beer Sales Discount Liquor, INC.	Milwaukee	Wholesaler	WI-P-2502
Vie de Vin Distinctive Wine Company LLC	New Berlin	Wholesaler	WI-P-21109
MLK DR. Wholesale Liquor Dnyke Unlimited LLC	Milwaukee	Wholesaler	WI-P-21288
Doane Distributing INC.	Ashland	Wholesaler	WI-P-3255
DR Meister Beer Company	Hartland	Wholesaler	WI-P-21099
Drewrys Distributing Company LLC	Shullsburg	Wholesaler	WI-P-21216
Drink Wisconsinbly Beverage Company, LLC	Milwaukee	Wholesaler	WI-P-21266
Drinkin' Buds Hemp LLC Drinkin' Buds Hemp LLC	Sheboygan	Wholesaler	WI-P-21297
Fall Mart E&K Fall Mart LLC	Fall Creek	Wholesaler	WI-P-21212
El Rey Beer LLC	Glendale	Wholesaler	WI-P-15132
Ela Cider Company, LLC	Rochester	Wholesaler	WI-P-21063
Sundance Distribution Elaine Wandler	Necedah	Wholesaler	WI-P-21138
Electra Beverages LLC	Lake Geneva	Wholesaler	WI-P-21184
Elite Wines LLC Elite Wines LLC	Brookfield	Wholesaler	WI-P-21294
Elkhart Lake Brewing Company Elkhart Lake Brewing Company LLC	Waukesha	Wholesaler	WI-P-21051
European Liquors Emin Buzhunashvili LLC	Madison	Wholesaler	WI-P-21091
Engelhardt Dairy of Wisconsin, LLC	Kewaskum	Wholesaler	WI-P-21265
Enoch Melgarejo	Madison	Wholesaler	WI-P-21224
Epic Moments, LLC	Wisconsin Rapids	Wholesaler	WI-P-21174
Ernisse Distributors LLC	Jackson	Wholesaler	WI-P-21215
Esser Distributing Company, INC.	Cross Plains	Wholesaler	WI-P-3232
Euro Craft Importers, LLC	Hartland	Wholesaler	WI-P-15092
Feral Wines Evan Dvorsak	Viroqua	Wholesaler	WI-P-21222
Evarardo Curiel	Green Bay	Wholesaler	WI-P-15074
Everythingbetter LLC	Merrill	Wholesaler	WI-P-21257
Export, INC	Middleton	Wholesaler	WI-P-15123
Fabiano Brothers - Wisconsin, LLC	Weston	Wholesaler	WI-P-21022
Fat Boy Beverage Company	Oak Creek	Wholesaler	WI-P-15050
Flanigan Distributing Flanigan Distributing of Door County, INC.	Sturgeon Bay	Wholesaler	WI-P-15129
Flanigan Distributing Flanigan Distributing of Door County, INC.	Sturgeon Bay	Wholesaler	WI-P-2905
Flying Blue Imports Flying Blue Imports, LLC	Brookfield	Wholesaler	WI-P-21129
For What's Next, INC.	Milwaukee	Wholesaler	WI-P-21221
Fox 400 Brewing LLC	Waukesha	Wholesaler	WI-P-15083
Frank Beer Distributors, INC.	Middleton	Wholesaler	WI-P-2887
Frank Beer Distributors Frank Beer South, LLC	Milton	Wholesaler	WI-P-21186

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Frequently asked questions

How many federal alcohol permits are in Wisconsin?

Wisconsin has 984 active federal alcohol Basic Permits - 251 wineries, 123 distilleries, 176 importers, and 434 wholesalers. That is the 22nd most of any U.S. state or territory.

What is Wisconsin's per-capita permit rate?

Wisconsin has 16.6 federal alcohol permits per 100,000 residents (U.S. Census Vintage-2023 population), ranking 38th by density. Per-capita rates are high in wine- and spirits-producing states with smaller populations.

Which Wisconsin city has the most permit holders?

Milwaukee leads Wisconsin with 119 federal alcohol permit holders, followed by Madison, LA Crosse, Green Bay.

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

All permit holders (984)

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