Interactive tool
Permit Explorer
Rank and compare every U.S. state by federal alcohol permits, pick a permit class, sort by total or per-capita, and save states to a shareable watchlist.
- 84,273
- Permits
- 52
- States & territories
- 4
- Permit classes
- 38,957
- Wholesalers (largest class)
What the explorer ranks
This explorer ranks 52 states and territories on 84,273 TTB Basic Permits. California leads on count (21,002); Oregon leads on density (70.0 per 100k). Wholesalers are the largest class nationally (38,957).
- California
- most permits (21,002)
- Oregon
- densest (70.0/100k)
- 38,957
- wholesalers (largest class)
- 52
- states and territories ranked
Source: TTB List of Permittees, August 2026. Per-capita uses Census Vintage-2023 population.
According to the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) List of Permittees, published August 2026, 84,273 federal alcohol Basic Permits are on file across 52 states and territories. This explorer ranks and compares those states by permit class and per-capita rate; pick a class, sort, and save states to a shareable watchlist. See the methodology for how the data is sourced.
What a lookup actually returns
Field completeness across all 84,273 TTB permit records
- Name & permit type (base record)
Name & permit type (base record)
100 % of records
- Permit number
Permit number
100 % of records
- ZIP code
ZIP code
100 % of records
- Permit status
Permit status
100 % of records
- County
County
72.8 % of records
- DBA / trade name
DBA / trade name
51.6 % of records
What this shows Every record carries its base identity, permit number, ZIP, and status; county and DBA (trade name) are on file for most but not all permittees, since TTB doesn't require them uniformly across permit types.
| Save | State | Permits |
|---|---|---|
| California | 21,002 | |
| Florida | 5,936 | |
| New York | 5,887 | |
| Texas | 5,153 | |
| Washington | 4,139 | |
| Oregon | 2,963 | |
| Pennsylvania | 2,450 | |
| Illinois | 2,342 | |
| Virginia | 2,025 | |
| North Carolina | 1,913 | |
| Michigan | 1,881 | |
| Colorado | 1,710 | |
| Ohio | 1,680 | |
| New Jersey | 1,620 | |
| Georgia | 1,503 | |
| Massachusetts | 1,329 | |
| South Carolina | 1,260 | |
| Iowa | 1,238 | |
| Maryland | 1,206 | |
| Missouri | 1,203 | |
| Kansas | 1,109 | |
| Wisconsin | 995 | |
| Arizona | 950 | |
| Kentucky | 946 | |
| Connecticut | 945 | |
| Puerto Rico | 864 | |
| Tennessee | 862 | |
| Nevada | 791 | |
| Minnesota | 771 | |
| Indiana | 680 | |
| Maine | 625 | |
| Mississippi | 556 | |
| New Mexico | 416 | |
| Louisiana | 407 | |
| Idaho | 402 | |
| Arkansas | 383 | |
| District of Columbia | 360 | |
| Alabama | 359 | |
| Vermont | 352 | |
| Delaware | 351 | |
| Oklahoma | 318 | |
| West Virginia | 300 | |
| Hawaii | 296 | |
| Rhode Island | 289 | |
| Montana | 271 | |
| New Hampshire | 263 | |
| Utah | 214 | |
| Nebraska | 187 | |
| Wyoming | 177 | |
| Alaska | 162 | |
| North Dakota | 116 | |
| South Dakota | 116 |
Source: TTB FOIA List of Permittees, August 2026. Per-capita uses U.S. Census Bureau Vintage-2023 population. Watchlist is stored only in your browser.
Download the 52-jurisdiction TTB permit landscape cited on this page: ttb-state-landscape.csv (CC0). Method notes live on /statistics and /methodology.
According to the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau's List of Permittees, the August 2026 List of Permittees source contains 84,273 federal Basic Permit records. PlainAlcohol renders those records directly from the source; no figure is typed in by an editor. The explorer's state comparisons are computed from the same TTB permit records, with Census Vintage-2023 population used only for per-capita rates. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data & editorial changelog, or report a data error.