Permit class · United States

U.S. Distilleries

Distilled Spirits Plant (DSP) permit holders, authorized to produce, bottle, or warehouse spirits. The smallest of the four classes.

5,670
Distillery permits
7%
of all alcohol permits
CA
top state
52
states covered

U.S. distilleries in one line

5,670 businesses hold a federal Distillery Basic Permit - 7% of all U.S. alcohol permits, led by California with 572.

5,670
federal distilleries
California
top state
7%
of all alcohol permits
52
states & territories

Source: TTB List of Permittees, August 2026.

States with the most distilleries

Bar length = Distillery Basic Permit holders in the state

distilleries

What this shows California leads U.S. distilleries; production clusters track climate and state licensing rules.

Source TTB List of Permittees As of August 2026

Distillery permit holders

A sample of distilleries from the registry, open any state to see its full list.

PS Distilling CO Alabama Alaskan Distilling CO. Alaska 1 HB Arizona 316 Distillery Arkansas 1850 Spirits California 10th Mountain Whiskey and Spirit Company Colorado Branford Distillery Connecticut Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats Delaware Brightwood Pizza & Bottle District of Columbia 21st Amendment Distillery, LLC Florida Slow Pour Brewing CO. Georgia Valley Isle Kombucha Amplified Hawaii 21st Century Distilling, LLC Idaho 21 Holdings LLC Illinois Four Finger Distillery Indiana 173 Craft Distillery Iowa Aj Bottling Company LLC Kansas 15 Stars, LLC Kentucky 1827 Spirits Louisiana Geary Brewing Company Maine 1ST Distillery of USA, LLC Maryland Abandoned Building Brewery Massachusetts 119 West Enterprises LLC Michigan 10,000 Drops Craft Distillers Minnesota Beaver Creek Distillery Mississippi Prodigious Brewing Company Missouri Asylum Distillery, INC. Montana American Made Distillery, INC. Nebraska 10 Torr Distilling and Brewing Company Nevada 603 Spirits New Hampshire 3BR Distillery LLC New Jersey 505 Spirits New Mexico Clover Pond Vineyard New York Grain and Barrel Spirits North Carolina Big Dog Beverages LLC North Dakota Echo Spirits Distilling CO. Ohio 8aees Distilling CO. Oklahoma Table Rock Distillery Oregon KBR Winery Pennsylvania 3RD Generation Enterprise, INC. Puerto Rico 13th Hour Distilling Rhode Island Arcas Concepts LLC South Carolina Badlands Distillery LLC South Dakota Radford Gatlin Tennessee The Distillery at Luckenbach Road Texas Beehive Distilling Utah 1841 Dorset West RD Vermont 1238 Horsefields Lane LLC Virginia 2 Bar, LLC Washington Flying Buck Distillery West Virginia 45th Parallel Spirits, LLC Wisconsin Arcola Distillery Wyoming

Other permit classes

38,957

Wholesalers

21,526

Importers

18,120

Wineries

Frequently asked questions

How many distilleries are federally permitted in the U.S.?

5,670 businesses hold a federal Distillery Basic Permit from the TTB, about 7% of all 84,273 federal alcohol permits.

Which state has the most distilleries?

California leads with 572 distilleries, ahead of New York (347) and Texas (332).

Are breweries counted here?

No. Breweries do not hold an FAA Basic Permit, they file a Brewer's Notice under the Internal Revenue Code, which is protected from disclosure, so they are not in the public TTB List of Permittees.

Where does this data come from?

The TTB FOIA "List of Permittees," published August 2026, public U.S. government data.

Reading a steady book distillery production class

Distilleries are the smallest FAA Basic Permit production class on PlainAlcohol, 5,670 holders (7% of 84,273 permits), led by California (572) among 52 jurisdictions. Federal Basic Permits authorize FAA Act activity, not retail sale, and are not a substitute for the state ABC license.

Source: TTB FOIA List of Permittees, published August 2026, public U.S. government data, reformatted without alteration. Confirm any record against the official TTB Public Permit Search. For informational purposes only; see our disclaimer.