US Alcohol Importers

Every federally licensed alcohol importer in the United States. Imported alcohol products require a US-based importer of record on every COLA.

Active permittees
21,543
Permit class
Importer Basic Permit
Regulatory ref
27 CFR Part 1
License
CC0 1.0
Download permittees CSV Full registry. Filter to permittee_type IN (Importer (Alcohol)).

Every imported alcohol product sold in the US has a US-based importer of record on its COLA. To import alcohol in interstate commerce, that importer holds a TTB Importer Basic Permit issued under 27 CFR Part 1.

This page lists every US alcohol importer, broken down by state and ranked by COLA filing activity — useful for identifying who brings the most foreign product into the US market.

By state

Top 12 states by active alcohol importers count. State names link to a state-scoped page.

State Active count Share
California 4,718 21.9%
Florida 2,799 13.0%
New York 1,957 9.1%
Texas 1,668 7.7%
Illinois 862 4.0%
New Jersey 694 3.2%
Washington 567 2.6%
Virginia 505 2.3%
Pennsylvania 493 2.3%
Georgia 464 2.2%
Colorado 457 2.1%
Massachusetts 442 2.1%

Most active by COLA filings

Top 25 permittees ranked by total COLA filings since 2005. A rough proxy for product-launch volume.

Permit number Company State COLAs filed
NY-I-1727 MHW, LTD. NY 29,334
NY-I-1335 FRUIT OF THE VINES, INC. NY 19,207
NY-I-15547 ELYSIA & CO. NY 18,719
CA-I-3223 ADVENTURES IN WINE CA 15,246
FL-I-21456 Twenty-One Wine & Spirits FL 13,485
FL-I-15704 PARK STREET IMPORTS LLC FL 12,418
CA-I-23488 Latitude Wines CA 11,088
TX-I-1277 MISA IMPORTS, INC. TX 9,468
NY-I-1262 SKURNIK WINES NY 9,312
CA-I-4310 USA WINE WEST, LLC CA 9,206
NY-I-1179 WINE CELLARS LTD. NY 9,154
NY-I-1188 USA WINE IMPORTS NY 8,775
NY-I-2017 WINEBOW, INC. NY 8,524
CA-I-15220 Accolade Brands CA 8,440
CA-I-21701 VIN-GLOBAL CA 7,907
CA-I-2216 KERMIT LYNCH, WINE MERCHANT CA 7,515
NY-I-1039 MONSIEUR TOUTON SELECTION, LTD. NY 6,960
CT-I-21055 Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits CT 6,835
CA-I-1717 GRAPE EXPECTATIONS CA 6,578
GA-I-21116 DAY DIAMOND, LLC GA 6,528
NY-I-1305 SARANTY IMPORTS NY 6,394
NY-I-400 FREDERICK WILDMAN & SONS, LIMITED NY 6,060
FL-I-540 PALM BAY INTERNATIONAL, INC. FL 5,842
MA-I-15079 SHELTON BROTHERS INC. MA 5,610
MA-I-493 VINEYARD ROAD INC. MA 5,479

About this data

Data is sourced from the TTB basic permit registry, refreshed daily. Coverage is filtered to permittees that have filed at least one COLA — the operational set, not every dormant permit ever issued.

Some TTB-issued permits in the underlying source are not categorized by type. Brewer's notices, in particular, are not currently surfaced in this hub set because they appear under a different TTB classification system. We're working on it.