TTB Registration Processing Times
Monthly snapshots of TTB basic permit and registration processing times by application type — wholesalers, importers, DSP, brewer, winery, tax-free alcohol, and more.
Before you can apply for a COLA, you need a TTB basic permit (or another qualifying registration). The TTB publishes processing times for each permit type — wholesalers, importers, distilled spirits plants, wineries, brewers, tax-free alcohol users, and more. These are slower-moving than COLA times: a permit can take weeks to months.
We snapshot the TTB registration page monthly. Use it to plan a permit application — knowing whether a wholesaler permit is taking 4 weeks or 12 weeks materially affects your launch timeline.
Schema
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
category |
string | Top-level TTB permit category (currently 'Alcohol') |
application_type |
string | Specific permit type (e.g. 'Wholesaler (Alcohol)', 'Wine Producer & Blender', 'Tax Free Alcohol') |
report_month |
date | First day of the month the snapshot covers |
turnaround_days_median |
integer | Median days from application to approval for the month |
snapshot_date |
date | Date the TTB page was scraped |
Sample query
select report_month, application_type, turnaround_days_median
from registration_processing_times
where application_type = 'Wholesaler (Alcohol)'
order by report_month desc
limit 12;Who uses this
- Plan a wholesaler or importer permit application around realistic timelines.
- Surface a permit-bottleneck to leadership with a chart instead of an anecdote.
- Compare permit type turnaround over time to identify regulatory friction shifts.
License & reuse
This dataset is dedicated to the public domain under Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal. Use it however you like — commercially, in derivative products, in research — with no attribution required. Attribution to COLA Cloud is appreciated but not required.
The data is sourced from the US Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), a federal agency. Federal government works are not copyrightable; the cleaning and normalization layered on top is dedicated to the public domain.