{"id":73389,"date":"2025-05-06T11:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T17:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brewersassociation.org\/?page_id=73389"},"modified":"2025-05-08T12:34:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T18:34:38","slug":"national-beer-stats","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brewersassociation.org\/statistics-and-data\/national-beer-stats\/","title":{"rendered":"National Beer Sales & Production Data"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary<\/h2>\n

Overall U.S. beer production and imports were down 1% in 2024, while craft brewer volume sales declined by 4%, slightly reducing small and independent brewers’ share of the U.S. beer market by volume to 13.3%.<\/p>\n

Retail dollar sales of craft increased 3%, to $28.8 billion, and now account for 24.7% of the $117 billion U.S. beer market (a 1% increase from a year ago). The primary reasons for the larger dollar sales increase were price increases and slightly stronger onsite sales growth versus distribution.<\/p>\n

These statistics use the craft brewer definition<\/a> of a small and independent brewer, as well as six craft beer industry market segments<\/a> as defined by the Brewers Association. More up to date statistics and analysis can be found in the Insights & Analysis section<\/a> of the website.<\/p>\n

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Sales Data<\/h2>\n
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Production Data<\/h2>\n
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Historical Craft Brewery Production by Category<\/h2>\n

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Historical U.S. Brewery Count<\/h2>\n

Slide the bar at the top of the graph to see number of breweries from 1873 to present day.<\/p>\n

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U.S. Craft Brewery Count by Category<\/h2>\n

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Recent U.S. Brewery Count<\/h2>\n

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<\/td>2015<\/th>2016<\/th>2017<\/th>2018<\/th>2019<\/th>2020<\/th>2021<\/th>2022<\/th>2023<\/th>2024<\/th>2023 to 2024 % Change<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Craft<\/strong><\/td>4,803<\/strong><\/td>5,713<\/strong><\/td>6,661<\/strong><\/td>7,618<\/strong><\/td>8,419<\/strong><\/td>8,921<\/strong><\/td>9,210<\/strong><\/td>9,675<\/strong><\/td>9,761<\/strong><\/td>9,796<\/strong><\/td>0.4%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Regional Craft Breweries<\/td>178<\/td>186<\/td>202<\/td>230<\/td>240<\/td>220<\/td>223<\/td>261<\/td>257<\/td>279<\/td>8.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Microbreweries<\/td>2,684<\/td>3,319<\/td>3,956<\/td>4,518<\/td>1,917<\/td>2,003<\/td>2,007<\/td>2,132<\/td>2,092<\/td>2,029<\/td>-3.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taprooms<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>3,091<\/td>3,389<\/td>3,643<\/td>3,771<\/td>3,910<\/td>3,936<\/td>0.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brewpubs<\/td>1,941<\/td>2,208<\/td>2,503<\/td>2,870<\/td>3,171<\/td>3,309<\/td>3,337<\/td>3,511<\/td>3,502<\/td>3,552<\/td>1.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Large\/Non-Craft <\/td>44<\/td>67<\/td>106<\/td>107<\/td>138<\/td>171<\/td>174<\/td>149<\/td>145<\/td>126<\/td>-13.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total U.S. Breweries<\/strong><\/td>4,847<\/strong><\/td>5,780<\/strong><\/td>6,767<\/strong><\/td>7,725<\/strong><\/td>8,557<\/strong><\/td>9,092<\/strong><\/td>9,384<\/strong><\/td>9,824<\/strong><\/td>9,906<\/strong><\/td>9,922<\/strong><\/td>0.2%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/p>\n
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Brewpub Openings and Closings<\/h2>\n

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Micro Openings and Closings*<\/h2>\n

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* Starting in 2019, Taprooms are their own separate category, so for comparable numbers, add 2019 taproom numbers.<\/p>\n

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Taproom Openings and Closings*<\/h2>\n

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Contact Us With Questions About Industry Statistics<\/h2>\n
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Bart Watson<\/h3>\n

President & CEO<\/p>\n

Email Bart<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Matt Gacioch<\/h3>\n

Staff Economist<\/p>\n

Email Matt<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ann Obenchain<\/h3>\n

Vice President of Marketing & Communications<\/p>\n

Email Ann<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Full Report<\/h2>\n

Comprehensive reports and analysis of the national beer sales and production data are available in the May\/June issue of The New Brewer<\/a><\/em>, the journal of the Brewers Association, released in mid-May each year. The issue can be purchased in the Brewers Association online store<\/a>.<\/p>\n