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How many breweries are in the US?

By Louis-Marie Giudicenti. Published . Updated . Data read .

There are 12,571 breweries and brewpubs on Google Maps in the US as of November 9, 2026, one for every 27,055 residents. The Brewers Association counted 9,724 breweries at the end of 2025, craft and others, and the Census 5,218 breweries with paid employees in 2023.

12,571
breweries on Google Maps in the US
0.4
per 10,000 residentsone for every 27,055
1,390
in California, the most of any state
1.4
per 10,000 residents in Vermont, the most of any state

Source: Primavera’s database of Google Maps listings, snapshot 2026-11, read November 9, 2026. Population: Census 2024 estimates. See method.

Our count next to the Census and the official figures

Each source counts something different: Google Maps lists places, the Census counts businesses with or without paid staff, and federations count their members or their own definition. Here they are side by side.

Number of breweries in the US: Primavera’s Google Maps count next to official figures
Source and what it countsYearNumber
Primavera, Google Maps listings: breweries open on the map, service points left out202612,571
Brewers Association, National Beer Sales & Production Data: US breweries in operation, craft and non-craft, at the end of 2025 (9,578 of them craft)20259,724
U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023: Breweries with paid employees (NAICS 312120)20235,218

Primavera’s count is 2.4 times the Census count of establishments with paid employees (5,218 in 2023).

Sources: Census national files and federation pages read on November 9, 2026; Primavera, snapshot 2026-11.

Why the numbers differ

  • Two listings for one brewery. A brewery can have one listing for the brewery and another for its taproom or its restaurant.
  • Closures. The Brewers Association reports a net decline in craft breweries in 2025. A brewery that has closed keeps its listing until Google marks it closed.
  • Paid staff. County Business Patterns counts 5,218 breweries with paid employees: a brewpub that earns more from food is filed with restaurants there.
  • Dates. The Brewers Association figure describes the end of 2025 and the Census 2023; this count, November 9, 2026.

Which state has the most breweries?

California, with 1,390 listings, ahead of New York (736). Per resident, Vermont has the most: 1.4 per 10,000 residents, against 0.4 for the US.

Breweries per 10,000 residents, by state

Google Maps listings counted November 9, 2026. US: 0.4 per 10,000 residents.

Delaware: 48 breweries, 0.5 per 10,000 residentsDE0.5District of Columbia: 30 breweries, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsDC0.4Florida: 565 breweries, 0.2 per 10,000 residentsFL0.2Georgia: 235 breweries, 0.2 per 10,000 residentsGA0.2Hawaii: 52 breweries, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsHI0.4Idaho: 114 breweries, 0.6 per 10,000 residentsID0.6Illinois: 381 breweries, 0.3 per 10,000 residentsIL0.3Indiana: 268 breweries, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsIN0.4Iowa: 142 breweries, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsIA0.4Kansas: 98 breweries, 0.3 per 10,000 residentsKS0.3Kentucky: 116 breweries, 0.3 per 10,000 residentsKY0.3Louisiana: 73 breweries, 0.2 per 10,000 residentsLA0.2Maine: 182 breweries, 1.3 per 10,000 residentsME1.3Maryland: 192 breweries, 0.3 per 10,000 residentsMD0.3Massachusetts: 282 breweries, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsMA0.4Michigan: 421 breweries, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsMI0.4Minnesota: 266 breweries, 0.5 per 10,000 residentsMN0.5Mississippi: 27 breweries, 0.1 per 10,000 residentsMS0.1Missouri: 219 breweries, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsMO0.4Montana: 118 breweries, 1.0 per 10,000 residentsMT1.0Nebraska: 86 breweries, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsNE0.4Nevada: 71 breweries, 0.2 per 10,000 residentsNV0.2New Hampshire: 123 breweries, 0.9 per 10,000 residentsNH0.9New Jersey: 203 breweries, 0.2 per 10,000 residentsNJ0.2New Mexico: 154 breweries, 0.7 per 10,000 residentsNM0.7New York: 736 breweries, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsNY0.4North Carolina: 572 breweries, 0.5 per 10,000 residentsNC0.5North Dakota: 29 breweries, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsND0.4Ohio: 492 breweries, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsOH0.4Oklahoma: 80 breweries, 0.2 per 10,000 residentsOK0.2Oregon: 395 breweries, 0.9 per 10,000 residentsOR0.9Pennsylvania: 702 breweries, 0.5 per 10,000 residentsPA0.5Rhode Island: 42 breweries, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsRI0.4South Carolina: 158 breweries, 0.3 per 10,000 residentsSC0.3South Dakota: 53 breweries, 0.6 per 10,000 residentsSD0.6Tennessee: 216 breweries, 0.3 per 10,000 residentsTN0.3Texas: 567 breweries, 0.2 per 10,000 residentsTX0.2Utah: 55 breweries, 0.2 per 10,000 residentsUT0.2Vermont: 90 breweries, 1.4 per 10,000 residentsVT1.4Virginia: 459 breweries, 0.5 per 10,000 residentsVA0.5Washington: 529 breweries, 0.7 per 10,000 residentsWA0.7West Virginia: 43 breweries, 0.2 per 10,000 residentsWV0.2Wisconsin: 350 breweries, 0.6 per 10,000 residentsWI0.6Wyoming: 51 breweries, 0.9 per 10,000 residentsWY0.9Alaska: 61 breweries, 0.8 per 10,000 residentsAK0.8Connecticut: 167 breweries, 0.5 per 10,000 residentsCT0.5California: 1,390 breweries, 0.4 per 10,000 residentsCA0.4Colorado: 506 breweries, 0.8 per 10,000 residentsCO0.8Arizona: 181 breweries, 0.2 per 10,000 residentsAZ0.2Arkansas: 64 breweries, 0.2 per 10,000 residentsAR0.2Alabama: 83 breweries, 0.2 per 10,000 residentsAL0.2
  • 0.1–0.2
  • 0.3–0.4
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  • 0.7–1.4

Each square is a state, placed roughly where it is on a map. Darker means more per resident.

US states ranked by breweries per 10,000 residents, with the number of breweries and its rank
#StateBreweriesRank by numberPer 10,000 residentsvs US
1Vermont90341.4+1.0
2Maine182231.3+0.9
3Montana118301.0+0.6
4Oregon395120.9+0.5
5New Hampshire123290.9+0.5
6Wyoming51450.9+0.5
7Colorado50680.8+0.4
8Alaska61410.8+0.4
9New Mexico154270.7+0.3
10Washington52970.7+0.3
11Wisconsin350140.6+0.2
12South Dakota53430.6+0.2
13Idaho114320.6+0.2
14Pennsylvania70230.5+0.1
15Virginia459100.5+0.1
16North Carolina57240.5+0.1
17Minnesota266170.5+0.1
18Delaware48460.5+0.1
19Connecticut167250.5+0.1
20Iowa142280.40.0
21Nebraska86350.40.0
22District of Columbia30490.40.0
23Michigan421110.40.0
24Ohio49290.40.0
25Massachusetts282150.40.0
26Indiana268160.40.0
27Rhode Island42480.40.0
28New York73620.40.0
29North Dakota29500.40.0
30Hawaii52440.40.0
31California1,39010.40.0
32Missouri219190.40.0
33Kansas98330.3−0.1
34Maryland192220.3−0.1
35Illinois381130.3−0.1
36Tennessee216200.3−0.1
37South Carolina158260.3−0.1
38Kentucky116310.3−0.1
39West Virginia43470.2−0.2
40Florida56560.2−0.2
41Arizona181240.2−0.2
42Nevada71390.2−0.2
43New Jersey203210.2−0.2
44Georgia235180.2−0.2
45Arkansas64400.2−0.2
46Oklahoma80370.2−0.2
47Texas56750.2−0.2
48Alabama83360.2−0.2
49Louisiana73380.2−0.2
50Utah55420.2−0.2
51Mississippi27510.1−0.3

US: 0.4 per 10,000 residents

In number, California (1,390), New York (736) and Pennsylvania (702) lead. Per resident, Vermont has 15 times as many breweries as Mississippi, the lowest.

Source: Primavera, snapshot 2026-11, read November 9, 2026. 34 breweries without a public address could not be placed in a state and are only in the US total.

How breweries show up online

Breweries in the United States, by kind of contact listed

Share of all 12,571 listings.

Website link82.3%
Phone number86.0%
Email address69.0%
Breweries next to all US businesses: website builders, links, ad tags, ratings and chains
MeasureBreweriesAll US businesses
Websites read8,85512,846,647
Built with WordPress33.8%29.2%
Built with Wix13.9%7.1%
Built with Squarespace22.4%5.6%
Site links to Instagram79.5%35.1%
Site links to Facebook79.5%45.2%
Meta Pixel or other Meta script14.1%8.8%
Google Ads tag4.3%6.1%
Average Google rating4.584.44
Rated under 4 stars4.1%17.4%
Median Google reviews18511
Part of a chain0.4%7.9%

Breweries build their own websites more than most trades: 22.4% of brewery websites run on Squarespace, against 5.6% of all US business websites, and 79.5% link to Instagram.

Note: Builders, links and tags are shares of the websites Primavera could read (8,855 for breweries), social pages and booking platforms excluded. The Meta figure is an upper bound: Meta’s like buttons and chat load the same script as its ad pixel. Sites made with GoDaddy, Weebly or Duda are counted under none of these builders. Ratings: listings with at least one review.

Which chains have the most breweries?

Breweries are independent almost by definition: 0.4% of brewery listings belong to a chain our rules recognize.

What these figures don’t say

  • Barrels brewed or beer sold. A taproom and a regional brewery count once each.
  • Bars and beer gardens that sell beer without brewing it.
  • Breweries that sell only to distributors and keep no public listing.
  • How many companies own these places. A company with several locations counts once per listing.

Questions

Which state has the most breweries?

California, with 1,390 listings, ahead of New York (736). Per resident, Vermont has the most: 1.4 per 10,000 residents, against 0.4 for the US.

How many breweries are in the US in 2026?

The Brewers Association counted 9,724 at the end of 2025. Google Maps lists 12,571 breweries and brewpubs in Primavera’s count of November 9, 2026, a taproom and its brewery sometimes separately.

How many breweries have a website?

82.3% of brewery listings link to one, and 69.0% have an email address in Primavera, against 30.1% of all US businesses.

Method and data

Snapshot 2026-11, read November 9, 2026
What is counted
Open listings on Google Maps in the United States whose main Google category is one of the categories below, or whose main category is generic and another of its categories is: 12,571 listings, counted on October 29, 2026 and read on November 9, 2026. Service points (lockers, charging stations) are left out.
Categories
2 Google Maps categories: Brewery, Brewpub.
Per resident
Listings for 10,000 residents, with each state’s population from the Census 2024 estimates. States are ranked on the exact ratio.
Official figures
Census County Business Patterns 2023, read on November 9, 2026; federation and agency pages read the same day. Links are in the table above.
Chains
A listing belongs to a chain when its name starts with the chain’s name and its website matches. Agents or franchisees who put their own name first are not tied to the chain.
Cite and download
Louis-Marie Giudicenti (2026). “How many breweries are in the US?” Primavera. Data: snapshot 2026-11, November 9, 2026. https://primaverapp.com/en/data/breweries-in-the-us

Permanent link: https://primaverapp.com/en/data/breweries-in-the-us

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More on how the database is built: all trade counts and how Primavera builds its data.

Written by Louis-Marie Giudicenti

Founder of Primavera. Primavera sells lists of local businesses built from the same database.

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