TABLE 2—

Concentration of Ownership in the Distilled Spirits Industry, 2006 Versus 2008

	Global Market Share, % (Ranking)
Corporation (Headquarters)	2006	2008
Diageo plc (United Kingdom)	10.8 (1)	10.2 (1)
Pernod Ricard (France)	8.3 (2)	8.9 (2)
United Spirits Ltd (India)	6.7 (3)	7.9 (3)
Bacardi (Bermuda)	3.7 (4)	3.4 (4)
Beam Global Spirits & Wine (United States)	3.7 (5)	3.3 (5)
Central European Distribution Corp (Poland)	1.8 (7)	2.1 (6)
Brown-Forman (United States)	1.9 (6)	1.9 (7)
Gruppo Campari (Italy)	1.7 (9)	1.7 (8)
Sazerac Co Inc (United States)	1.7 (10)	1.5 (9)
Suntory (Japan)	1.8 (8)	1.5 (10)
Total share of top 10	41.8	42.5

Source. Data from Impact Databank.²¹