Table 4.
Leading wine, distilled spirits, and beer wholesalers, United States (M. Shanken Communications, 2017a; Katz Americas, 2016)
Rank (by market share) | Company name | Market share 2017a |
Wine and distilled spirits wholesalers—2017 | ||
1 | Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits | 31.8% |
2 | Republic National Distributing Co. | 13.6% |
3 | Breakthru Beverage Group | 10.0% |
4 | Young’s Market Company | 5.5% |
5 | Empire Merchants | 3.5% |
6 | Johnson Brothers Liquor Co. | 3.4% |
7 | Martignetti Companies | 2.3% |
8 | Allied Beverage | 1.5% |
9 | Fedway Associates | 1.4% |
10 | Horizon Beverage | 1.3% |
Total top 10 | 74.2% |
Rank (by case volume) | Company name | Suppliers | Sales |
Beer wholesalers—2014 | |||
1 | Anheuser-Busch Inc. | AB Inbev | $3 billion |
2 | Reyes Beverage Group | MillerCoors, Crown, Heineken USA | $2.2 billion |
3 | Silver Eagle Distributors | AB Inbev, Crown, North American Breweries | $987.7 million |
4 | Ben E. Keith Beverages | AB Inbev | $780 million |
5 | Hand Family Co. | AB Inbev | $650 million |
6 | L. Knife & Son | AB Inbev, Craft division | $750 million |
7 | Columbia Distributing | MillerCoors, Crown, Heineken USA, Pabst | $675 million |
8 | Manhattan Beer Distributors | MIlleCoors, Crown, Boston Beer | $735 million |
9 | Glazer’s Family of Cos. | MillerCoors, Crown, Heineken USA | $560 million |
10 | L&F Distributors, Ltd. | AB Inbev | $480 million |
Total top 10 | $10.8 billion |
Column does not total because of rounding.