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. 2020 Feb 21;(Suppl 19):13–25. doi: 10.15288/jsads.2020.s19.13

Table 4.

Leading wine, distilled spirits, and beer wholesalers, United States (M. Shanken Communications, 2017a; Katz Americas, 2016)

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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
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Column does not total because of rounding.