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On April 15 the Brewers Association released its annual ranking of the top 50 producing craft brewing companies of 2023 based on sales volume.
But the Boulder, Colorado-based not-for-profit also does a ranking of overall brewing companies in the US, which includes big beer companies like Anheuser-Busch and Molson Coors.
It is interesting to note that of the top 50 overall brewing companies, 41 were small and independent craft brewing companies.
Not surprisingly AB InBev’s Anheuser-Busch remained America’s leading brewery in 2024 followed by Molson Coors out of Chicago and Victor, New York-based Constellation Brands, home to popular Mexican beer brands like Corona and Modelo.
Top 50 Overall Brewing Companies
| Rank | Company | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anheuser-Busch Inc | St. Louis | MO |
| 2 | MolsonCoors | Chicago | IL |
| 3 | Constellation | Chicago | IL |
| 4 | Heineken USA | White Plains | NY |
| 5 | Pabst Brewing Co | Los Angeles | CA |
| 6 | Diageo | Norwalk | CT |
| 7 | D.G. Yuengling and Son Inc | Pottsville | PA |
| 8 | Kirin-Lion | Fort Collins | CO |
| 9 | FIFCO USA | Rochester | NY |
| 10 | Boston Beer Co | Boston | MA |
| 11 | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co | Chico | CA |
| 12 | Tilray Beer Brands | New York | NY |
| 13 | Duvel Moortgat USA | Cooperstown | NY |
| 14 | Sapporo-Stone Brewing | Escondido | CA |
| 15 | Mahou San Miguel | Grand Rapids | MI |
| 16 | Gambrinus | Shiner | TX |
| 17 | Matt Brewing Co | Utica | NY |
| 18 | Athletic Brewing Company | Milford | CT |
| 19 | Brooklyn Brewery | Brooklyn | NY |
| 20 | Monster Brewing | Longmont | CO |
| 21 | Artisanal Brewing Ventures | Charlotte | NC |
| 22 | Deschutes Brewery | Bend | OR |
| 23 | New Glarus Brewing Co | New Glarus | WI |
| 24 | Barrel One Collective | Boston | MA |
| 25 | Georgetown Brewing Co | Seattle | WA |
| 26 | Gordon Biersch Brewing Co | San Jose | CA |
| 27 | Rhinegeist Brewery | Cincinnati | OH |
| 28 | Craft ‘Ohana (Maui/Modern Times) | Kihei | HI |
| 29 | Great Lakes Brewing Company | Cleveland | OH |
| 30 | Narragansett Brewing Co | Pawtucket | RI |
| 31 | Tröegs Brewing Co | Hershey | PA |
| 32 | Allagash Brewing Company | Portland | ME |
| 33 | August Schell Brewing Company | New Ulm | MN |
| 34 | Fiddlehead Brewing | Shelburne | VT |
| 35 | Stevens Point Brewery | Stevens Point | WI |
| 36 | Pittsburgh Brewing Co | Pittsburgh | PA |
| 37 | Three Floyds Brewing | Munster | IN |
| 38 | Odell Brewing Co | Fort Collins | CO |
| 39 | Great Frontier Holdings | Eugene | OR |
| 40 | Abita Brewing Co | Covington | LA |
| 41 | BrewDog Brewing Co | Canal Winchester | OH |
| 42 | Creature Comforts Brewing Co. | Athens | GA |
| 43 | Hendler Family Brewing Company | Framingham | MA |
| 44 | Alaskan Brewing Co. | Juneau | AK |
| 45 | Summit Brewing Co | St. Paul | MN |
| 46 | Saint Arnold Brewing Co | Houston | TX |
| 47 | Revolution Brewing | Chicago | IL |
| 48 | Kona Brewing Hawaii | Kailua-Kona | HI |
| 49 | Pizza Port | Carlsbad | CA |
| 50 | Surly Brewing Company | Minneapolis | MN |
