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On April 16 the Brewers Association released its annual ranking of the top 50 producing craft brewing companies of 2020 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 as well as craft breweries.
It is interesting to note that of the top 50 overall brewing companies, 40 were small and independent craft brewing companies.
Not surprisingly AB InBev’s Anheuser-Busch remained America’s leading brewery in 2023 followed by Molson Coors out of Chicago and Constellation Brands Constellation Brands, home to popular Mexican beer brands like Corona and Modelo.
Top 50 US 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 | FIFCO USA | Rochester | NY |
| 9 | Kirin-Lion | Fort Collins, Comstock | CO, MI |
| 10 | Boston Beer Co | Boston, Milton | MA, DE |
| 11 | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co | Chico | CA |
| 12 | Duvel Moortgat USA | Paso Robles, Kansas City, Cooperstown | CA, MO, NY |
| 13 | Gambrinus | Shiner, Berkeley | TX, CA |
| 14 | Mahou San Miguel | Grand Rapids, Boulder | MI, CO |
| 15 | Tilray Beer Brands | Atlanta, Montauk, San Diego, Bend, Seattle, Portland, Breckenridge, Patchogue | GA, NY, CA, OR, WA, OR, CO, NY |
| 16 | Artisanal Brewing Ventures | Downingtown, Lakewood, Brooklyn | PA, NY, NY |
| 17 | Brooklyn Brewery | Brooklyn | NY |
| 18 | Monster Brewing | Longmont, Tampa, Salt Lake City, Comstock, Dallas | CO, FL, UT, MI, TX |
| 19 | Sapporo USA | San Francisco | CA |
| 20 | Athletic Brewing Company | Milford | CT |
| 21 | New Glarus Brewing Co | New Glarus | WI |
| 22 | Deschutes Brewery | Bend | OR |
| 23 | Matt Brewing Co | Utica | NY |
| 24 | Gordon Biersch Brewing Co | San Jose | CA |
| 25 | Allagash Brewing Company | Portland | ME |
| 26 | Georgetown Brewing Co | Seattle | WA |
| 27 | Great Lakes Brewing Company | Cleveland | OH |
| 28 | Harpoon Brewery | Boston | MA |
| 29 | Stevens Point Brewery | Stevens Point | WI |
| 30 | Three Floyds Brewing | Munster | IN |
| 31 | Pittsburgh Brewing Co | Pittsburgh | PA |
| 32 | Rhinegeist Brewery | Cincinnati | OH |
| 33 | Narragansett Brewing Co | Pawtucket | RI |
| 34 | August Schell Brewing Company | New Ulm | MN |
| 35 | Odell Brewing Co | Fort Collins | CO |
| 36 | Craft ‘Ohana (Maui/Modern Times) | Kihei, San Diego | HI, CA |
| 37 | Troegs Brewing Co | Hershey | PA |
| 38 | Fiddlehead Brewing | Shelburne | VT |
| 39 | Minhas Craft Brewery | Monroe | WI |
| 40 | Kings & Convicts Brewing | San Diego | CA |
| 41 | Alaskan Brewing Co. | Juneau | AK |
| 42 | Kona Brewing Hawaii | Kailua-Kona | HI |
| 43 | Abita Brewing Co | Covington | LA |
| 44 | Creature Comforts Brewing Co. | Athens | GA |
| 45 | Great Frontier Holdings | Eugene, Portland | OR, OR |
| 46 | BrewDog Brewing Co | Canal Winchester | OH |
| 47 | Summit Brewing Co | St. Paul | MN |
| 48 | Jack’s Abby Brewing, LLC | Framingham | MA |
| 49 | Revolution Brewing | Chicago | IL |
| 50 | Montucky Cold Snacks | Bozeman | MT |
