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Top 25 Craft whiskey distilleries worldwide
RevenueBase identified 750 craft whiskey distilleries worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 5,047 professional contacts across them, including 1,644 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Nashville the largest hub.
This list covers craft whiskey distilleries worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026. Country and city lists for craft whiskey distilleries follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest craft whiskey distilleries worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 143 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “No secrets, mythical legends, or fabricated stories.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 130 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in the 1994 by our founder Ashok Jain, NV Group Distilleries in now one of the largest grain distilleries in the country offering varying types of alcohol in its…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 121 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in Four Roses produces award-winning Bourbons with smooth and mellow tastes and finishes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 109 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Rooted in 200 years of bourbon heritage, Angel's Envy creates modern whiskeys that aren’t afraid to improve on the classic tradition.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 69 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2012, The Teeling Whiskey Company is Ireland’s leading progressive whiskey company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 64 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Middle West Spirits launched in Columbus, OH in 2008 using ingredients grown in Ohio to build an expansive line of craft spirits highlighting the unique flavors of the midwest.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 61 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Hard Truth is a pioneer in grain-to-glass sweet mash Bourbon and Straight Rye Whiskeys and award-winning craft spirits.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Heritage Distilling Co.(HDC) is a craft distillery based in Gig Harbor, Washington.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Sugarlands Distilling Company is a craft distillery producing award-winning moonshine, rum, cream liqueurs, and rye whiskey.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 56 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The northernmost stop on the Craft Bourbon Trail, we are a new riff on an old Kentucky tradition.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 55 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Garrison Brothers is the first and oldest legal whiskey distillery in Texas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Based in Louisville, Kentucky, Michter’s celebrates an extraordinarily rich heritage that traces back to 1753, years before America’s Declaration of Independence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 49 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Breckenridge Distillery, among the largest independent-craft producer and marketers of whiskey in the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The late Dr.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Sagamore Spirit is driven to craft the world’s best rye whiskey.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Jacob Rieger & Company was originally founded in 1887 in Kansas City’s West Bottoms Livestock Exchange district.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At O’Shaughnessy Distilling Co, our vision has always been to create world-class whiskeys that blend the best of Irish and American traditions-a homage to our family’s heritage…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 40 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Whiskey House of Kentucky is the most advanced distillery in the world, designed from the ground up, to provide the highest-quality, customized American Whiskey for the most…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2013, Eau Claire Distillery is Alberta's first craft distillery.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The rich history of Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery dates back to 1860 when its founder, Charles Nelson, unveiled a product called Tennessee Whiskey.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1922 my family has provided some of the finest men’s suit buttons available.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Wigle Whiskey is an award-winning spirits company producing small-batch, craft whiskey with unique and distinctive flavor profiles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “KOVAL Distillery creates an extraordinary line of whiskey, gin, and specialty spirits using unique grains, signature techniques, and only the absolute best quality distillate.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Nestled on the bank of the River Derwent among the breathtaking valleys and fells of the Lake District, we design opulent whisky, rich with layers of flavour and complexity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: craft whiskey distilleries. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names craft whiskey distilleries.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of craft whiskey distilleries, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name craft whiskey distilleries. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Craft whiskey distilleries worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among craft whiskey distilleries, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for craft whiskey distilleries are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “craft whiskey distilleries”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names craft whiskey distilleries), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among craft whiskey distilleries, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,644 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Craft whiskey distilleries by location
4 lists · largest firstEvery Craft whiskey distilleries list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names craft whiskey distilleries, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many craft whiskey distilleries are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 750 craft whiskey distilleries worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
The Bardstown Bourbon Company, headquartered in Bardstown, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most craft whiskey distilleries?
The United States leads with 468 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (48) and Canada (43). Every craft whiskey distilleries list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most craft whiskey distilleries?
Nashville leads with 10 headquartered companies, followed by Louisville (9) and Chicago (7).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,644 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 750 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.