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Top 24 Craft breweries based in San Diego, United States
RevenueBase identified 45 craft breweries headquartered in San Diego, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 847 professional contacts across them, including 286 with verified work emails. Portland is the largest hub.
This list covers craft breweries headquartered in San Diego, United States, 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.
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The 24 largest craft breweries based in San Diego, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 254 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Karl Strauss Brewing Company has been proudly independent since 1989, pioneering the craft beer scene throughout San Diego and beyond with innovative and award-winning releases.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 185 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “What started in 1996 as a small group of home brewers who simply wanted to make great beer evolved into the team of adventurers known today as Ballast Point.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 60 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “An independently owned craft beer and wine distributor focused on building brands and providing excellent customer service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Forged in 1995, AleSmith has been recognized by consumers and critics alike as one of the world’s foremost craft brewing companies behind accolades that include medals won at…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “BELCHING BEAVER BREWERY INC is a food & beverages company based out of 1334 Rocky Point Dr.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Pure Project is a rapidly growing boutique microbrewery in San Diego with an obsessive focus on quality and ingredients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “An award-winning brewery located in San Diego, California.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We’re San Diego’s largest downtown craft brewery, located across the street from Petco Park in the East Village.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Brown Bag Beverage is dedicated to delivering consistent quality service to our passionate craft breweries, our strategic retail partners, and our customer-focused employees.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Second Chance Beer Company is an independent 30 bbl production craft brewery in San Diego County, staying true to tradition, brewing the highest quality and consistent tasting…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Introduced through a mutual friend a few years back, Ben and Greg immediately connected over their Pacific Northwest roots, weather, families, careers, and eventually the craft…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “North Park Beer Co.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in the North Park neighborhood of San Diego, Fall Brewing Company specializes in quality craft beers and offers a tantalizing experience in our tasting room located inside…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1997, the Guild is a nonprofit organization that seeks to promote independent San Diego breweries and create an open line of communication between brewers, connecting…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “San Diego's 1st Organic Beer Company” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Coming in 2018, Latchkey Brewing Company will be hitting the San Diego craft beer scene with a 15 BBL brew house and 30bbl fermentation system.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Barrel Republic is the Mecca for craft beer lovers to come for freedom: the FREEDOM TO POUR, freedom to compare and the freedom to be amongst other like-minded craft beer…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “California Wild Ales was born out of our love of funky, sour beers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are a small, independent craft brewery located in the East Village neighborhood in downtown San Diego, CA.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “San Diego Beer News is a one-stop resource for all things #SDBeer, from news and info on the region’s 150-plus breweries and their dedicated owners, brewers and staffers, to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence 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 breweries. 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 breweries.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of craft breweries, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name craft breweries. 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 breweries based in San Diego, United States at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for San Diego, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for San Diego, over 45 companies.
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 breweries, 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.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in San Diego, United States whose own description of what they do matches “craft breweries”. 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 breweries), 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 breweries, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside San Diego are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- 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, 286 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 breweries by metro in the United States
- Craft breweries in Portland58
- Craft breweries in San Diego45
- Craft breweries in Seattle42
- Craft breweries in Chicago35
- Craft breweries in Denver35
- Craft breweries in Austin34
- Craft breweries in New York31
- Craft breweries in Minneapolis25
- Craft breweries in Pittsburgh25
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 breweries, 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 breweries are there based in San Diego, United States?
RevenueBase identified 45 craft breweries headquartered in San Diego, United States 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?
Karl Strauss Brewing Company, headquartered in San Diego, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most craft breweries?
Portland leads with 58 headquartered companies, followed by San Diego (45) and Seattle (42).
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 286 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 45 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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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.
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