US Brewery Market Health — State by State

An overview of the US craft brewery market across all 50 states and DC. We track 7,174 active breweries plus hundreds more in the planning pipeline. Nationally, 2025 brought 268 openings against 434 closings (Brewers Association) — a market correction concentrated in the most built-out states, even as new breweries keep entering the pipeline. The table below ranks states by active brewery count and forward-looking planning activity.

All States by Active Breweries

#	State	Active Breweries	In Planning
1	California	804	64
2	Colorado	401	39
3	Washington	389	6
4	New York	382	37
5	Michigan	354	21
6	Pennsylvania	309	36
7	Texas	294	56
8	North Carolina	283	28
9	Ohio	276	26
10	Florida	274	38
11	Oregon	268	12
12	Illinois	234	23
13	Virginia	221	34
14	Wisconsin	206	9
15	Minnesota	170	13
16	Massachusetts	147	16
17	Indiana	142	20
18	Missouri	126	3
19	Maryland	123	5
20	Arizona	112	13
21	Maine	107	7
22	New Jersey	101	14
23	Tennessee	93	18
24	Iowa	89	0
25	New Hampshire	86	7
26	Montana	82	10
27	Georgia	81	19
28	New Mexico	78	5
29	South Carolina	70	8
30	Idaho	62	0
31	Vermont	57	2
32	Connecticut	57	15
33	Nebraska	56	4
34	Kentucky	55	3
35	Alaska	52	1
36	Nevada	46	5
37	Wyoming	46	0
38	South Dakota	41	2
39	Arkansas	41	4
40	Kansas	40	7
41	Oklahoma	39	4
42	Utah	38	3
43	West Virginia	36	1
44	Alabama	34	3
45	Louisiana	33	5
46	Rhode Island	31	0
47	Hawaii	28	0
48	Delaware	26	2
49	North Dakota	23	0
50	Mississippi	16	1
51	District of Columbia	15	0