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Idaho breweries and beer production

138

Breweries operating in Idaho on December 31, 2024

+1.5% since 2023 (136); +170.6% since 2014 (51); +452.0% since 1999 (25)

Source: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Brewery Count by State. Data period 2024. Published .

Number of breweries holding an active federal Brewer's Notice, as of December 31.

Change and comparison

From 1987 (3) to 2024 (138), the figure grew 46-fold.

Over the most recent 5 years, 2019 (101) to 2024 (138), the change was +36.6%.

The latest figure, 2024, is the highest in the series, which begins in 1987.

Among 50 states and the District of Columbia, Idaho ranked 14th highest in 2024 on breweries per 100,000 residents from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. Vermont was highest at 18.3 per 100,000 and Mississippi lowest at 1.3 per 100,000.

Among Idaho and its 6 neighboring states, Idaho ranks 5th highest; Washington is next above at 9.1 per 100,000 and Nevada next below at 2.5 per 100,000.

Historical data

Idaho breweries and beer production, 1987 to 2024Idaho breweries and beer production, 1987 to 2024. Idaho: 3 in 1987, 138 in 2024.05010015020002020IdahoCountIdaho breweries and beer production, 1987 to 2024Idaho breweries and beer production, 1987 to 2024. Idaho: 3 in 1987, 138 in 2024.0501001501990200020102020IdahoCountIdaho breweries and beer production, 1987 to 2024Idaho breweries and beer production, 1987 to 2024. Idaho: 3 in 1987, 138 in 2024.0501001501990200020102020IdahoCount

Source: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Brewery Count by State. Published .

Data table (38 rows)
PeriodIdaho (count)
19873
19883
19893
19903
19915
19928
199310
199411
199515
199624
199728
199829
199925
200024
200120
200219
200320
200419
200520
200620
200720
200824
200925
201025
201133
201239
201342
201451
201557
201667
201776
201887
2019101
2020118
2021120
2022129
2023136
2024138

Compared with other states

Every state is compared on breweries per 100,000 residents from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau: Breweries the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau counts in the state on December 31 divided by the Census Bureau's July 1 population estimate for the same year, times 100,000. A year the population estimate does not reach carries no figure.

Per 100,000 residents

  1. Vermont18.3
  2. Maine17.1
  3. Montana12.5
  4. Wyoming10.9
  5. Oregon10.8
  6. Washington9.1
  7. Idaho6.9
  8. Nevada2.5
  9. Utah1.9
  10. Louisiana1.7
  11. Mississippi1.3

Source: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Breweries per 100,000 residents (computed by Understand Idaho). Data period 2024. Published .

An excerpt; the full table is below.

State2024
1. Vermont18.3
2. Maine17.1
3. Montana12.5
4. New Hampshire11.4
5. Alaska10.9
6. Wyoming10.9
7. Oregon10.8
8. Colorado10.7
9. Washington9.1
10. New Mexico7.9
Data table (51 rows)
State2024
1. Vermont18.3
2. Maine17.1
3. Montana12.5
4. New Hampshire11.4
5. Alaska10.9
6. Wyoming10.9
7. Oregon10.8
8. Colorado10.7
9. Washington9.1
10. New Mexico7.9
11. South Dakota7.6
12. Michigan7.1
13. Wisconsin7.0
14. Idaho6.9
15. Pennsylvania6.5
16. Virginia6.3
17. Delaware5.7
18. Minnesota5.7
19. Iowa5.6
20. North Carolina5.5
21. Ohio5.3
22. Massachusetts5.1
23. Connecticut4.9
24. Rhode Island4.9
25. Indiana4.5
26. Missouri4.4
27. Nebraska4.3
28. North Dakota4.2
29. California4.1
30. New York4.1
31. Kansas3.8
32. Hawaii3.7
33. Illinois3.6
34. Maryland3.5
35. Tennessee3.4
36. Kentucky3.3
37. District of Columbia3.2
38. South Carolina3.2
39. Arkansas3.0
40. Oklahoma2.8
41. Florida2.7
42. Arizona2.6
43. Nevada2.5
44. West Virginia2.5
45. Georgia2.4
46. New Jersey2.4
47. Texas2.2
48. Alabama1.9
49. Utah1.9
50. Louisiana1.7
51. Mississippi1.3

Breweries per 100,000 residents

6.9 per 100,000 in 2024 (estimate). Breweries the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau counts in the state on December 31 divided by the Census Bureau's July 1 population estimate for the same year, times 100,000. A year the population estimate does not reach carries no figure.

Breweries per 100,000 residents, 2010 to 2024Breweries per 100,000 residents, 2010 to 2024. Breweries per 100,000 residents: 1.6 in 2010, 6.9 in 2024.02468201020152020Breweriesper 100,000residentsPer 100,000 residentsBreweries per 100,000 residents, 2010 to 2024Breweries per 100,000 residents, 2010 to 2024. Breweries per 100,000 residents: 1.6 in 2010, 6.9 in 2024.02468201020152020Breweries per100,000residentsPer 100,000 residentsBreweries per 100,000 residents, 2010 to 2024Breweries per 100,000 residents, 2010 to 2024. Breweries per 100,000 residents: 1.6 in 2010, 6.9 in 2024.02468201020152020Breweries per100,000residentsPer 100,000 residents

Source: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Breweries per 100,000 residents (computed by Understand Idaho). Published .

Data table (15 rows)
PeriodBreweries per 100,000 residents (per 100,000 residents)
20101.6
20112.1
20122.4
20132.6
20143.1
20153.5
20164.0
20174.4
20185.0
20195.7
20206.4
20216.3
20226.6
20236.9
20246.9

Beer brewed in Idaho

32,775 barrels in 2025. Beer produced in the state during the year, in barrels of 31 gallons, summed from the four quarterly state reports.

Beer brewed in Idaho, 2015 to 2025Beer brewed in Idaho, 2015 to 2025. Beer produced: 45,765.04 in 2015, 32,775.04 in 2025.020k40k60k201520202025BeerproducedBarrelsBeer brewed in Idaho, 2015 to 2025Beer brewed in Idaho, 2015 to 2025. Beer produced: 45,765.04 in 2015, 32,775.04 in 2025.020k40k60k201520202025Beer producedBarrelsBeer brewed in Idaho, 2015 to 2025Beer brewed in Idaho, 2015 to 2025. Beer produced: 45,765.04 in 2015, 32,775.04 in 2025.020k40k60k20162018202020222024Beer producedBarrels

Source: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Quarterly Statistical Report by State, Beer.

Data table (11 rows)
PeriodBeer produced (barrels)
201545,765.04
201645,082.24
201742,916.41
201837,825.18
201938,482.78
202039,999.17
202146,872.71
202242,684.62
202340,625.26
202439,439.83
202532,775.04

Beer removed for sale

28,612 barrels in 2025. Beer removed from breweries in the state subject to tax during the year, in barrels of 31 gallons, summed from the four quarterly state reports.

Source: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Quarterly Statistical Report by State, Beer. Data period 2025.

Source

Organization
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
Dataset
Brewery Count by State
Geography
50 states and the District of Columbia
Time coverage
1984-2024
Update frequency
Annual
Published
Original file
https://www.ttb.gov/system/files/2025-07/brewery_count_by_state_2024.xlsx
License
Public domain. U.S. federal government work.
Our copy
Brewery Count by State

Caveats

  • Counts breweries holding an active TTB Brewer's Notice as of December 31 of each year, not breweries that shipped beer that year.
  • A brewery that is bankrupt, under a cease-and-desist order, on hold for a violation, or pending revocation is counted in a nationwide 'Other' total the source publishes outside the state breakdown, and is not included in any state's count here.
  • The publisher withholds a state's count for a year when it has no reportable data; that state has no observation for that year rather than a zero.

State comparison:

Organization
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
Dataset
Breweries per 100,000 residents (computed by Understand Idaho)
Geography
50 states and the District of Columbia
Time coverage
1984-2024
Update frequency
Annual
Published
Original file
https://www.ttb.gov/system/files/2025-07/brewery_count_by_state_2024.xlsx
License
Public domain. U.S. federal government work.
Our copy
Breweries per 100,000 residents (computed by Understand Idaho)

Caveats

  • Computed by Understand Idaho from Brewery Count by State and Population Estimates Program; it is not a figure the publisher releases.
  • Totals for 2010-2019 are Vintage 2019 estimates and 2020-2025 are Vintage 2025; the two series are not reconciled, so a change at the seam includes the vintage revision.
  • City (incorporated place) totals cover 2020-2025 only; no 2010-2019 city series is included.
  • Components of change are published for the nation, states and Idaho's 44 counties; other states' county components are not included.
  • The ten places are Boise City, Meridian, Nampa, Caldwell, Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Coeur d'Alene, Twin Falls, Post Falls and Rexburg, the ten largest by 2025 population estimate.
  • Group quarters estimates, the residual component, population-based rates, and Puerto Rico are not included.
  • The national domestic migration cell is 0 by construction (moves between states net to nothing) and is not stored as an observation; the United States has international migration and natural change only.

Where sources disagree

  • Population, Idaho, 2020: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census apportionment counts publishes 1,839,106. The Vintage 2025 Population Estimates Program's April 1, 2020 population base for Idaho is 1,839,123, 17 more than the 1,839,106 the Census Bureau delivered as Idaho's official 2020 Census apportionment count. This population base is not itself shipped as an observation (it is not a July 1 estimate), but it is the starting point this dataset's 2020-2025 state and county totals build forward from, so the same 17-person gap is not reconciled in those totals.

Inputs: Brewery Count by State and Population Estimates Program.

Beer brewed in Idaho:

Organization
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
Dataset
Quarterly Statistical Report by State, Beer
Geography
States
Time coverage
2015 through 2025 for production; 2025 for taxable removals
Update frequency
Quarterly
Original file
https://www.ttb.gov/statistics/2025-quarterly-beer-state-statistical-releases
License
Public domain. U.S. federal government work.
Our copy
Quarterly Statistical Report by State, Beer

Caveats

  • A barrel is 31 gallons, as the report states.
  • Production is beer brewed in the state, which is not beer drunk in the state; a large brewery ships most of what it makes elsewhere.
  • Taxable removals are beer leaving a brewery for sale, which is a measure of what was shipped and taxed rather than of what residents consumed.
  • TTB publishes these figures quarterly and this repository's period vocabulary has no quarter, so each annual figure is the sum of that year's four quarterly reports; a year is a figure only where all four quarters are published and the state reports in all four, and a state missing from one quarter carries no figure for that year rather than a total of the remaining three.
  • A cell the report prints as a dash is not reported and produces no observation; it is not treated as zero, because the same tables print an explicit zero elsewhere.
  • The third quarter of 2024 is published under a title naming its month rather than its quarter, so the puller reads a month name as well as a quarter number; missing it voided the whole of 2024 under the all-four-quarters rule.

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