BEVERAGE INDUSTRY magazine recently listed the top 100 beverage companies in the world (based on worldwide sales for US companies and foreign companies that have significant sales in the US.) Obviously, this isn't an accurate list of which companies make or sell the most beer in the US (since some companies sell other beverages, some are importers, etc.) but it gives one a good idea of who's who. (Altho' one notable company that's absent is Sierra-Nevada- aren't they in the top
10 of US beer sales, bigger than the last half dozen companies listed? And shouldn't Genesee/High Falls or whatever it's called these days, Matts and Snyder be in there someplace as well? Seems they'd all be bigger than Anchor.)Dollar amount is sales in millions, some are estimates.
- A-B - ,566
- Heineken 10,788
- Diageo 9,025
- SABMiller 7,005
- Interbrew 6,535
- Coors 3,776
- Groupo Modelo 3,338
- Fosters 2,576
- Molson 1,317
- Gambrinius 940
- S+P (Pabst/Falstaff/General) 750
- Boston Beer 215
- Yuengling 50
- Pittsburg 40
- Redhook 37
- The Lion 37
- Pyramid 34
- Brooklyn Brewery 29
- Widmer 20