Top 100 Beverage Companies Of 2014 Chart

Consumer interest in craft beers has caused an explosion in the beer category in 2014. This year, Anheuser-Busch Inbev took the top spot on Beverage Industry’s compilation of the Top 100 beverage companies based on 2014 sales. As a result of this trend, several breweries have moved up substantially on our list. C&C Group PLC, Dublin, moved up three spots this year to No. 44 as a result of the growth in the beer and hard cider markets. Lagunitas Brewing Co. saw increases of 49.8 percent, and Bell’s Brewery Inc. had increases of 28.6 percent. This year, Suntory Holdings LTD acquired Beam Inc., dropping Beam from the list. The median standard for the industry grew substantially again in 2014, with No. 50 beverage company, National Beverage Corp., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., recording $641 million in 2014 sales.

Ranking	Company	Location	Product Mix	2014 Sales (in U.S. $ millions)
1	Anheuser-Busch Inbev	Leuven, Belgium	Beer, Hard Cider	47,063
2	The Coca-Cola Co.	Atlanta	Soft Drinks, Water, Sports Drinks, Juice/Juice Drinks, RTD Tea/Coffee, Energy Drinks, Liquid Concentrates, Dairy-based Drinks	45,998
3	PepsiCo Inc.	Purchase, N.Y.	Soft Drinks, Sports Drinks, Water, Energy Drinks, Juice/Juice Drinks, RTD Tea/Coffee	31,341
4	Nestlé SA	Vevey, Switzerland	Coffee, Water, Juice/Juice Drinks, RTD Tea/Coffee, Energy Drinks, Sports Drinks, Dairy-based Drinks, Beverage Mixes, Liquid Concentrates	27,002
5	Heineken N.V.	Amsterdam	Beer, Hard Cider, Spirits, Wine, Soft Drinks	23,303
6	Sabmiller Plc.	London	Beer, Hard Cider, Soft Drinks, Spirits, Wine	22,311
7	Diageo	London	Spirits, Wine, Beer, Flavored Malt Beverages	21,789
8	Starbucks Corp.	Seattle	Coffee, RTD Tea/Coffee, Juice/Juice Drinks, Tea, Water	12,665
9	Pernod Ricard	Paris	Spirits, Wine	9,614
10	Suntory Holdings Ltd.	Tokyo	Beer, Juice/Juice Drinks, RTD Coffee/Tea, Soft Drinks, Spirits, Wine	7,474**
11	Red Bull Gmbh.	Fushl Am See, Austria	Energy Drinks	7,218
12	Dr. Pepper Snapple Group	Plano, Texas	Soft Drinks, Water, Juice/Juice Drinks, RTD Tea, Energy Drinks, Dairy-based Drinks	6,121
13	Constellation Brands Inc.	Victor, N.Y.	Beer, Wine, Spirits	6,028
14	Bacardi Ltd.	Hamilton, Bermuda	Spirits	5,868*
15	Unilever Group	London	Tea, RTD Tea, Coffee	5,833
16	Mondelez International	Deerfield, Ill.	Coffee, Beverage Mixes, Tea	5,578
17	Danone Group	Paris	Water, Dairy-based Drinks	5,065†
18	LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton	Paris	Spirits, Wine	4,807
19	Molson Coors Brewing Co.	Denver / Montreal	Beer	4,146
20	Brown-Forman Corp.	Louisville, KY	Spirits, Wine	3,946
21	E. & J. Gallo Winery	Modesto, Calif.	Wine, Spirits	3,800
22	Ito En Group	Tokyo	Tea, RTD Tea/Coffee, Water, Juice/Juice Drinks, Soft Drinks, Sports Drinks, Beverage Mixes	3,628
23	Keurig Green Mountain	Waterbury, Vt.	Coffee, Tea	3,605
24	Roll Global LLC	Los Angeles	Juice/Juice Drinks, Water	3,500
25	D.E. Master Blenders 1753	Amsterdam	Coffee, Tea	3,267i
26	Whitewave Foods Co.	Denver	Dairy-based Drinks/Alternatives	2,861
27	Monster Beverage Corp.	Corona, Calif.	Energy Drinks/Shots, Juice/Juice Drinks, RTD Tea, Soft Drinks, Water, Beverage Mixes, Protein Drinks	2,800
28	Kraft Foods Group Inc.	Northfield, Ill.	Coffee, Tea, Juice/Juice Drinks, Beverage Mixes, Liquid Concentrates	2,627
29	J.M. Smucker Co.	Denver	Coffee, Juice/Juice Drinks	2,200
30	Cott Corp.	Mississaugua, Ontario/Tampa, Fla.	Soft Drinks, Water, Juice/Juice Drinks, RTD Tea, Energy Drinks/Shots, Sports Drinks	2,103
31	Britvic Plc.	Hemel Hempstead, England	Juice/Juice Drinks, Soft Drinks, Liquid Concentrates, Energy Drinks, Sports Drinks, Water	2,095
32	Davide Campari	Milan	Spirits, Wine, Soft Drinks	1,888
33	D.G. Yuengling & Son Inc.	Pottsville, Pa.	Beer	1,814*
34	Treasury Wine Estates	Southbank, Australia	Wine	1,706
35	Niagara Bottling LLC.	Ontario	Water	1,700
36	Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc.	Lakeville-Middleboro, Mass.	Juice/Juice Drinks	1,215
37	Living Essentials LLC	Farmington Hills, Mich.	Energy Shots	1,155*
38	The Wine Group	San Francisco	Wine, Spirits	1,079*
39	Viña Concha y Toro S.A.	Santiago, Chile	Wine	957*
40	Hormel Foods LLC	Naperville, Ill.	Sports Drinks, Protein Drinks, Powdered Drink Mixes	907^
41	The Boston Beer Co. Inc.	Boston	Beer, Flavored Malt Beverages, Hard Cider	903
42	Glanbia PLC	Kilkenny, Ireland	Sports/Protein Drinks, Energy Drinks/Shots	903+
43	Arizona Beverage Co.	Cincinnati	RTD Tea, Juice/Juice Drinks, Sports Drinks, Energy Drinks/Shots, Liquid Concentrates	865*
44	C&C Group Plc	Cranford, N.J.	Soft Drinks, Juice	750
45	Campbell Soup Co.	Camden, N.J.	Juice/Juice Drinks	723+
46	Freixenet SA	Barcelona, Spain	Wine	721*
47	Rockstar Inc.	Las Vegas	Energy Drinks	691*
48	Trinchero Family Estates	St. Helena, Calif.	Wine	657*
49	Ste. Michelle Wine Estates	Woodinville, Wash.	Wine	643
50	National Beverage Corp.	Fort Lauderdale, Fla.	Soft Drinks, Water, Juice/Juice Drinks, Energy Drinks	641
51	Florida's Natural Growers	Lake Wales, Fla.	Juice/Juice Drinks	615*
52	Welch's/National Grape Cooperative Association	Concord, Mass.	Juice/Juice Drinks	610
53	North American Breweries	Rochester, N.Y.	Beer, Flavored Malt Beverages	589*
54	Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates Ltd.	Santa Rosa, Calif.	Wine	551*
55	Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc.	Emeryville, Calif.	Coffee, Tea	540
56	Pabst Brewing Co.	Los Angeles	Beer	492*
57	Talking Rain Beverage Co.	Preston, Wash.	Water, RTD Tea	488
58	Sodastream International LTD	Airport City, Israel	Liquid Concentrates	471
59	Tata Global Beverages Ltd.	West London, U.K.	Tea, Coffee, Water	454
60	Farmer Bros. Co.	Torrance, Calif.	Coffee, Tea	436
61	Mike's Hard Lemonade Co.	Chicago	Flavored Malt Beverages, Hard Cider	410*
62	Banfi Vintners	Old Brookville, N.Y.	Wine	389*
63	Big Red/All Sport	Austin, Texas	Soft Drinks, Sports Drinks, Water	358*
64	Terlato Wines International	Lake Bluff, Ill.	Wine	343*
65	Sunny Delight Beverages Co.	Cincinnati	Juice/Juice Drinks, Water	339
66	Tampico Beverages Inc.	Chicago	Juice Drinks	343*
67	Bronco Wine Co.	Ceres, Calif.	Wine	333*
68	Vita Coco	New York	Juice/Juice Drinks	328
69	Sierra Nevada	Chico, Calif.	Beer	250
70	Vital Pharmaceuticals	Weston, Fla.	Energy Drinks, Sports Drinks/Shots	250*
71	New Belgium Brewing	Fort Collins, Colo.	Beer	235*
72	Jamba Inc.	Emeryville, Calif.	Juice/Juice Drinks, Tea	218
73	Craft Brew Alliance Inc.	Portland, Ore.	Beer	200
74	Langer Juice Co. Inc.	City of Industry, Calif.	Juice/Juice Drinks	187
75	Carolina Beverage Corp.	Salisbury, N.C.	Soft Drinks	185*
76	Stone Brewing Co.	Escondido, Calif.	Beer	186
77	Heaven Hill Distilleries Inc.	Bardstown, Ky.	Spirits	185*
78	Apple & Eve LLC	Port Washington, N.Y.	Juice/Juice Drinks	180
79	Old Orchard Brands	Sparta, Mich.	Juice/Juice Drinks	160*
80	R.C. Bigelow Inc.	Fairfield, Conn.	Tea, RTD Tea	150
81	Marchesi de' Frescobaldi	Tuscany, Italy	Wine	149
82	Tree Top Inc.	Selah, Wash.	Juice/Juice Drinks	146
83	Lagunitas Brewing Co.	Petaluma, Calif.	Beer	141*
84	Phusion Projects LLC	Chicago	Flavored Malt Beverages	141*
85	Lifeway Foods	Morton Grove, Ill.	Dairy-based Drinks	130
86	The Gambrinus Co.	San Antonio	Beer	115*
87	The Hain Celestial Group	Lake Success, N.Y.	Tea, RTD Tea, Juice/Juice Drinks, Dairy-based Drinks	110
88	Deschutes Brewery Inc.	Bend, Ore.	Beer	100
89	Brooklyn Bottling	Milton, N.Y.	Soft Drinks, Juice/Juice Drinks	96
90	Don Sebastiani & Sons International	Sonoma, Calif.	Wines	91*
91	Sun Orchard Inc.	Tempe, Ariz.	Juice/Juice Drinks, Beverage Mixes	75
92	Crystal Rock Holdings Inc.	Waterton, Conn.	Water, Coffee	75
93	Bell's Brewery Inc.	Galesburg, Mich.	Beer	71*
94	Kasapreko Co. Ltd.	Accra, Ghana	Spirits	70
95	Brooklyn Brewery	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Beer	60
96	American Beverage Corp.	Verona, PA	Juice/Juice Drinks, Spirits	55
97	Harpoon Brewery	Boston	Beer	54*
98	Total Beverage Solution	Mt. Pleasant, S.C.	Beer, Wine, Spirits	50
99	Laird & Co.	Scobeyville, N.J.	Wine, Spirits	48*
100	Matt Brewing Co.	Utica, N.Y.	Beer	46*