Beer statistics show two different movements in the U.S. national series from 2012 through 2024. The number of industry members rose from 2,782 in 2012 to 8,196 in 2022 before easing to 7,818 in 2024. Over the same period, beer production fell from 196,174,279 to 158,133,696, while taxable removals fell from 180,403,067 to 147,804,427. These figures are annual U.S. measurements reported in the TTB Beer National Report annual CSV.
Table of contents
- At a glance
- Industry membership over time
- Production from 2012 to 2024
- Taxable beer removals
- Beer exports
- The latest three years
At a glance
The TTB Beer National Report annual CSV gives four useful annual measures for the U.S. beer industry: industry members, beer production, taxable beer removals, and tax-free beer removals for export. The series covers calendar years 2012 through 2024. The source labels production and removals as totals; the supplied figures do not specify a unit in the accompanying record, so the numbers below are retained as reported rather than converted.
The broad pattern is clear within the reported values. Industry membership increased in every year from 2012 through 2022 except none in that interval, reaching 8,196 members. It then declined to 8,155 in 2023 and 7,818 in 2024. Production moved differently: it was 196,174,279 in 2012, stayed near 192 million from 2013 through 2015, and then declined to 158,133,696 in 2024.
Taxable removals also declined over the full period, from 180,403,067 in 2012 to 147,804,427 in 2024. Tax-free beer removals for export rose from 5,031,420 in 2012 to a high of 6,923,976 in 2018, then fell to 2,596,797 in 2024. Each figure is an annual U.S. total from the TTB Beer National Report annual CSV.
Industry membership over time
The industry-member count is the strongest growth measure in this dataset. The TTB Beer National Report annual CSV recorded 2,782 U.S. industry members in 2012. The count rose to 3,286 in 2013, 3,904 in 2014, 4,594 in 2015, and 5,335 in 2016. It reached 6,169 in 2017 and 6,856 in 2018.
Growth continued in the next two years. The count was 7,334 in 2019 and 7,604 in 2020. It reached 7,886 in 2021 and 8,196 in 2022. The last two reported years moved lower, with 8,155 members in 2023 and 7,818 in 2024. These are annual membership counts, not a measure of the amount of beer produced by each member.
The complete membership sequence is useful because it places the recent decline in context. The 2024 count remained higher than every year from 2012 through 2021, while it was lower than both 2022 and 2023. The source does not provide a reason for these changes, so the figures should be read as a membership trend rather than an explanation of market conditions.
Production from 2012 to 2024
Beer production totaled 196,174,279 in 2012 according to the TTB Beer National Report annual CSV. The reported total was 192,130,392 in 2013 and 192,879,520 in 2014. It was 192,636,536 in 2015, followed by 190,656,458 in 2016.
Production then moved below 190 million in the remaining years of the series. The annual totals were 186,579,265 in 2017, 183,793,289 in 2018, and 180,421,831 in 2019. The 2020 total was 181,842,329, and the 2021 total was 181,861,958.
The final three years were lower: 174,810,195 in 2022, 165,481,228 in 2023, and 158,133,696 in 2024. The year-by-year comparison below keeps the four measures together so the different directions are easy to see.
| Year | Industry members | Beer production | Taxable removals | Tax-free removals for export |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,782 | 196,174,279 | 180,403,067 | 5,031,420 |
| 2015 | 4,594 | 192,636,536 | 177,164,772 | 6,230,157 |
| 2018 | 6,856 | 183,793,289 | 167,700,910 | 6,923,976 |
| 2021 | 7,886 | 181,861,958 | 170,131,461 | 4,171,646 |
| 2024 | 7,818 | 158,133,696 | 147,804,427 | 2,596,797 |
Source for every value in the table: TTB Beer National Report annual CSV. The table selects representative years; it does not replace the annual figures in the surrounding sections.
The production record includes a small rise between 2019 and 2020, from 180,421,831 to 181,842,329, followed by 181,861,958 in 2021. After that, production declined in each reported year through 2024: 174,810,195 in 2022, 165,481,228 in 2023, and 158,133,696 in 2024. The source supplies the measurements but does not identify causes for the changes.
Taxable beer removals
Taxable beer removals totaled 180,403,067 in 2012. The TTB Beer National Report annual CSV recorded 178,091,476 in 2013, 177,448,153 in 2014, and 177,164,772 in 2015. The total fell to 174,605,112 in 2016 and 171,113,949 in 2017.
The reported amount was 167,700,910 in 2018 and 167,889,868 in 2019. That small increase followed the decline through 2018, but it was followed by a larger rise in 2020 to 170,440,004. Taxable removals were 170,131,461 in 2021.
The final part of the series shows lower totals: 162,853,185 in 2022, 152,533,266 in 2023, and 147,804,427 in 2024. Thus, the annual record has brief increases in 2019 and 2020 within an overall lower endpoint than the beginning of the series. “Taxable beer removals” is retained as the TTB measure name; the supplied record does not define it further.
Beer exports
Tax-free beer removals for export were 5,031,420 in 2012, according to the TTB Beer National Report annual CSV. The reported annual figures rose to 5,313,800 in 2013 and 5,509,262 in 2014. They reached 6,230,157 in 2015, 6,520,927 in 2016, and 6,830,951 in 2017.
The series reached its highest supplied value in 2018, at 6,923,976. It then fell to 5,110,672 in 2019. The next two annual totals were 3,883,293 in 2020 and 4,171,646 in 2021.
Export removals declined again in the last three years: 3,629,616 in 2022, 2,773,562 in 2023, and 2,596,797 in 2024. The 2024 figure is the lowest reported value in this 2012–2024 series. These are tax-free beer removals for export, a distinct measure from taxable beer removals, so the two columns should not be treated as interchangeable.
The latest three years
The 2022–2024 figures show contraction in all four reported measures after the membership peak in 2022. Industry members numbered 8,196 in 2022, 8,155 in 2023, and 7,818 in 2024. Beer production was 174,810,195, then 165,481,228, then 158,133,696.
Taxable beer removals followed the same annual direction: 162,853,185 in 2022, 152,533,266 in 2023, and 147,804,427 in 2024. Tax-free removals for export were 3,629,616, 2,773,562, and 2,596,797 in those years.
| Measure | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industry members | 8,196 | 8,155 | 7,818 |
| Beer production | 174,810,195 | 165,481,228 | 158,133,696 |
| Taxable beer removals | 162,853,185 | 152,533,266 | 147,804,427 |
| Tax-free removals for export | 3,629,616 | 2,773,562 | 2,596,797 |
Source for every value in the table: TTB Beer National Report annual CSV. The membership count peaked in 2022 within the supplied period, while the other three measures were lower in each of the final two years. The dataset reports annual U.S. totals and counts; it does not provide a forecast beyond 2024, a state-by-state breakdown, product-style categories, or a reason for the observed changes.
For home brewers and beer readers, the practical takeaway from this specific national record is that a larger industry-member count did not correspond to a higher production total in every year. Membership expanded through 2022 even as production moved down from its 2012 level. The latest figures should therefore be considered together: membership, production, taxable removals, and export removals describe different parts of the U.S. beer industry.