The following numbers, drawn from a variety of sources, provide a snapshot of the state of the brewing industry at both state and national levels. The information will be updated as it becomes available.

WASHINGTON STATE

• Economic Impact Generated on Affiliated Industries in Washington
  
  

  Economic Snapshot
  	Direct Impact*	Full Impact*
  Jobs	19,900	51,900
  Wages	$367,500,000	$1,277,200,000
  Value Added	$1,281,000,000	$4,101,900,000

  
  * Refers to actual accounting
  
  

  State and Local Taxes
  	Direct Impact	Full Impact
  Excise	$29,300,000	$29,300,000
  Sales and Other	$108,400,000	$209,400,000
  Total	$137,700,000	$238,700,000

  
  
  

  Federal Taxes
  	Direct Impact	Full Impact
  Excise	$65,400,000	$65,400,000
  Other (payroll, income, etc.)	$112,100,000	$620,200,000
  Total	$177,500,000	$685,600,000

  
  
  

  Total Federal, State and Local Taxes
  	Direct Impact	Full Impact
  	$315,200,000	$924,300,000

  
  
  

  1997/1998 Beer Industry
  	Businesses	Jobs
  Brewers	101	1,000
  Wholesalers	68	2,300
  Retailers	12,400	16,600

  
  Note: All 1997 figures unless otherwise noted
  Source: Steve L. Barsby and Associates, and Beer Institute
  
  
• Economic Impact Generated on Affiliated Industries in Washington
  
  

  Jobs
  Agriculture	900
  Construction	400
  Packaging Material	800
  Transportation/Communications	2,300
  Food Processing	2,200
  Wholesaling	3,700
  Food Stores/General Retail	8,100
  Finance/Insurance/Real Estate	6,400
  Business/Personal Services	4,400
  Travel/Entertainment	15,800
  Others	6,900
  Total	51,900

  
  
  

  Economic Activity
  Agriculture	$192,600,000
  Construction	$29,200,000
  Packaging Material	$127,100,000
  Transportation/Communications	$236,400,000
  Food Processing	$602,800,000
  Wholesaling	$350,900,000
  Food Stores/General Retail	$297,300,000
  Finance/Insurance/Real Estate	$550,100,000
  Business/Personal Services	$205,600,000
  Travel/Entertainment	$688,200,000
  Others	$821,700,000
  Total	$4,101,900,000

  
  Note: All 1997 figures unless otherwise noted
  Source: Steve L. Barsby and Associates, and Beer Institute
  
  

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U.S.A.

Craft-Brewing Industry Fact Sheet
compiled by the Institute for Brewing Studies


• There are 1,648 microbreweries, brewpubs and regional specialty breweries in North America as of June 23, 2000.
  
  

  	United States	Canada
  Regional Specialty Breweries	44	12
  Microbreweries	426	61
  Brewpubs	1,022	83
  Total	1,492	156

  
  
  
• 49 states and Washington DC have legalized brewpubs as of 1999. Brewpubs are still against the law in Montana. Since the Mississippi's first brewpubs opened, in 1999, for the first time in our history there are operating breweries in all 50 states in the USA.
  
  

  Failure rates for the industry through 1997
  	United States	Canada
  Brewpubs	1 in 4	1 in 3
  Microbreweries	1 in 3	1 in 2

  
  
  
• 122 brewpubs and 39 microbreweries opened in the U.S. in 1999
  
  
• 68 brewpubs and 45 microbreweries closed in the U.S. in 1999
  
  
• Total U.S. craft-brewing industry annual dollar volume for 1999: $3,081,000,000
  
  
• Overall U.S. brewing industry annual dollar volume: $50 billion
  
  
• In Canada, 6 brewpubs and 6 microbreweries opened while 3 brewpubs and 6 microbreweries closed in 1999.
  
  

  Beer Sales in the U.S. (in U.S. barrels)
  	1998	1999	change
  Total U.S. Taxpaid*Malt Beverages	+175,690,000	+177,560,000	+1.2%
  plus sales of Imports in the U.S.	+16,318,000	+17,790,000	+8.8%
  Total U.S. BEER Sales	192,008,000	195,350,000	+1.7%

  
  * "Taxpaid Malt Beverages" excludes non-alcoholic malt beverages and any beer exported outside the U.S.; in addition the 1998 figure excludes estimates of 1,440,000 barrels of malt-based coolers and 470,000 barrels of Zima "clear malt beverage" and the 1999 figure excludes estimates of 1,690,000 barrels of malt-based coolers and 550,000 barrels of Zima.
  
  KEY
  1 barrel = 31 U.S. gallons.
  31 U.S. gallons = 2 "half-barrel" (15.5 gallon) kegs.
  2 "half-barrel" kegs = 13.78 cases (of 24 12-ounce bottles).
  13.78 cases =248 16-ounce pints.
  248 16-ounce pints = 330.7 12-ounce servings.
  330.7 12-ounce servings = 3,968 total ounces.
   
   

  Domestic Specialty (aka "Craft") Brewing Industry*
  1998	1999	change
  5,581,977	5,694,262	+2.0%

  
  * Brewpubs + microbreweries + regional specialty breweries + contract brewing companies.
   
   
• Regional Specialty Breweries' share of the total Domestic Specialty ("Craft") category increased from 46% in 1998 to 49% in 1999.
  
  
• Contract Brewing Companies' share of the total Domestic Specialty ("Craft") category decreased from 27% in 1998 to 25% in 1999.
  
  

  U.S. Market Shares by Segment
  	1998	1999	change
  Large Brewers + Traditional Regional Brewers	88.6%	88.0%	-0.6
  Imports	8.5%	9.15%	+0.6
  Domestic Specialty or "Craft" Brewers	2.9%	2.9%	0

  
  
  
• Adding the share of Domestic Specialty ("Craft") and Imports together shows that the single category of "high-price beer" increased from 11.3% to 12.0% of the market in 1999.
  
  
• Large Brewers' & Traditional Regional Brewers' combined total volume of beer sold increased 1.1%, from approximately 170,119,100 barrels in 1998 to 171,908,000 barrels in 1998.
  
  

  Sales by U.S. Brewers*
  	1998	1999	change
  Domestic Non-Alcoholic Malt Beverages	1,690,000	-,580,000	-6.5%
  Exports	5,450,000	5,100,000	-6.4%

  
  * In U.S. barrels, of non-taxpaid products
  
  Figures compiled by the Institute for Brewing Studies with assistance from Robert Weinberg,The Office of R.S. Weinberg, St. Louis, Mo.. Additional Domestic Specialty/Craft Brewing data can be found in The New Brewer May-June 2000 edition.
   

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