# federal-alcohol-permit-records

> https://federal-alcohol-permit-records.pages.dev

## What this site answers

One query, one record. Key: **a business or holder name, or a TTB permit number such as CA-W-15001**.
Format: ^[A-Z]{2}-[A-Z]{1,2}-[0-9]{1,6}$
Entities: 84518

## Source

- Origin: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau — FOIA List of Permittees
- URL: https://www.ttb.gov/public-information/foia/list-of-permittees
- Last collected: 2026-09-28
- Re-use: Public domain (work of the United States government).

## Access points

Every HTML page has a Markdown twin at the same path with the `.md` extension. Example: `/how-to-read/` -> `/how-to-read.md`. Links inside the Markdown files already point to the twins.

Search index, served as JSON with open CORS:

- `https://federal-alcohol-permit-records.pages.dev/d/n/cles.json` — the name-index keys
- `https://federal-alcohol-permit-records.pages.dev/d/n/<key>.json` — names starting with that key -> [permit number, name, city, state, type letter]
- `https://federal-alcohol-permit-records.pages.dev/d/r/<fragment>.json` — permit records; fragment = hash of the permit number: h = 0, then for each character h = (h*31 + character code) modulo 4096; in hexadecimal on 3 digits
- `/sitemap.xml` — every page

These paths are **version 1** and will not change without notice. Bulk access, an availability guarantee or a change feed goes through `/pro/`.

Indexable pages: 68

## What this site is NOT

- This is not the official register and does not replace consulting it.
- Holding a licence is the minimum legal requirement, not a quality mark.
- One record per federal basic permit: wine producers, distilled spirits plants, importers, wholesalers.
- Brewers, industrial alcohol and tobacco permits are not published by the TTB: absent is not 'no permit'.
- The list is a weekly snapshot without issue dates.
- This site ranks no one.

## Privacy

When the permit holder is an individual, list pages show only the operating name; without one, the permit is not listed on any page.