In 2022, Anheuser Busch InBev brewed more beer than any other producer across the globe, cornering a 27.4 percent share of the world’s beer production. Following behind it with less than half the production per hectoliter was European giant Heineken, claiming a 13.6 percent share for themselves. Rounding out the top three is China Res. Snow Breweries — the most popular beer in China — with a 6.5 percent market share.
This data was collected and published by BarthHass, a German hop trader that controls around 30 percent of the market share. As a whole, the total of the top 40 brewers’ beer output was 2.4 percent more in 2022 than it was in 2021, accounting for 88.1 percent of all beer brewed in the world. According to BarthHass, 2022’s production was characterized by increasing output from the top 40 breweries — who have returned to pre-pandemic levels — while smaller, regional establishments struggled to retain volume losses sustained over the past few years.
Germany was, again, the most heavily represented country in the top 40 list, with six breweries represented including Radeberger Gruppe, Oettinger Gruppe, TCB Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Krombacher Gruppe, Paulaner Gruppe, and Bitburger Gruppe. China is not far behind, though, claiming four of the top 40 beer companies: China Res. Snow Brewing, Tsingtao Brewery Group, Yanjing, and Pearl River, all of which fall in the top 20 producers.
Check out the full list of the world’s largest beer companies by output in million hectoliters:
#
Company
Country
Million hl
1
AB InBev
Belgium
518.0
2
Heineken
Netherlands
256.9
3
China Res. Snow Breweries
China
122.2
4
Carlsberg
Denmark
102.4
5
Molson Coors
USA / Canada
82.3
6
Tsingtao Brewery Group
China
79.6
7
Asahi Group
Japan
59.3
8
BGI / Group Castel
France
43.7
9
Yanjing
China
37.7
10
Efes Group
Turkey
34.0
11
Constellation Brands
USA
33.2
12
Group Petrópolis
Brazil
26.0
13
Kirin
Japan
24.4
14
Diageo (Guiness)
Ireland
23.9
15
CCU
Chile
17.6
16
San Miguel Corporation
Philippines
17.4
17
Saigon Beverage Corp. (SABECO)
Vietnam
15.3
18
Grupo Mahou – San Miguel
Spain
15.3
19
Singha Corporation
Thailand
14.6
20
Pearl River
China
13.4
21
Damm
Spain
12.7
22
Radeberger Gruppe
Germany
11.0
23
Beer Thai (Chang)
Thailand
8.7
24
Suntory
Japan
8.1
25
Oettinger Gruppe
Germany
8.0
26
Sapporo
Japan
7.8
27
Swinkels Family Brewers
Netherlands
7.3
28
TCB Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH
Germany
7.1
29
Krombacher Gruppe
Germany
6.0
30
Paulaner Gruppe
Germany
6.0
31
Bitburger Braugruppe
Germany
5.8
32
HiteJinro
South Korea
5.5
33
Olvi Group
Finland
5.2
34
Hanoi Beverage Corp. (HABECO)
Vietnam
5.0
35
Royal Unibrew
Denmark
4.8
36
Estrella de Galicia
Spain
4.8
37
Polar
Venezuela
4.1
38
Obolon
Ukraine
4.0
39
Moscow Brewing Company
Russia
3.9
40
Martens
Belgium
3.5
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