Spirits Sales Hit $27.5 Billion in 2018

The spirits category increased its market share for the ninth consecutive year in 2018, accounting for 37.3% in revenue market share and 35.3% in volume, according to the Distilled Spirits Council's annual economic briefing this morning. US spirits supplier sales were up just over 5% for the year to $27.5 billion in 2018, a $1.3 billion increase over 2017. By our count, this was the fifth consecutive year that supplier sales grew by at least $1 billion. Volumes were up