We all know that when it comes to craft beer Pennsylvania is tops in the country. But what does the breakdown of the state look like by county? Great question!
We poured through the data to determine who has the most number of breweries. Below are the top ten Pennsylvania counties for craft breweries, followed by a complete list per county. (Source: Active brewery licenses as of May 2023 according to the PLCB database)
The Top 10:
1. Allegheny County: 56
2. Montgomery County: 43
3. Philadelphia County: 38
4. Chester County: 34
5. Lancaster County: 31
6. York County: 29
7. Bucks County: 27
8. Lehigh County: 20
9. Cumberland County: 19
10. Westmoreland County: 18
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Below is the list of the number of breweries throughout all Pennsylvania counties:
| County | Brewery Count |
|---|---|
| Adams | 9 |
| Allegheny | 56 |
| Armstrong | 1 |
| Beaver | 6 |
| Bedford | 2 |
| Berks | 17 |
| Blair | 6 |
| Bradford | 1 |
| Bucks | 27 |
| Butler | 13 |
| Cambria | 2 |
| Cameron | 0 |
| Carbon | 3 |
| Centre | 9 |
| Chester | 34 |
| Clarion | 3 |
| Clearfield | 3 |
| Clinton | 1 |
| Columbia | 5 |
| Crawford | 9 |
| Cumberland | 19 |
| Dauphin | 17 |
| Delaware | 9 |
| Elk | 3 |
| Erie | 11 |
| Fayette | 2 |
| Forest | 0 |
| Franklin | 7 |
| Fulton | 0 |
| Greene | 0 |
| Huntingdon | 1 |
| Indiana | 3 |
| Jefferson | 0 |
| Juniata | 1 |
| Lackawanna | 4 |
| Lancaster | 31 |
| Lawrence | 4 |
| Lebanon | 4 |
| Lehigh | 20 |
| Luzerne | 9 |
| Lycoming | 9 |
| Mckean | 1 |
| Mercer | 4 |
| Mifflin | 2 |
| Monroe | 7 |
| Montgomery | 43 |
| Montour | 2 |
| Northampton | 15 |
| Northumberland | 5 |
| Perry | 2 |
| Philadelphia | 38 |
| Pike | 3 |
| Potter | 0 |
| Schuylkill | 7 |
| Snyder | 1 |
| Somerset | 5 |
| Sullivan | 0 |
| Susquehanna | 2 |
| Tioga | 3 |
| Union | 2 |
| Venango | 2 |
| Warren | 2 |
| Washington | 6 |
| Wayne | 5 |
| Westmoreland | 18 |
| Wyoming | 1 |
| York | 29 |
You are welcome to use these findings for your own publications, we just ask that you credit Breweries In PA. It took Chadd hours of data entry to get these numbers… help a guy feel like it was worth it.
