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The 10 Biggest Breweries

The 10 Largest Breweries Worldwide (as of 2004)

  1. Inbev (Belgium/Brazil) [193.4/12.5%]
  2. Anheuser-Busch (USA) [159.7/10.3%]
  3. SABMiller (South Africa/USA) [148.3/9.6%]
  4. Heineken (Netherlands) [112.6/7.3%]
  5. Carlsberg (Denmark) [2.0/5.9%]
  6. Molson-Coors (USA/Canada) [59.4/3.8%]
  7. Modelo (Mexico) [42.8/2.8%]
  8. Tsingtao (China) [36.9/2.4%]
  9. BBH (Russia) [36.0/2.3%]
  10. Scottish & Newcastle (UK) [30.2/1.9%]

The top 10 represent a total 911.3 million hectaliters or 58.8% of the world’s total production of beer.

 
 
 
KEY: NAME (home) [output in million hl / % of world total]
Source: Brauwelt 2005/31-32 p. 919

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