The statistic shows the distribution of beer production in Germany by size of the brewery from 2005 to 2023. In 2023, the beer output of German breweries totaled around 79.8 million hectoliters. The largest share of over seventy percent was produced by big breweries, with an annual production of over one million hectoliters. Around 1.7 percent of this was produced in small and microbreweries with a total annual production of 10,000 hectoliters or less.
Distribution of beer production in Germany from 2005 to 2023, by production volume of brewery
Characteristic
Small breweries up to 10,000 hl
Up to 50,000 hl
Up to 100,000 hl
Up to 200,000 hl
Up to 500,000 hl
Up to 1 million hl
Over 1 million hl
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Statistisches Bundesamt. (March 7, 2024). Distribution of beer production in Germany from 2005 to 2023, by production volume of brewery [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/539319/beer-production-distribution-by-brewery-size-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt. "Distribution of beer production in Germany from 2005 to 2023, by production volume of brewery." Chart. March 7, 2024. Statista. Accessed September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/539319/beer-production-distribution-by-brewery-size-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt. (2024). Distribution of beer production in Germany from 2005 to 2023, by production volume of brewery. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/539319/beer-production-distribution-by-brewery-size-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt. "Distribution of Beer Production in Germany from 2005 to 2023, by Production Volume of Brewery." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Mar 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/539319/beer-production-distribution-by-brewery-size-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt, Distribution of beer production in Germany from 2005 to 2023, by production volume of brewery Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/539319/beer-production-distribution-by-brewery-size-germany/ (last visited September 01, 2024)
Distribution of beer production in Germany from 2005 to 2023, by production volume of brewery [Graph], Statistisches Bundesamt, March 7, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/539319/beer-production-distribution-by-brewery-size-germany/