# Chipotle holds more on-premise alcohol licenses than any other company in our nine states

Published 2026-11-07 · By Pushbuild · Data: [Liquor License API – Bars, Restaurants, Stores in 9 States](https://pushbuild.com/apis/liquor-licenses.html)

**Chipotle holds on-premise alcohol licenses at 1,284 restaurants in our nine states, more than three times Chili's owner Brinker (410).** Counting every license, Dollar General is the largest holder, with 3,521 licensed stores, ahead of 7-Eleven (3,009).

## Most licensed locations, by company

| Company | Locations | On-premise | States |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dollar General | 3,521 | 0 | CA,MI,MO,NY,TX |
| 7-Eleven | 3,009 | 302 | CA,CO,CT,MI,MO,NY,OR,TX,WA |
| Walgreens | 1,797 | 0 | CA,CO,MI,MO,NY,OR,TX,WA |
| CVS | 1,515 | 0 | CA,CO,MI,MO,NY,OR,WA |
| Family Dollar | 1,329 | 0 | CA,CO,MI,MO,NY,OR,TX,WA |
| Chipotle | 1,285 | 1,284 | CA,CO,MI,MO,NY,OR,TX,WA |
| Safeway / Albertsons | 1,000 | 9 | CA,CO,CT,MI,MO,NY,OR,TX,WA |
| Walmart | 810 | 0 | CA,CO,MI,MO,NY,OR,WA |
| Target | 606 | 0 | CA,CO,MI,NY,OR,WA |
| Kroger | 547 | 9 | CA,CO,MO,NY,OR,TX,WA |
| Aldi | 519 | 1 | CT,MI,MO,NY,TX |
| Circle K | 480 | 1 | CA,CO,NY,OR,TX,WA |
| Speedway | 473 | 0 | MI,MO,NY,TX |
| Casey's | 470 | 0 | MI,MO,TX |
| Grocery Outlet | 439 | 0 | CA,OR,WA |
| Brinker (Chili's) | 412 | 410 | CA,CO,MI,MO,NY,TX,WA |
| H-E-B | 411 | 76 | TX |
| Costco | 380 | 0 | CA,CO,CT,MI,MO,NY,OR,TX,WA |
| QuikTrip | 371 | 0 | CA,CO,MO,TX |
| Stewart's | 358 | 0 | NY |

## Most on-premise (drink-here) licenses

| Company | Locations |
| --- | --- |
| Chipotle | 1,284 |
| Brinker (Chili's) | 410 |
| 7-Eleven | 302 |
| Darden | 252 |
| Buffalo Wild Wings | 124 |
| Texas Roadhouse | 116 |
| Cheesecake Factory | 89 |
| H-E-B | 76 |

## Caveats

Each brand is rolled up from the legal licensee names in the CSV. A chain whose stores are licensed to franchisees under their own names counts low. Nine states only.

## Sources

- Liquor License API – Bars, Restaurants, Stores in 9 States: the primary sources are listed on the [API page](https://pushbuild.com/apis/liquor-licenses.html), read on 2026-11-07

Data as of 2026-11-07. Every figure in this post is in the table above and the CSV below.

Download the data behind this post: [liquor-wells-top-license-holders.csv](https://pushbuild.com/apis/analysis/data/liquor-wells-top-license-holders.csv)

## Get this data

Every number in this post comes from the [Liquor License API – Bars, Restaurants, Stores in 9 States](https://pushbuild.com/apis/liquor-licenses.html). $0.0008 per row returned; every key gets $1 of free usage each month.

```
curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/liquor-licenses/run \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"maxItems": 20}'
```

[API docs and key](https://pushbuild.com/apis/liquor-licenses.html)[More analysis from this data](https://pushbuild.com/apis/analysis/api/liquor-licenses/)Embed this chart

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As of 2026-11-07. Source: https://pushbuild.com/apis/analysis/largest-alcohol-license-holders/