Top four global brewers control 50 percent of beer production
Germany | World beer production totalled 1,913 million hl in 2019, compared with 1,904 million hl in 2018. This is a slight increase of 0.5 percent, says the upcoming Barth Report.
The 40 largest brewery groups accounted for 1,723 million hl beer, compared with 1,710 million hl in 2018 – an increase of 13 million hl or 0.8 percent.
These are some findings from the Barth Report Hop 2019/2020, which is expected to be published in early October.
According to the report, the four largest brewery groups – AB-InBev, Heineken, China Resources Snow Breweries and Carlsberg – controlled more than half of the world’s beer production in 2019.
| Brewery | Country | Beer Output 2019 (million hl) | % of world beer production | |
| 1 | AB-InBev | Belgium | 561.4 | 29.3% |
| 2 | Heineken | Netherlands | 241.4 | 12.6% |
| 3 | China Resources Snow Breweries | China | 114.3 | 6.0% |
| 4 | Carlsberg | Denmark | 112.5 | 5.9% |
| 5 | Molson Coors | USA/Canada | 92.7 | 4.8% |
| 6 | Tsingtao Brewery Group | China | 80.5 | 4.2% |
| 7 | Asahi | Japan | 57.3 | 3.0% |
| 8 | Yanjing | China | 38.2 | 2.0% |
| 9 | BGI/Groupe Castel | France | 36.7 | 1.9% |
| 10 | Efes Group | Turkey | 36.2 | 1.9% |
Top 10 global brewing groups 2019 (Source: Barth Report 2020)
