Methodology

Every number on this site comes from the Texas Comptroller Mixed Beverage Gross Receipts public dataset, published at data.texas.gov (dataset naix-2893). We refresh our copy weekly.

Figures are gross alcohol receipts as reported by permit holders to the State of Texas: liquor, beer, and wine sold for on-premise consumption. They are revenue totals, not profit, and they do not include food or non-alcoholic sales.

Rankings cover Mixed Beverage (MB) permits. Common retail locations such as grocery and convenience stores are excluded so the leaderboard reflects bars and restaurants, not package sales.

Permit holders file on a lag, and the Comptroller keeps accepting late and corrected filings for weeks. A month is flagged Partial when it has meaningfully fewer filings than the month before it, which means its totals are still rising. The default view always starts on the newest complete month.

A bar earns the Staple badge after 10 or more years of continuous filings in the data, counted from its first reported month. The Staples view filters the leaderboard to these long-tenured spots: the institutions of a city, not the newest openings.

This site is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the State of Texas or the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.