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Beverage Manufacturing Industry Statistics

U.S. non-alcoholic RTD sales reached $122 billion in the 52 weeks ended November 15, 2025, explore the figures behind growth, companies and trends.
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Beverage Manufacturing Industry Statistics
Samuel NorbergWritten by Samuel Norberg·Fact-checked by Maya Johansson
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01Editorial Scope

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02Source Research

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01 Industry overview

The beverage manufacturing industry at a glance

The beverage manufacturing industry spans fast-growing non-alcoholic and ready-to-drink categories, with U.S. non-alcoholic ready-to-drink retail sales reaching $122 billion in the 52 weeks ended November 15, 2025.

$122B[21]
U.S. non-alcoholic RTD sales, 2025
325,800[73]
U.S. beverage manufacturing jobs, 2025
$1.821T[74]
Global alcoholic beverage market, 2025
5.0–6.0%[74]
Global alcohol market CAGR, 2025–2030
Market size
Crisil Intelligence estimated the global alcoholic beverage market at $1.821 trillion in 2025. In the United States, non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages generated $122 billion in retail sales in the 52 weeks ended November 15, 2025.[74][21]
Forecast & CAGR
The global alcoholic beverage market is projected to grow at a 5.0%–6.0% value CAGR from 2025 to 2030, reaching approximately $2.34 trillion–$2.39 trillion by 2030. Global alcoholic beverage volume is forecast to rise at a 2.5%–3.5% CAGR over the same period.[74]
Market share & regions
North America was identified as the fastest-growing region in the global alcoholic beverage market between 2019 and 2025. The United States also accounted for $122 billion in non-alcoholic ready-to-drink retail sales in the latest 52-week period reported for 2025.[74][21]
Segmentation
The U.S. non-alcoholic ready-to-drink market was led by sparkling soft drinks with 36.5% of dollar share in 2025, followed by water at 21.4% and energy drinks at 18.7%. Globally, carbonated soft drinks represented 35.6% of the beverage market in 2025, while milk and dairy drinks represented 17.6%.[21][75]
Pricing
The global alcoholic beverage market reached $1.821 trillion in value in 2025 while volume reached approximately 250 billion liters, indicating a value mix shaped by premiumization and pricing as well as physical consumption. Crisil Intelligence projects value growth of 5.0%–6.0% annually from 2025 to 2030, compared with 2.5%–3.5% volume growth.[74]
Trends, drivers & challenges
Growth is being supported by ready-to-drink formats, premium products and emerging-market demand, while moderation and low- or no-alcohol preferences are constraining volume growth in some developed markets. In U.S. non-alcoholic beverages, sparkling soft drinks, water and energy drinks together represented 76.6% of dollar share in 2025.[74][21]
Consumer behavior & competition
Ready-to-drink products held 12.4% of total U.S. beverage-alcohol dollar sales in 2025, while non-alcohol beer, wine and spirits exceeded $1 billion in sales. NielsenIQ reported that Gen Z consumers were contributing more than half of non-alcoholic beverage growth and more than 60% of alcohol growth in its 2025 U.S. beverage analysis.[76][77]
M&A
Beverage M&A remained muted year to date in 2026, but selected transactions targeted scalable manufacturing and growth categories. Refresco agreed to acquire SunOpta for $1.2 billion in February 2026, while Mark Anthony Brands agreed to acquire The Long Drink Company for $325 million in April 2026.[26]
Regulation
U.S. non-alcoholic beverage manufacturers must comply with FDA requirements covering facility registration, ingredient declarations, nutrition labeling, allergen labeling and truthful marketing. For alcoholic beverages, TTB requires applicable labeling and advertising compliance, and brewers must follow formulation rules and obtain label or bottle approval when required; TTB’s beer guidance was updated January 6, 2026.[78][79]
Latest news
The latest industry developments in 2026 include continued weakness in alcoholic beverage categories, growth in adult non-alcoholic, ready-to-drink cocktails and better-for-you drinks, and renewed consolidation in contract and private-label manufacturing. Reported 2026 transactions included Refresco’s $1.2 billion SunOpta acquisition and Mark Anthony Brands’ $325 million Long Drink Company acquisition.[26]

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the Beverage Manufacturing Industry

The leading companies in the beverage manufacturing industry, ranked on market impact, performance, momentum, innovation and brand popularity.

Updated November 11, 2026 · Next review December 11, 2026

Verdict

The Coca-Cola Company stands out for soft drinks and RTD reach because its operating margin was 28.7% in 2025, while Kirin Holdings leads in alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages since it reported ¥1,075.3 billion in alcoholic-beverage revenue in 2025.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in soft drinks and RTD

    The Coca-Cola Company

    US

    Ranked #1 · 9.1 · Soft drinks and RTD

    Why we picked it: Its operating margin of 28.7% in 2025 supports large-scale soft drinks plus water and juice operations.

    See in ranking ↓Visit coca-colacompany.com ↗

  2. Leader in alcoholic beverages

    Kirin Holdings

    JP

    Ranked #2 · 8.9 · Alcoholic beverages

    Why we picked it: Its mix of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages includes ¥1,075.3 billion in alcoholic revenue in 2025.

    See in ranking ↓Visit kirinholdings.com ↗

  3. Leader in coffee beverages

    Keurig Dr Pepper

    US

    Ranked #3 · 8.8 · Coffee beverages

    Why we picked it: Its $16.6 billion 2025 net sales cover refreshment beverages and coffee, mainly in North America.

    See in ranking ↓Visit keurigdrpepper.com ↗

Pick 1 is the #1 company overall. Picks 2 and 3 are the highest-ranked companies in the top 5 that add a new segment.

Full ranking

Sort by
Top 10 companies in the beverage manufacturing industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

The Coca-Cola Company

Soft drinks and RTD · US

9.1
2

Kirin Holdings

Alcoholic beverages · JP

8.9
3

Keurig Dr Pepper

Coffee beverages · US

8.8
4

Carlsberg Group

Beer and cider · DK

8.6
5

Nestlé

Powdered and liquid beverages · CH

8.6
6

PepsiCo

Soft drinks, sports drinks and beverages worldwide · US

8.5
7

Heineken

Beer, cider and other alcoholic beverages worldwide · NL

8.4
8

Pernod Ricard

Spirits, wine and champagne worldwide · FR

8.4
9

Diageo

Spirits, beer and ready-to-drink beverages worldwide · GB

8.3
10

Asahi Group Holdings

Beer, spirits and non-alcoholic beverages worldwide · JP

8.0

How we score

  • Impact (30%): scale and weight in the market (revenue, market share, employees, market position).
  • Performance (20%): recent revenue growth and operating margin; an analyst assessment where a company does not publish them.
  • Momentum (20%): growth trajectory and future potential.
  • Innovation (15%): R&D intensity and how technologically advanced the company is.

Popularity (brand search demand, 15%) counts toward Overall but is not published as a column. Overall leaves out what is not known.

Scale Scores are shown on a 7–10 scale with one decimal; bars start at 7.0.

Cadence Recalculated when new figures are published; next review December 11, 2026.

Independence. Rankings are editorially independent. Scores, ranks, picks and the verdict follow the method above; no company can pay to change them.

Cite this ranking

APA

Samuel Norberg. (2026, November 11). Top 10 companies in the beverage manufacturing industry. In Beverage Manufacturing Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/beverage-manufacturing-industry-statistics/#top-companies

report visual · Projection

Hours worked in beverage manufacturing (NAICS 3121) (United States)

Hours worked in beverage manufacturing (NAICS 3121) grew from 441.4 million hours in 2020 to 535.8 million hours in 2025.

441 million hours
Start
+3.95%
CAGR · 5y
536 million hours
Projected
20202025
source-verifiedfred.stlouisfed.org2025

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

AI and automation investment stays active across food and beverage firms, including 16% of leaders reporting that more than half of their AI projects reached scale across all sites in 2025.

AI in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 25% of food and beverage brands identified analyzing market trends and consumer insights as their leading AI use case in product innovation in 2025.[1]
  • 97% of food and beverage businesses were investigating AI in 2024, while more than one-third were already using it, according to a survey covering North American producers and distributors.[2]
  • 9.6% was the reported 2024 profit growth for food and beverage companies already using AI, compared with 7.3% for companies with no AI plans or still investigating it.[2]
  • 16% of food and beverage manufacturing leaders reported in 2025 that more than half of their AI projects had reached scale across all sites.[3]

Automation in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 48% of North American food and beverage companies still partly or completely relied on manual processes to trace products in 2024.[2]
  • 34% of North American food and beverage companies planned to increase automation in 2024.[2]
  • 21% was the increase in industrial robot installations by U.S. food and beverage companies in 2024.[4]
  • 60% of North American food and beverage processors, manufacturers and distributors were using technology to automate more tasks in 2024.[2]

Digital Transformation in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • 82% of food and beverage leaders said technology adoption was a strategic priority, while 6% reported fully integrated digital systems, in a 2025 survey.[5]
  • 40% of 423 food and beverage professionals worldwide identified disconnected systems and data as their organization’s biggest operational barrier in 2026.[5]
  • 28% of food, beverage, and ingredient professionals reported positive effects from digital transformation technologies on food-safety preventive controls in 2024.[6]
  • 34% of food, beverage, and ingredient professionals said manufacturing process or assembly had been positively affected by digital transformation technologies in 2024.[6]

Technology Adoption in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • 50% of food, beverage, and ingredient companies anticipated investing in artificial intelligence as part of their 2025 digital-transformation strategies.[6]
  • 31% of food, beverage, and ingredient companies anticipated investing in robotics or robotic process automation in 2025.[6]
  • 22% of food, beverage, and ingredient companies anticipated investing in machine-learning software in 2025.[6]
  • 23% of food, beverage, and ingredient companies anticipated investing in mobile-app technologies in 2025.[6]

Cloud Computing in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • 18% of food manufacturers were already using cloud-based manufacturing-execution systems, while 51% planned implementation, according to a 2025 industry survey.[7]
  • 30% of food, beverage, and ingredient companies anticipated investing in cloud computing or enterprise resource-planning software and systems in 2025.[6]
  • 39.5% of EU enterprises in accommodation and food-service activities used paid cloud-computing services in 2025.[8]
  • 52% of food processors and manufacturers were considering cloud technology, while 45% reported no cloud use, in a 2023 industry survey.[9]

Big Data in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • 35% of food, beverage, and ingredient companies anticipated investing in big data and real-time analytics in 2025.[6]
  • 24% of food-manufacturing respondents were very familiar with advanced analytics, while 34% were moderately familiar, in CRB’s 2025 survey.[10]
  • 47% of food, beverage, and ingredient professionals identified gathering, analyzing, and leveraging data for data-driven decisions as a digital-transformation investment driver in 2024.[6]
  • 13% of food manufacturers were already using advanced-analytics or big-data platforms, while 44% planned implementation, in a 2025 industry survey.[7]

IoT in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • 26% of food manufacturers were already using IoT sensors or equipment monitoring, while 37% planned implementation, in a 2025 industry survey.[7]
  • 31% of food-manufacturing respondents were very familiar with the Internet of Things, while 35% were moderately familiar, in CRB’s 2025 survey.[10]
  • 16% of food, beverage, and ingredient companies anticipated investing in Internet-of-Things devices or sensors in 2025.[6]
  • 33% of UK manufacturing companies had adopted IoT technologies in a 2024 national survey, with manufacturing among the sectors reporting comparatively high adoption.[11]

Innovation in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 83% of food and beverage companies increased new-product-development investment in 2025, according to TraceGains’ industry survey.[5]
  • 72% of beverage-alcohol innovation items were line extensions in the United States during the 52 weeks ending November 29, 2025.[12]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Data governance and timeliness remain measurable barriers, with 43% of consumer-products companies struggling to establish the right level of data governance in 2024.

Business intelligence in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 34% of consumer packaged goods manufacturers used collected data for production planning and scheduling in 2025.[13]
  • 44% of consumer packaged goods manufacturers said their collected data was used effectively in 2025.[13]
  • 37% of consumer packaged goods manufacturers used collected data to improve or monitor product quality in 2025.[13]
  • 35% of consumer packaged goods manufacturers used sales analytics to analyze collected data in Rockwell Automation’s 2025 survey.[13]

Data analytics in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 38% of consumer packaged goods manufacturers used collected data for process optimization in 2025.[13]
  • 44% of food manufacturers planned to implement advanced analytics platforms within 12 months in 2025.[7]
  • 41% of food manufacturers were already using real-time production-monitoring dashboards in 2025.[7]
  • 45% of consumer packaged goods manufacturers used collected data for AI, applied AI, generative AI or machine learning in 2025.[13]

Data Quality in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • 6.4 out of 10: Food, beverage and agriculture respondents rated data timeliness as important in 2018.[14]
  • 6.6 out of 10: Food, beverage and agriculture respondents rated data consistency as important in 2018.[14]
  • 22% of consumer-products companies reported that businesses lacked trust in data quality and validity in 2024.[15]
  • 6.4 out of 10: Food, beverage and agriculture respondents rated data accuracy as important in 2018.[14]
  • 7.0 out of 10: Food, beverage and agriculture respondents rated data completeness as important in 2018.[14]
  • 77% of retail and consumer-products companies identified improving data quality as a priority in 2023.[16]

Data Governance in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • 43% of consumer-products companies reported struggling to establish the right level of data governance in 2024.[15]
  • 61% of supply-management organizations had a dedicated data-governance function in 2024.[17]
  • 22% of consumer-products companies planned to increase investment in data infrastructure and governance over the following 12 months in 2024.[15]
  • 90% of supply-management organizations agreed or strongly agreed that data governance was necessary in 2024.[17]
  • 47% of supply-management data-governance functions were housed in a center of excellence in 2024.[17]
  • 81% of supply-management organizations found their data-governance program useful in 2024.[17]

KPIs in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 85 grams of CO2e per liter of packaged product was Diageo’s fiscal-2025 market-based Scope 1 and 2 emissions intensity.[18]
  • 1.78 liters of water per liter of beverage was Coca-Cola’s global water-use ratio in 2024.[19]
  • 9% performance improvement was reported at a Britvic factory after deploying digital manufacturing technology to identify operational losses in 2024.[20]
  • 0.82 lost-time accidents per 1,000 full-time employees was Diageo’s fiscal-2025 rate.[18]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Sector deal-making targets manufacturing scale, with Refresco agreeing to acquire SunOpta for $1.2 billion in February 2026.

Growth in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 2.9% was Coca-Cola Europacific Partners’ reported European revenue growth in 2024.[21]
  • ¥148.739 billion was Suntory Beverage & Food’s operating income in 2025, compared with ¥160.249 billion in 2024.[22]
  • ¥1,715.438 billion was Suntory Beverage & Food’s consolidated revenue in 2025, up from ¥1,696.765 billion in 2024.[22]
  • 7.2 billion U.S. dollars was AB InBev’s sales-and-marketing investment behind megabrands and platforms in fiscal 2024.[23]

Differentiation in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 31% was the 2022–2023 sales increase for Frito-Lay Flamin’ Hot products in the United States.[24]
  • 26 Flamin’ Hot products were offered by Frito-Lay in 2023 as the brand extended its spicy flavor platform.[24]
  • 67% of surveyed bar-goers typically drank local brands in the 2035 beverage outlook survey, highlighting provenance and local identity as differentiators.[25]
  • 7.2 billion U.S. dollars was AB InBev’s 2024 investment in sales, marketing and brand-building capabilities for its megabrands and mega platforms.[23]

Mergers and acquisitions in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 81.3% of beverage-sector M&A deal volume in 2024 was driven by strategic buyers.[26]
  • 9 billion U.S. dollars was the reported value of BlueTriton Brands’ acquisition of Primo Brands in 2024.[27]
  • 219 beverage-sector transactions were announced or completed in 2024, up 21.7% year over year.[26]
  • 149 beverage-sector transactions in 2024 involved private business owners, up 13.7% year over year.[26]

Strategic partnerships in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 5,000-plus retail outlets across Alabama were targeted by Synergy CHC’s 2025 distribution partnership with AlaBev for FOCUSfactor beverages and shots.[28]
  • 12 years was the term of Coca-Cola’s renewed Olympic partnership announced for 2021 through 2032 with the International Olympic Committee and Mengniu.[29]
  • 1 lead investor and brand ambassador relationship was established between Stephen Curry, Thirty Ink and Nirvana Super Waters in 2024.[1]
  • 96 years was the duration of Coca-Cola’s partnership with the Olympic movement as of the Paris 2024 Games.[29]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Workforce scarcity shows up in retention and training plans, including 37% of food and beverage manufacturers saying worker shortages were critical and affecting production in 2025.

Hiring in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 95% of consumer packaged goods companies reported difficulty finding skilled operators and technicians in 2025.[30]
  • Nearly 40% of food and beverage companies planned to expand their workforce during the 12 months after the 2024 survey.[31]
  • 30% of food and beverage companies reported workforce growth during the 12 months before the 2024 survey, down from 45% in the preceding survey.[31]
  • 37% of food and beverage manufacturers said worker shortages were critical and affecting production in 2025.[32]

Employee retention in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 19.8% was the average annual total turnover rate for employees with less than two years at PMMI member companies in 2026.[33]
  • 12.9% was the average annual voluntary headcount turnover rate reported by PMMI member companies over the two years ending in 2026.[33]
  • 72% of food and beverage manufacturing end users reported high turnover among line operators in 2025.[34]
  • 47% of food and beverage manufacturing end users reported that technicians were affected by high turnover in 2025.[34]

Remote Work in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among food-sector career starters globally, 36% were fully site-based during their first two years of work, according to a 2024 survey.[35]
  • Across U.S. food and beverage businesses, 26% let employees choose to work in-person or remotely in 2025, while 73% require in-person work.[36]
  • U.S. accommodation and food-services firms averaged 0.1 work-from-home days per week from November 2024 through January 2025.[37]
  • In U.S. accommodation and food services, 1.7% of employees were able to work fully remotely in 2024.[38]

Hybrid Work in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among food-sector career starters globally, 27% worked in a hybrid arrangement during their first two years, according to a 2024 survey.[35]
  • In 2025, 80% of hospitality and food-services employers said they were still struggling to get the balance right with hybrid working.[39]
  • Across U.S. food and beverage businesses, 26% offered employees the option to work in-person or remotely in 2025.[36]
  • In U.S. restaurant and bar businesses, 12% offered employees a choice between in-person and remote work in 2025.[36]

Upskilling in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 39% of food and beverage manufacturers planned to expand in-house technical training in 2025.[32]
  • 23% of food and beverage manufacturers reported working with schools to develop electromechanical curricula in 2025.[32]
  • 71% of food and beverage companies had upskilled existing employees to reduce recruitment pressure in the 2024 North American industry outlook survey.[9]
  • 59% of food and beverage companies had restructured working patterns to retain more staff in the 2024 North American industry outlook survey.[9]

Employee Engagement in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among U.S. and Canadian frontline employees surveyed in 2024, 52% worked in foodservice, in a sample of 46,250 employees used to assess workplace engagement.[40]
  • Globally, 21% of employees were engaged in 2025, providing an economy-wide benchmark relevant where food-and-beverage-specific engagement data are limited.[41]
  • Food-and-beverage organizations scored 7.91 out of 10 for employee engagement in the latest 2026 benchmark dataset.[42]
  • Food-service employees recorded 72.6% engagement in 2026, up 9.1 percentage points from the prior measurement.[43]

DEI in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 28.8% of the U.S. beverage-manufacturing workforce was female in 2024.[44]
  • 71.2% of the U.S. beverage-manufacturing workforce was male in 2024.[44]

Change Management in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among CPG executives, 5% said their companies decreased resources devoted to change-management initiatives during the prior 12 months.[45]
  • Among foodservice organizations surveyed in 2024, 46% identified siloed data and inaccessible specialists as barriers to systematic menu optimization.[46]
  • In the 2024–2025 HR Systems Survey, 39% of organizations applied change management sporadically and 9% reported using no change management.[47]
  • Among foodservice organizations surveyed in 2024, 44% cited a lack of internal expertise to execute analyses as a menu-optimization barrier.[46]

08 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Digital route-to-market keeps expanding, with 71% of beverage-industry leaders saying their route to market was very or completely digitalized in 2024.

Marketing in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • $5.8 billion was the 2024 U.S. digital advertising spend for nonalcoholic beverages, representing 16.0% of consumer packaged goods digital advertising.[48]
  • 71% of beverage-industry leaders said their route to market was already very or completely digitalized in 2024.[49]

Digital marketing in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • More than one in four beverage consumers used artificial-intelligence tools to guide beverage choices in 2025, according to EY’s U.S. consumer research.[50]
  • 74% of the Beverage Industry audience tracked in April 2026 was classified as engaged across its digital channels.[51]
  • 27% of U.S. consumer packaged goods digital advertising was allocated to alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages combined in 2024.[48]
  • 60% of beverage companies said digital route-to-market work would place them ahead of competitors in 2024.[49]

Branding in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 21% of beverage consumers reported social pressure around beverage choices in EY’s 2025 U.S. research, versus 11% across all surveyed consumers.[50]
  • Gatorade gained market share in 2024 while PepsiCo prioritized zero-sugar, functional-hydration and sports-nutrition beverage segments.[52]
  • Pepsi Zero Sugar recorded double-digit net-revenue growth in 2024 in PepsiCo’s global beverage portfolio.[52]
  • 61.1 million hectolitres of Heineken-branded beer were sold globally in 2024, up from 56.3 million hectolitres in 2023.[53]

Social media in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 38% of consumers said documenting eating and drinking out on social media was very important to them in CGA’s global research.[25]
  • 39% of consumers said they based their drink choice on what would look good on social media in CGA’s global research.[25]
  • 66% of consumers said they had purchased a specific drink or food item after seeing it on social media or online in CGA’s global research.[25]
  • 42% of global bartending staff said beverage brands with a strong social-media presence were best positioned to thrive in the 2024 Global Bartender Report.[25]

Influencer Marketing in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • 33% of U.S. food and beverage shoppers said they purchased a product from an influencer-founded or influencer-led brand such as Prime or Feastables in the previous year, in 2025.[54]
  • 82% of U.S. Gen Z food and beverage shoppers said they purchased a prepackaged product based on an online influencer’s recommendation in the previous year, according to a June 2025 survey.[54]
  • 63% of U.S. food and beverage shoppers said they purchased a prepackaged product based on an online influencer’s recommendation in the previous year, according to a June 2025 survey.[54]
  • 49% of U.S. millennial food and beverage shoppers said they purchased from an influencer-founded or influencer-led brand in the previous year, according to a 2025 survey.[54]
  • 47.6% of TikTok videos featuring food products from top influencers included a branded product, based on an analysis of 1,360 videos published in 2025.[55]

09 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Manufacturing execution and packaging costs remain operational levers, with raw-material costs that were packaging costs at 30% in the 2025 Canadian outlook.

Process optimization in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 77% was the average container-return rate in Romania during the last three months of 2024 after Coca-Cola HBC’s deposit-return scheme launched there.[56]
  • 13,000 metric tonnes of plastic bottles per year is the processing capacity of Coca-Cola HBC’s packaging-collection facility in Nigeria.[56]

Operational efficiency in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 2.4% was Boston Beer’s decline in total shipment volume in 2024, to 7.493 million barrels.[57]
  • 1.0% was Coca-Cola HBC’s increase in comparable cost of goods sold per unit case in 2024, despite volume and price growth.[56]
  • 2.7% was Coca-Cola Consolidated’s 2024 increase in net sales per unit of beverage volume, based on reported net sales and volume.[21]
  • 0.6% was Coca-Cola Consolidated’s decline in fiscal-year beverage volume in 2024, to 353.1 million cases or equivalent units.[21]

Quality management in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 77% was the average return rate for beverage containers sold in Romania during the final three months of 2024 under Coca-Cola HBC’s deposit-return scheme.[56]
  • 13,000 metric tonnes annually is the designed plastic-processing capacity of Coca-Cola HBC’s Nigeria packaging facility opened in January 2025.[56]

Supply chain in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 13,000 metric tonnes per year is the capacity of Coca-Cola HBC’s Nigeria facility for processing collected plastic beverage bottles.[56]
  • 10% of total Canadian beverage sales were exported to the United States in the 2025 FCC beverage-manufacturing outlook.[2]
  • More than half of distillery sales were exposed to the U.S. market in the 2025 Canadian beverage outlook, making distilleries the most trade-exposed beverage subsector.[2]
  • 30% of beverage manufacturers’ raw-material costs were packaging costs, including metal, paperboard, plastic and glass containers, in the 2025 Canadian outlook.[2]

Outsourcing / Offshoring in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across food and beverage CPG companies globally, 52% planned to expand their international footprint in 2023, including North America, EMEA and APAC expansion.[58]
  • Among United States and European food-services and facility-management buyers, 91% expected outsourcing budgets to increase over the five years following 2024.[59]
  • Across food and beverage CPG companies globally, 55% outsourced more manufacturing in 2023 than three years earlier, according to a survey of 287 industry leaders.[1]
  • Among food and beverage CPG companies globally, 47% worked with up to 10 co-manufacturers in 2023.[1]
  • Among food and beverage CPG companies globally, 36% used co-manufacturers for finished-product manufacturing in 2023.[1]

10 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Margins and pricing continue to vary by portfolio, with Coca-Cola’s consolidated operating margin at 21.2% in 2024.

Pricing strategy in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 2.7% was Boston Beer’s increase in net revenue per barrel in 2024, to $268.64 per barrel.[57]
  • 11% was Coca-Cola’s full-year 2024 price-and-mix growth globally, compared with 2% concentrate-sales growth.[19]
  • 3.1% was Keurig Dr Pepper’s 2024 net-price realization in U.S. Refreshment Beverages, while volume and mix contributed 2.7%.[60]
  • 4.3% was AB InBev’s 2024 increase in revenue per hectolitre, attributed to revenue-management choices and premiumization.[60]

Cost reduction in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 194.9% was the forecast year-over-year increase in the Canadian beverage-manufacturing gross-margin index for 2025 as raw-material costs eased.[2]
  • 30% of beverage manufacturers’ raw-material costs were packaging costs in the 2025 FCC Canadian beverage-industry outlook.[2]
  • Recipe-optimization savings helped Boston Beer’s 2024 gross margin, alongside price increases, contract renegotiations and lower product returns.[57]

Profitability in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 20.1% was Keurig Dr Pepper’s 2024 operating margin in U.S. Refreshment Beverages, down from 28.1% in 2023.[60]
  • 21.2% was Coca-Cola’s consolidated operating margin in 2024, down from 24.7% in 2023.[61]
  • 36.1% was Coca-Cola HBC’s comparable gross-profit margin in 2024, an increase of 110 basis points.[56]

Financial planning in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 5.8% was Keurig Dr Pepper’s 2024 net-sales growth in U.S. Refreshment Beverages, reaching $9.331 billion.[60]
  • 12% was Coca-Cola’s full-year 2024 organic-revenue growth, driven by 11% price-and-mix growth and 2% concentrate-sales growth.[19]
  • 13.8% was Coca-Cola HBC’s 2024 organic-revenue growth, with volume growth reported in each operating segment.[56]
  • 2.7% was AB InBev’s consolidated revenue growth in 2024, while revenue per hectolitre increased 4.3%.[60]

11 Statistics

Product & Service

Functional attributes and RTD innovation support trial behavior, with 38.2% of U.S. consumers saying they were likely to try a new beverage with a desired functional attribute.

Product development in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 38.2% of U.S. consumers said they were likely to try a new beverage featuring a desired functional attribute.[62]
  • 6% value growth was recorded for sports drinks globally in 2024 as beverage manufacturers expanded functional product offerings.[63]
  • 40.4% of U.S. consumers said they were very likely to try a new beverage featuring a desired functional attribute.[62]
  • 8% value growth was recorded for energy drinks globally in 2024, highlighting health-focused product innovation in soft drinks.[63]

Product lifecycle in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 43% recycled content was reached in Diageo PET bottles, exceeding its 2025 target of 35%.[18]
  • 20.6% improvement in water efficiency has been achieved by Diageo since 2020 across its beverage operations.[18]
  • 157% of water used in finished beverages was returned to nature and communities by Coca-Cola globally in 2024.[19]
  • 1.78 liters of water were used per liter of beverage across the Coca-Cola system globally in 2024.[19]

After-sales in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 24 hours was CR Beverage’s stated target for the handling department to contact a customer after a complaint was transferred in China in 2024.[64]
  • 100% of CR Beverage’s formal customer complaints were resolved in China in 2024.[64]
  • 3,229 formal customer complaints were recorded by CR Beverage’s consumer hotline in China in 2024.[64]
  • 61,000 manual customer-service interactions were handled by CR Beverage’s consumer hotline in China in 2024.[64]

Value proposition in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 46% of U.S. grocery shoppers identified taste as a definition of good beverage value in 2026.[65]
  • 40% of U.S. grocery shoppers identified trusted quality as a definition of good beverage value in 2026.[65]
  • 61% of U.S. grocery shoppers said low price defines good value in beverages in 2026.[65]
  • 39% of U.S. grocery shoppers identified a trusted brand as a definition of good beverage value in 2026.[65]

12 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Water intensity and packaging recycling show measurable targets, including Coca-Cola’s 1.78 liters of water per liter of beverage across the Coca-Cola system in 2024.

Sustainability in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 10% improvement in water efficiency versus 2015 was reported across Coca-Cola system operations in 2024.[19]
  • 85% of Diageo’s electricity came from renewable sources in fiscal 2025.[18]

ESG in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 46% of Diageo’s global leaders were ethnically diverse in fiscal 2025.[18]
  • 43% of Diageo’s global leaders were women in fiscal 2025.[18]
  • 18.8% was Diageo’s reduction in total direct and indirect greenhouse-gas emissions versus its fiscal-2022 baseline in fiscal 2025.[18]
  • 2.0 million people were educated through Diageo-supported underage-drinking programmes in fiscal 2025.[18]

Ethics in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 100% of formal consumer complaints were resolved by CR Beverage in China in 2024.[64]
  • 46% of Diageo’s global leaders were ethnically diverse in fiscal 2025, an indicator reported under inclusion and diversity.[18]
  • 2.0 million people were reached through Diageo-supported education programmes on the dangers of underage drinking in fiscal 2025.[18]
  • 43% of Diageo’s global leaders were women in fiscal 2025, an indicator reported under inclusion and diversity.[18]

CSR in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 61,000 manual consumer-service interactions were handled by CR Beverage’s hotline in China in 2024.[64]
  • 2.0 million people were educated through Diageo-supported responsible-drinking programmes in fiscal 2025.[18]
  • 3,229 formal consumer complaints were recorded by CR Beverage’s hotline in China in 2024.[64]
  • 157% of water used in Coca-Cola’s finished beverages was returned to nature and communities globally in 2024.[19]

Circular economy in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 100% recycled plastic was used in specified DASANI bottles in North America from 2022, excluding caps and labels.[19]
  • 43% recycled content was reached in Diageo PET bottles in 2025.[18]
  • 30% to 35% recycled plastic is Coca-Cola’s 2035 global target for primary packaging.[19]
  • 35% to 40% recycled material is Coca-Cola’s 2035 target for primary packaging made from plastic, glass and aluminum.[19]

Carbon footprint in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 33% of Diageo’s total Scope 3 value-chain emissions came from packaging in fiscal 2025.[18]
  • 310,000 tonnes of direct and indirect greenhouse-gas emissions were reported by Diageo globally in fiscal 2025.[18]

14 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

Cross-border footprint is measurable in revenue, including Coca-Cola Europacific Partners’ €14.971 billion 2024 European revenue across multiple markets.

Globalization in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • Suntory Beverage & Food’s 2025 revenue included ¥735.2 billion from Japan and ¥394.1 billion from APAC.[22]
  • Suntory Beverage & Food reported ¥1,715.438 billion in consolidated revenue across Japan, APAC, Europe and the Americas in 2025.[22]
  • Brown-Forman generated 55% of fiscal-2024 net sales outside the United States.[21]
  • Coca-Cola HBC generated €14.971 billion of European revenue in 2024, covering Great Britain, Germany, Iberia, France, Belgium and Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Iceland.[21]

Cultural adaptation in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 31% was the increase in Frito-Lay Flamin’ Hot product sales from 2022 to 2023 in the United States.[24]
  • 26 Flamin’ Hot products were sold by Frito-Lay in 2023, reflecting flavor adaptation around spicy-food preferences in the U.S. snack-and-beverage portfolio.[24]
  • More than half of U.S. consumers were likely to buy an item described as spicy in 2025, compared with 39% in 2015.[24]
  • 67% of surveyed bar-goers typically drink local beverage brands, indicating strong local-brand preference in the 2035 outlook survey.[25]

Supplier management in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 97.7% of Coca-Cola HBC’s procurement addressable spending was sourced locally in 2024, representing approximately €5.3 billion excluding concentrate supplies.[56]
  • 70 group companies in Japan and overseas were covered by Suntory Beverage & Food’s sustainability performance data in 2025.[22]
  • 13 value-chain jobs were associated with every direct Coca-Cola HBC system job in the company’s latest socioeconomic-impact studies.[56]
  • More than 95% of Coca-Cola HBC’s procurement addressable spending was targeted for annual supplier performance screening in 2024.[23]

Stakeholder management in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 4 directors, representing 40% of Diageo’s board, self-disclosed minority-ethnic-group membership as of July 24, 2024.[18]
  • 13 jobs in the value chain were linked to each direct job in Coca-Cola HBC’s system in the company’s latest socioeconomic-impact studies.[56]

Distribution channels in the beverage manufacturing industry

  • 45% of Brown-Forman’s fiscal-2024 net sales came from the United States, its largest market.[21]
  • 55% of Brown-Forman’s fiscal-2024 net sales came from markets outside the United States.[21]
  • €3.398 billion was Coca-Cola Europacific Partners’ 2024 revenue from Iberia, comprising Spain, Portugal and Andorra.[21]
  • €14.971 billion was Coca-Cola Europacific Partners’ 2024 European revenue, generated across multiple retail and away-from-home markets.[21]

Key questions about the beverage manufacturing industry

What is the current size of the global alcoholic beverage market?
The global alcoholic beverage market reached $1.821T in value in 2025, estimated by Crisil Intelligence.
How fast is the global alcoholic beverage market projected to grow?
Crisil Intelligence projects value growth of 5.0%–6.0% annually from 2025 to 2030, reaching approximately $2.34T–$2.39T by 2030.
Which companies lead the beverage manufacturing industry?
The Coca-Cola Company stands out for soft drinks and RTD reach because its operating margin was 28.7% in 2025, while Kirin Holdings leads in alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages since it reported ¥1,075.3 billion in alcoholic-beverage revenue in 2025.
What technology shift is showing up most often in beverage manufacturing operations?
Automation and real-time monitoring dashboards are expanding, with 41% of food manufacturers already using real-time production-monitoring dashboards in 2025.
How is the market structure reflected in the industry’s distribution and buying patterns?
Beverage M&A stayed muted year to date in 2026, while selected deals targeted scalable manufacturing and growth categories, including Refresco’s $1.2 billion acquisition in February 2026.
Which regulatory compliance topics shape U.S. beverage manufacturing operations?
U.S. non-alcoholic manufacturers must comply with FDA facility registration, ingredient declarations, nutrition and allergen labeling, and truthful marketing, while alcoholic beverages fall under TTB labeling and advertising requirements.
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