Beer in the United States

Beer in the United States industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value and volume 2006-10, and forecast to 2015). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the United States beer market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

• The beer market consists of retail sales of ales, stouts & bitters, low/no alcohol beers, premium lager, specialty beers and standard lager. The market is valued according to retail selling price (RSP) and includes any applicable taxes. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2010 annual average exchange rates.
• The US beer market generated total revenues of $76.9 billion in 2010, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -0.1% for the period spanning 2006-2010.
• Standard lager sales proved the most lucrative for the US beer market in 2010, generating total revenues of $27.4 billion, equivalent to 35.6% of the market's overall value.
• The performance of the market is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CARC of -0.5% for the five-year period 2010-2015, which is expected to lead the market to a value of $75.2 billion by the end of 2015.

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Table of contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

MARKET OVERVIEW
Market definition
Research highlights
Market analysis

MARKET VALUE

MARKET VOLUME

MARKET SEGMENTATION I

MARKET SEGMENTATION II

MARKET SHARE

FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS
Summary
Buyer power
Supplier power
New entrants
Substitutes
Rivalry

LEADING COMPANIES
Anheuser-Busch InBev
SABMiller
Molson Coors Brewing Company

MARKET DISTRIBUTION

MARKET FORECASTS
Market value forecast
Market volume forecast

MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS

APPENDIX
Methodology
Industry associations
Related Datamonitor research
Disclaimer

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LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: United States beer market value: $ million, 2006–10(e)
Table 2: United States beer market volume: million liters, 2006–10(e)
Table 3: United States beer market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010(e)
Table 4: United States beer market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010(e)
Table 5: United States beer market share: % share, by volume, 2010(e)
Table 6: Anheuser-Busch InBev: key facts
Table 7: Anheuser-Busch InBev: key financials ($)
Table 8: Anheuser-Busch InBev: key financial ratios
Table 9: SABMiller: key facts
Table 10: SABMiller: key financials ($)
Table 11: SABMiller: key financial ratios
Table 12: Molson Coors Brewing Company: key facts
Table 13: Molson Coors Brewing Company: key financials ($)
Table 14: Molson Coors Brewing Company: key financial ratios
Table 15: United States beer market distribution: % share, by volume, 2010(e)
Table 16: United States beer market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15
Table 17: United States beer market volume forecast: million liters, 2010–15
Table 18: United States size of population (million), 2006–10
Table 19: United States gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10
Table 20: United States gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10
Table 21: United States inflation, 2006–10
Table 22: United States consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10
Table 23: United States exchange rate, 2006–10

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: United States beer market value: $ million, 2006–10(e)
Figure 2: United States beer market volume: million liters, 2006–10(e)
Figure 3: United States beer market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010(e)
Figure 4: United States beer market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010(e)
Figure 5: United States beer market share: % share, by volume, 2010(e)
Figure 6: Forces driving competition in the beer market in the United States, 2010
Figure 7: Drivers of buyer power in the beer market in the United States, 2010
Figure 8: Drivers of supplier power in the beer market in the United States, 2010
Figure 9: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the beer market in the United States, 2010
Figure 10: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the beer market in the United States, 2010
Figure 11: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the beer market in the United States, 2010
Figure 12: Anheuser-Busch InBev: revenues & profitability
Figure 13: Anheuser-Busch InBev: assets & liabilities
Figure 14: SABMiller: revenues & profitability
Figure 15: SABMiller: assets & liabilities
Figure 16: Molson Coors Brewing Company: revenues & profitability
Figure 17: Molson Coors Brewing Company: assets & liabilities
Figure 18: United States beer market distribution: % share, by volume, 2010(e)
Figure 19: United States beer market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15
Figure 20: United States beer market volume forecast: million liters, 2010–15

Related research categories

By sector: Beer (in Beer & Cider)

By market: United States (in North America)