Coors Distributing Company

What Coors Distributing Company does

Coors Distributing Company is a wholesale beer and malt beverage distributor headquartered in Denver, Colorado, founded in 1971. The company operates as a private, for-profit business with 251–500 employees and serves the Colorado market through its cdccoors.com web presence. Its name and regional positioning indicate a distribution relationship tied to the Molson Coors brand family, consistent with independent family-owned distributors that have held Coors territorial rights in Colorado for decades.

The company's core business is the wholesale purchase, warehousing, and last-mile delivery of packaged and draft beer — and likely adjacent malt beverages — to on-premise accounts (restaurants, bars, hospitality) and off-premise accounts (grocery, convenience, liquor stores) across its service territory. Operational footprint comprises warehouse facilities and a delivery fleet sufficient to support 251–500 employees, implying a multi-route, scaled route-to-market operation typical of mid-size regional beer wholesalers. The 1971 vintage suggests multi-generational ownership and long-tenured retail relationships across the Denver metro and broader Colorado market.

The revenue model is volume-based wholesale distribution: the company buys beer from brewers at case prices, applies a distributor margin, and resells to retail accounts. Pricing is per-case/per-keg with contractual or posted wholesale price structures common to the three-tier U.S. alcohol system. There are no disclosed subscription, SaaS, marketplace, or other non-traditional revenue mechanics in the input data. No technology stack, proprietary platform, app, or API surface is disclosed, and the public website returned only a verification challenge with no product, pricing, or capability detail.

Name

Coors Distributing Company

Website

https://cdccoors.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Coors Distributing Company is a private Denver-based wholesale beer and malt beverage distributor founded in 1971, serving on-premise and off-premise retail accounts across the Colorado market. The company employs 251–500 people and operates warehouse, fleet, and route-sales functions tied to the Coors brand family.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Beer Wholesale Distribution

NAICS

Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers (4248), Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers (424810)

SIC

Wholesale-Beer, Wine & Distilled Alcoholic Beverages (5180)

akta.pro primary industry

Alcoholic Beverage Wholesale (Beer, Wine, Spirits) (AFAIAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Beverage & Alcohol Distribution Centers (TLALAEAK)

Keywords

• Beer distribution
• Beverage wholesale
• Alcohol distribution
• Draft beer supply
• Commercial beverage delivery

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Coors Distributing Company is a wholesale beer distributor that purchases malt beverages from brewers and delivers them to licensed retail and on-premise accounts. It supplies Coors and affiliated brands to bars, restaurants, grocery stores, convenience stores, and liquor retailers in its Denver, Colorado service territory. Operations are built around warehouse-based inventory, route sales, and scheduled delivery to commercial alcohol buyers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wholesale beer distribution Wholesale distribution of packaged and draft beer (Coors and affiliated malt beverage brands) to licensed on-premise accounts such as bars, restaurants, and hotels, and to off-premise accounts such as grocery, convenience, and liquor stores in the Denver, Colorado service territory.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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No

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Broad incumbents

• Reyes Beverage Group: One of the largest beer distributors in the U.S. with operations across multiple states. Directly comparable as a multi-state beer wholesaler operating at significantly larger scale than Coors Distributing Company.
• Ben E. Keith Beverages: Major multi-state beer and beverage distributor serving Texas and the broader Southwest. Comparable as a large-scale, multi-state beer wholesaler with similar route-to-market operations.
• Columbia Distributing: Largest privately-held beer distributor in the Pacific Northwest. Comparable as a large regional beer wholesaler serving multiple U.S. states with similar scale to Coors Distributing Company.
• Breakthru Beverage Group: Multi-category beverage distributor with significant beer, wine, and spirits operations across the U.S. Comparable as a large-scale beverage wholesaler with overlapping beer distribution capabilities.

Direct peers

• Admiral Beverage Corporation: Privately-held beverage distributor headquartered in Wyoming with operations across the Rocky Mountain and Western U.S. Closely comparable as a regional beer wholesaler operating in adjacent territory to Coors Distributing Company.
• Standard Beverage Distributing: Beer and beverage wholesaler serving Kansas and surrounding markets. Comparable as a regional beer distributor of similar size and operating model.
• LDF Sales & Distributing: Anheuser-Busch aligned beer wholesaler operating in Illinois and Indiana. Comparable as a regional beer-only distributor of similar scale and product focus.
• Gold Coast Beverage Distributors: Beer wholesaler serving the Florida market. Comparable as a regional, beer-focused distributor of similar employee scale.

Regional players

• Western Beverage Distributing: Beer distributor serving western Nebraska. Comparable as a smaller regional beer wholesaler operating in markets adjacent to Colorado.

Others

• Molson Coors Beverage Company: The brewhouse that produces Coors products and operates its own distribution arm. Relevant as both a likely supplier relationship and a partial competitor in the Denver/Colorado beer market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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