Kohlfeld Distributing

Name

Kohlfeld Distributing

Legal name

Kohlfeld Distributing Inc.

Website

https://kohlfelddistributing.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Jackson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Beer and Beverage Distribution: Kohlfeld Distributing operates as a beer and beverage distributor, purchasing products from breweries and beverage manufacturers and reselling to retail accounts including bars, restaurants, and stores. Revenue is generated through product margins on the sale of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. Additional revenue includes delivery fees.
2. Delivery Services: The company charges a $5 delivery charge per delivery for alcoholic beverage orders. Non-alcoholic invoices are excluded from the delivery fee. This provides an additional revenue stream for logistics and distribution services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Kohlfeld Distributing purchases alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages from breweries and manufacturers and resells them to retail accounts (bars, restaurants, and stores) across Southeast Missouri and portions of Arkansas. The company maintains warehouse locations in Jackson, Farmington, and Poplar Bluff, and operates direct delivery routes for retail customers. It also offers online ordering through Provi.com and DSD Link, plus online payment processing through Fintech and Paylink.

Product overview

Kohlfeld Distributing is a beer and beverage distribution company serving Southeast Missouri since 1968. The company operates as a physical goods distributor offering a comprehensive portfolio of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages across multiple categories. Their product portfolio consists of domestic beers (Miller Lite, Coors Light, Pabst, and regional brands), import beers (Corona, Modelo, Heineken, Guinness), craft beers (Bell's, New Belgium, Sierra Nevada, Yuengling), hard seltzers (White Claw, Truly, Vizzy), ciders (Angry Orchard), flavored malt beverages (Mike's, Twisted Tea), spirits (various vodka, rum, and bourbon-based ready drinks), non-alcoholic beer (Heineken 0.0, Coors Edge), and non-alcoholic beverages (Arizona, Keurig Dr Pepper, Crystal Geyser). The company also offers draft beer programs and local craft beer partnerships. Operational services include online ordering through Provi.com and DSD Link, online payment processing through Fintech and Paylink, and beer trailer rentals for licensed events.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Beer and Beverage Distribution Core distribution service purchasing alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages from breweries and manufacturers and reselling them to retail accounts (bars, restaurants, stores) in Southeast Missouri and portions of Arkansas. Includes delivery routes and warehouse pickup.
• Domestic Beer Distribution Distribution of domestic beer brands including Miller Lite, Coors Light, Coors Banquet, Keystone Light, Milwaukee's Best, Miller High Life, Miller Genuine Draft, Icehouse, Steel Reserve, Olde English 800, Hamm's, Stag, Pabst, Colt 45, Lonestar, Mickey's, Old Milwaukee Light, Shiner, Boxer Ice, and Garage Beer.
• Import Beer Distribution Distribution of imported beer brands including Foster's, Peroni, Corona Extra, Corona Premier, Corona Familiar, Corona Light, Modelo, Modelo Chelada, Modelo Oro, Negra Modelo, Modelito, Pacifico, Victoria, Harp, Guinness, Dos Equis Lager, Dos Equis Amber, Tecate, Tecate Light, Heineken, Heineken Silver, Newcastle Brown Ale, Sapporo, Red Stripe, and El Jimador.
• Craft Beer Distribution Distribution of craft beer brands including Bell's Brewery, Blue Moon, Blue Moon Light, Big Muddy Brewing, Charleville Brewery & Winery, Hofbrau, Boulevard Brewing Company, Lagunitas Brewing Company, New Belgium Brewing, Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company, Odell Brewing, Schlafly, Yuengling, Sierra Nevada, Leinenkugel's, Samuel Adams, Dogfish Head, Voodoo Ranger IPA, Voodoo Ranger Imperial, Fat Tire, Trippel, 1554, and Ebb and Flow.
• Hard Seltzer Distribution Distribution of hard seltzer brands including Vizzy, Topo Chico, Truly, White Claw, and Quirk for retail accounts in the service territory.
• Cider Distribution Distribution of cider brands including Angry Orchard for retail accounts in the service territory.
• Flavored Malt Beverage Distribution Distribution of flavored malt beverage brands including Simply Spiked, Twisted Tea, Cayman Jack, Redd's, Hard Mountain Dew, MXD, Mike's, Mike's Harder, Not Your Father's Root Beer, Smirnoff, Four Loko, Quirk Tails, Happy Thursday Spiked Refreshers, and Captain Morgan Sliced.
• Spirit Distribution Distribution of spirit-based ready-to-drink brands including Charleville Brewery & Winery, Lone River Ranch Water, The Original Pickle Shot, Bushwacker, Fresca Mixed, BeTini Spirits, Abstraction Spirits, Stateside Vodka Soda, Surfside, and Suncruiser.
• Non-Alcoholic Beer Distribution Distribution of non-alcoholic beer brands including Coors Edge, Heineken 0.0, Old Milwaukee NA, Corona NA, and Guinness NA Draught for retail accounts.
• Non-Alcoholic Beverage Distribution Distribution of non-alcoholic beverages including Arizona, Keurig Dr Pepper, Clear Fruit, Black Rifle Coffee, Crystal Geyser, Fit'z, Good 2 Grow, Mr. Pure, Nesquik, Rip-It Energy, Sparkling Ice, Tropical Fantasy, Zen Water, and Zoa.
• Draft Beer Program Draft beer distribution service offering kegs and draft equipment to retail establishments. Includes brands from Bell's Brewery, Boulevard, Sierra Nevada, Yuengling, and other craft breweries.
• Local Missouri Craft Beer Program Local craft beer distribution featuring Missouri and Illinois regional breweries including Boulevard, Schlafly, Charleville, Big Muddy Brewing, and Ebb & Flow Fermentations.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Dr. Pepper Snapple Group (DPSG)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2006In 2006, Kohlfeld entered into a partnership agreement with the Dr. Pepper/Snapple group to serve Madison, Iron and Ste Genevieve counties. In 2009, Kohlfeld Companies increased their partnership interest with DPSG to service additional counties including Mississippi, New Madrid, Dunklin, Pemiscot, Wayne, Butler, Ripley, Carter and Reynolds.
• Provi.comcoreTechnology or IntegrationProvi.com is an online ordering platform that enables Kohlfeld Distributing customers to place orders digitally. The partnership provides an e-commerce channel for the distributor's retail customers.
• FintechsupportingTechnology or IntegrationFintech provides online payment processing solutions for Kohlfeld Distributing, enabling customers to pay invoices online through the Distributor Autopay system.
• PaylinksupportingTechnology or IntegrationPaylink provides additional online payment options for Kohlfeld customers, offering alternative payment methods including check capture functionality.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Hand Family Companies: Hand Family Companies is a multi-generational family-owned beverage distributor headquartered in Oklahoma. Like Kohlfeld, it operates a traditional DSD model serving regional retail accounts with a portfolio spanning beer and non-alcoholic beverages — directly comparable in structure and scale.
• Major Brands: Major Brands is a Missouri-headquartered beer, wine, and spirits distributor with comparable size and Midwestern footprint. It is the most direct competitor to Kohlfeld in overlapping Missouri territories and shares the same supplier relationships and regional DSD model.
• Lipman Brothers: Lipman Brothers is a regional beverage distributor based in Nashville, Tennessee, serving retail accounts across the Mid-South with a comparable mix of domestic, craft, import, and non-alcoholic brands. Direct overlap with Kohlfeld in business model and category coverage.
• Standard Beverage Company: Standard Beverage is a Kansas-based regional beer and beverage distributor serving on- and off-premise accounts in the Midwest. Comparable to Kohlfeld in geographic scope, product mix, and customer segments (bars, restaurants, retailers) served through DSD routes.
• Admiral Beverage Company: Admiral Beverage is a regional beverage distributor operating across multiple western and Midwestern states with DSD routes and warehouse operations. Highly comparable to Kohlfeld in service model, product breadth, and family-business heritage.
• Monarch Beverage Company: Monarch Beverage is one of the largest independent beer wholesalers in the U.S., based in Indiana. Comparable in independent-distributor positioning, broad portfolio, and DSD delivery to retail accounts, though at a meaningfully larger scale than Kohlfeld.

Broad incumbents

• Breakthru Beverage Group: Breakthru Beverage is a top-three U.S. beverage distributor with national coverage across beer, wine, and spirits. As a broad incumbent, it competes for supplier allocations and represents a potential acquirer or competitor as supplier-driven consolidation continues.
• Republic National Distributing Company: RNDC is the second-largest beverage distributor in the U.S., operating nationwide with deep relationships across beer, wine, and spirits suppliers. As a broad incumbent, it competes with Kohlfeld for supplier allocations and serves as the most likely consolidator of regional players like Kohlfeld.
• Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits: Southern Glazer's is the largest beverage distributor in the United States, formed by the merger of Southern Wine & Spirits and Glazer's (the latter of which is referenced in Kohlfeld's M&A history). It is the dominant national wholesaler whose supplier relationships and scale set the benchmark against which Kohlfeld competes.

Regional players

• Eagle Distributing of Hot Springs: Eagle Distributing is a regional beer wholesaler serving central Arkansas — directly adjacent to Kohlfeld's three Arkansas counties (Clay, Lawrence, Randolph). Comparable in size, model, and product mix, making it the most geographically proximate peer in Arkansas.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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