Texas bars reported $881 million in July 2026 mixed-beverage sales, up 10% year over year. Arlington grew 67% on World Cup crowds. Top venues, cities, gainers, and new entrants.
We shipped two big things this month: Texas metro areas and a live directory of newly issued liquor licenses. Here's how to use them — and a refresher on everything else you can type into that green box.
Ten Texas venues just had the best month in their history.
265 Texas venues each had their best month ever in June 2026.
TABC has been quietly renumbering Texas liquor permits for years — by the hundreds, year after year. Nobody announced it. Here's what nineteen years of receipts data shows, and why it matters for anyone who tracks a bar by its permit number.
Texas mixed-beverage sales crossed $1 billion for the first time in May 2026. But per-venue revenue was essentially flat — the record came from more bars, not better business.