Number of operating distilleries by year since 1900

Scanned from "Scotch Whisky Industry Record", H. Charles Gray, ISBN 0 9522646 0 9

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YearEnglandScotlandIrelandUK
1900 10 159 30199
1901 9 15628193
1902 9 15229190
1903 9 14928186
1904 8 15228188
1905 8 15327188
1906 8 15028186
1907 8 15027185
1908 8 13226166
1909 8 14226176
1910 7 12425156
1911 7 12223152
1912 7 12025152
1913 8 12724159
1914 8 13322163
1915 8 11321142
1916 8 11123142
1917 7 11224143
1918 6 8620
1919 5 8623114
1920 8 13323164
1921 9 13421163
1922 9 12916152
1923 6 1285140
1924 7 1245138
1925 9 1244137
1926 9 1132121
1927 9 84-91
1928 9 901100
1929 9 923104
1930 9 941104
1931 10 72182
1932 9 41151
1933 10 15125
1934 10 64377
1935 10 64275
1936 10 66177
1937 10 86298
1938 10 903103
1939 10 922104
1940 10 932105
1941 10 72183
1942 10 44357
1943 6 33-39
1944 9 1-10
1945 9 57369
1946 9 80392
1947 7 82392
1948 7 88297
1949 7 912100
1950 9 952106
1951 9 972108
1952 9 973109
1953 9 973109
1954 9 962107
1955 9 952106
1956 9 952106
1957 9 972108
1958 6 1002108
1959 6 1012109
1960 6 1062114
1961 4 1062112
1962 4 1052111
1963 4 1072113
1964 4 1082114
1965 4 1112117
1966 4 1142120
1967 4 1162122
1968 4 1172123
1969 4 1162122
1970 4 1162122
1971 4 1172123
1972 4 1182124
1973 4 1192125
1974 4 1212127
1975 4 1222128
1976 4 1232129
1977 4 1232129
1978 4 1232129
1979 4 1232129

Notes:
Although distillers were licensed or 'entered' for production from the late seventeenth century, no consistent statistics have survived. These are known to have been compiled at least from the 1750s as the Board of Excise of Scotland made an annual return to the Treasury in London. The stan of the Scottish figures in 1815 resulted from the legislation in 1814.

The Scottish figures 1870-82 also include the figures for England.

From 1923 Irish figures are for Northern Ireland only.

The number of distilleries licensed to work in Scotland in March 1993 was 105 (Ref. C&E).