This list is of the counties of the United Kingdom before the county reorganisation of 1974, which are generally known as the Historic Counties. Please note that this refers to the geographical area, where the pre-1974 admistrative county that carried that name included county boroughs or in Scotland burghs, these are included within the county.
A list ordered using the Ceremonial Counties is available here.For a version of the above infomation presented in the form of Local Goverment Authority area is also available.
| Aberdeenshire | Listed breweries: 7 | (Open: 3 | Closed: 4 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.06) |
| Anglesey | Listed breweries: 1 | (Open: 0 | Closed: 1 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.00) |
| Angus | Listed breweries: 5 | (Open: 2 | Closed: 3 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.09) |
| County Antrim | Listed breweries: 3 | (Open: 1 | Closed: 1 | Others: 1 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.04) |
| Argyllshire | Listed breweries: 11 | (Open: 4 | Closed: 3 | Others: 4 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.05) |
| County Armgh | Listed breweries: 0 | (Open: 0 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.00) |
| Ayrshire | Listed breweries: 4 | (Open: 1 | Closed: 3 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.03) |
| Banffshire | Listed breweries: 3 | (Open: 0 | Closed: 3 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.00) |
| Bedfordshire | Listed breweries: 14 | (Open: 4 | Closed: 6 | Others: 4 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.32) |
| Berkshire | Listed breweries: 23 | (Open: 14 | Closed: 8 | Others: 1 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.75) |
| Berwickshire | Listed breweries: 1 | (Open: 0 | Closed: 1 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.00) |
| Brecknockshire | Listed breweries: 6 | (Open: 3 | Closed: 3 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.16) |
| Buckinghamshire | Listed breweries: 13 | (Open: 9 | Closed: 4 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.47) |
| Buteshire | Listed breweries: 1 | (Open: 1 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.17) |
| Caernarfonshire | Listed breweries: 5 | (Open: 5 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.34) |
| Caithness | Listed breweries: 0 | (Open: 0 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.00) |
| Cambridgeshire | Listed breweries: 15 | (Open: 10 | Closed: 4 | Others: 1 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.38) |
| Cardiganshire | Listed breweries: 9 | (Open: 2 | Closed: 6 | Others: 1 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.11) |
| Carmarthenshire | Listed breweries: 10 | (Open: 7 | Closed: 3 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.29) |
| Channel Islands | Listed breweries: 9 | (Open: 3 | Closed: 6 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 1.12) |
| Cheshire | Listed breweries: 42 | (Open: 33 | Closed: 8 | Others: 1 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 1.25) |
| Clackmannanshire | Listed breweries: 5 | (Open: 2 | Closed: 2 | Others: 1 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 1.42) |
| Cornwall | Listed breweries: 35 | (Open: 25 | Closed: 9 | Others: 1 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.70) |
| Cumberland | Listed breweries: 20 | (Open: 16 | Closed: 3 | Others: 1 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.41) |
| Denbighshire | Listed breweries: 12 | (Open: 8 | Closed: 3 | Others: 1 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.95) |
| Derbyshire | Listed breweries: 54 | (Open: 38 | Closed: 13 | Others: 3 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 1.47) |
| County Derry | Listed breweries: 1 | (Open: 0 | Closed: 1 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.00) |
| Devon | Listed breweries: 58 | (Open: 34 | Closed: 22 | Others: 2 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.51) |
| Dorset | Listed breweries: 19 | (Open: 12 | Closed: 5 | Others: 2 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.47) |
| County Down | Listed breweries: 4 | (Open: 3 | Closed: 0 | Others: 1 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.12) |
| Dumfriesshire | Listed breweries: 0 | (Open: 0 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.00) |
| Dunbartonshire | Listed breweries: 3 | (Open: 2 | Closed: 1 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.32) |
| County Durham | Listed breweries: 34 | (Open: 15 | Closed: 17 | Others: 2 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.58) |
| Essex | Listed breweries: 38 | (Open: 25 | Closed: 10 | Others: 3 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.68) |
| County Fermanagh | Listed breweries: 1 | (Open: 1 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.06) |
| Fife | Listed breweries: 5 | (Open: 3 | Closed: 2 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.23) |
| Flintshire | Listed breweries: 6 | (Open: 4 | Closed: 2 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.91) |
| Glamorgan | Listed breweries: 24 | (Open: 16 | Closed: 6 | Others: 2 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.72) |
| Gloucestershire | Listed breweries: 38 | (Open: 24 | Closed: 11 | Others: 3 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.74) |
| Hampshire | Listed breweries: 51 | (Open: 25 | Closed: 24 | Others: 2 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.64) |
| Herefordshire | Listed breweries: 23 | (Open: 8 | Closed: 15 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.37) |
| Hertfordshire | Listed breweries: 26 | (Open: 8 | Closed: 17 | Others: 1 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.49) |
| Huntingdonshire | Listed breweries: 4 | (Open: 1 | Closed: 2 | Others: 1 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.11) |
| Inverness-shire | Listed breweries: 7 | (Open: 4 | Closed: 3 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.04) |
| Kent | Listed breweries: 48 | (Open: 26 | Closed: 21 | Others: 1 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.70) |
| Kincardineshire | Listed breweries: 1 | (Open: 1 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.10) |
| Kinross-shire | Listed breweries: 0 | (Open: 0 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.00) |
| Kirkcudbrightshire | Listed breweries: 1 | (Open: 1 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.04) |
| Lanarkshire | Listed breweries: 13 | (Open: 2 | Closed: 9 | Others: 2 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.09) |
| Lancashire | Listed breweries: 120 | (Open: 63 | Closed: 48 | Others: 9 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 1.29) |
| Leicestershire | Listed breweries: 20 | (Open: 8 | Closed: 10 | Others: 2 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.37) |
| Lincolnshire | Listed breweries: 39 | (Open: 25 | Closed: 12 | Others: 2 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.36) |
| East Lothian | Listed breweries: 3 | (Open: 2 | Closed: 0 | Others: 1 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.29) |
| West Lothian | Listed breweries: 1 | (Open: 1 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.23) |
| Isle of Man | Listed breweries: 3 | (Open: 3 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.52) |
| Merioneth | Listed breweries: 2 | (Open: 0 | Closed: 2 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.00) |
| Middlesex | Listed breweries: 42 | (Open: 8 | Closed: 31 | Others: 3 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 1.33) |
| Midlothian | Listed breweries: 18 | (Open: 3 | Closed: 12 | Others: 3 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.85) |
| Monmouthshire | Listed breweries: 10 | (Open: 5 | Closed: 5 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.59) |
| Montgomeryshire | Listed breweries: 5 | (Open: 2 | Closed: 3 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.10) |
| Morayshire | Listed breweries: 2 | (Open: 1 | Closed: 1 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.08) |
| Nairnshire | Listed breweries: 1 | (Open: 0 | Closed: 0 | Others: 1 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.00) |
| Norfolk | Listed breweries: 47 | (Open: 33 | Closed: 10 | Others: 4 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.61) |
| Northamptonshire | Listed breweries: 24 | (Open: 15 | Closed: 7 | Others: 2 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.63) |
| Northumberland | Listed breweries: 28 | (Open: 16 | Closed: 10 | Others: 2 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.32) |
| Nottinghamshire | Listed breweries: 36 | (Open: 22 | Closed: 10 | Others: 4 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 1.01) |
| Orkney | Listed breweries: 2 | (Open: 2 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.20) |
| Oxfordshire | Listed breweries: 27 | (Open: 12 | Closed: 11 | Others: 4 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.62) |
| Peebleshire | Listed breweries: 2 | (Open: 2 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.22) |
| Pembrokeshire | Listed breweries: 6 | (Open: 2 | Closed: 4 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.13) |
| Perthshire | Listed breweries: 5 | (Open: 2 | Closed: 2 | Others: 1 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.03) |
| Radnorshire | Listed breweries: 0 | (Open: 0 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.00) |
| Renfrewshire | Listed breweries: 2 | (Open: 2 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.77) |
| Ross and Cromarty | Listed breweries: 6 | (Open: 6 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.07) |
| Roxburghshire | Listed breweries: 2 | (Open: 2 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.12) |
| Rutland | Listed breweries: 4 | (Open: 2 | Closed: 1 | Others: 1 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.51) |
| Selkirkshire | Listed breweries: 0 | (Open: 0 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.00) |
| Shetland | Listed breweries: 1 | (Open: 1 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.07) |
| Shropshire | Listed breweries: 27 | (Open: 17 | Closed: 8 | Others: 2 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.49) |
| Somerset | Listed breweries: 39 | (Open: 21 | Closed: 17 | Others: 1 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.50) |
| Staffordshire | Listed breweries: 56 | (Open: 29 | Closed: 17 | Others: 10 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.97) |
| Stirlingshire | Listed breweries: 8 | (Open: 6 | Closed: 2 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.52) |
| Suffolk | Listed breweries: 36 | (Open: 24 | Closed: 9 | Others: 3 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.63) |
| Surrey | Listed breweries: 44 | (Open: 14 | Closed: 29 | Others: 1 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.84) |
| Sussex | Listed breweries: 45 | (Open: 25 | Closed: 16 | Others: 4 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.66) |
| Sutherland | Listed breweries: 1 | (Open: 1 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.02) |
| County Tyrone | Listed breweries: 0 | (Open: 0 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.00) |
| Warwickshire | Listed breweries: 41 | (Open: 20 | Closed: 16 | Others: 5 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 1.01) |
| Westmorland | Listed breweries: 11 | (Open: 7 | Closed: 4 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.34) |
| Wigtownshire | Listed breweries: 0 | (Open: 0 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.00) |
| Wiltshire | Listed breweries: 29 | (Open: 17 | Closed: 8 | Others: 4 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.49) |
| Worcestershire | Listed breweries: 36 | (Open: 17 | Closed: 15 | Others: 4 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.98) |
| Yorkshire | Listed breweries: 199 | (Open: 118 | Closed: 67 | Others: 14 | Open Breweries per 100km² : 0.75) |
Last Updated : 5th February 2009