Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | October 26, 2020 | Worcester Business Journal 7 Central Mass. liquor licenses Most cities in towns in Central Massachusetts, like their counterparts statewide, are limited by population-based caps on how many liquor licenses they can give to places such as restaurants and breweries. A few, including Worcester, have no cap, while others have sought exemptions to go above their mandated caps. Total Liquor on premise 2018 Retail sales Name license cap licenses Population per capita Worcester* 235 255 185,195 $10,902 Framingham 88 67 71,649 N/A Marlborough* 49 64 39,776 $20,426 Leominster 52 50 41,579 $24,497 Milford 35 40 28,789 $41,401 Fitchburg 52 40 40,737 $7,885 Natick 42 37 36,083 $44,949 Westborough 24 33 18,982 $40,653 Sturbridge* 19 33 9,537 $27,537 Hudson 25 32 19,868 $20,208 Shrewsbury 46 32 37,037 $15,475 Franklin* 40 31 33,022 $12,778 Webster 22 31 16,971 $10,630 Acton 27 28 23,561 $21,446 Bellingham 22 23 17,016 $25,310 Gardner 26 23 20,555 $14,171 Clinton 19 23 13,899 $6,569 Millbury 19 22 13,630 $27,108 Southbridge 22 22 16,894 $11,889 Sudbury 23 21 18,940 $15,307 Auburn 22 20 16,633 $41,021 Northborough 20 20 14,985 $28,133 Ashland 22 20 17,576 $11,160 Maynard 19 17 10,600 $5,343 Uxbridge 19 16 13,903 $10,298 Grafton 23 16 18,624 $4,372 Mendon 19 15 6,068 $12,505 Northbridge 21 15 16,522 $12,281 Athol 19 15 11,691 $6,646 Hopkinton 20 15 17,178 $6,386 Lunenburg 19 14 11,271 $16,928 Wayland 19 14 13,720 $9,975 Millis 19 14 8,202 $9,155 Littleton 19 13 9,935 $31,042 Barre 19 13 5,539 $7,537 Templeton 19 13 8,127 $5,742 Holden 23 13 18,821 $5,495 West Boylston 19 12 7,941 $9,496 Leicester 19 12 11,286 $8,938 Spencer 19 12 11,913 $7,789 Winchendon 19 12 10,798 $6,122 Dudley 19 12 11,682 $5,383 *No liquor license cap. In these cases, the described cap is theoretical based on the community's population. Source: Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, U.S. Census Bureau Total Liquor on premise 2018 Retail sales Name license cap licenses Population per capita Medway 19 11 13,244 $7,651 Ayer 19 10 8,055 $15,867 Southborough 19 10 10,074 $10,983 Westminster 19 9 7,665 $3,919 Hardwick 19 8 3,025 N/A Groton 19 8 11,301 $5,472 Berlin 19 7 3,144 N/A East Brookfield 19 7 2,159 N/A West Brookfield 19 7 3,775 N/A Townsend 19 7 9,455 $9,562 Sterling 19 7 8,052 $2,729 Ashburnham 19 7 6,253 $1,984 Douglas 19 7 8,794 $1,727 Bolton 19 7 5,236 $959 North Brookfield 19 6 4,764 N/A Rutland 19 6 8,586 $5,300 Blackstone 19 6 9,246 $5,142 Stow 19 6 7,098 $5,018 Boylston 19 5 4,581 N/A Princeton 19 5 3,443 N/A Sutton 19 5 9,385 $12,372 Pepperell 19 5 12,083 $8,339 Holliston 19 5 14,634 $3,960 Upton 19 5 7,835 $2,062 Shirley 19 5 7,598 $1,613 Hubbardston 19 4 4,642 N/A Paxton 19 4 4,870 N/A Petersham 19 4 1,269 N/A Charlton 19 4 13,482 $5,863 Harvard 19 4 6,570 $1,307 Brookfield 19 3 3,431 N/A Oakham 19 3 1,840 N/A Phillipston 19 3 1,702 N/A Ashby 19 2 3,215 N/A Millville 19 2 3,242 N/A Lancaster 19 2 8,043 $16,689 Hopedale 19 2 5,951 $2,826 Boxborough 19 2 5,794 $2,438 New Braintree 19 1 1,298 N/A Royalston 19 1 1,160 N/A Sherborn 19 1 4,301 N/A

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