Vendor Data Services
The LDB collects wholesale data and provides a data service to vendors and domestic suppliers operating in B.C. There are various reports and pre-paid subscriptions available to vendors. Please review the options below.
Liquor Market Review
The Liquor Market Review provides provincial sales through the Wholesale channel for beer, refreshment beverages, spirits and wine. The market review is produced four times per year for reporting periods ending in March, June, September and December. Download the Liquor Market Review.
Hospitality Liquor Market Review
The Hospitality Liquor Market Review provides provincial sales to Hospitality customers (restaurants, pubs, nightclubs, etc.) from all channels for beer, refreshment beverages, spirits and wine. The hospitality review is produced four times per year for reporting periods ending in March, June, September and December. Download the Hospitality Liquor Market Review.
Product Activity and Pricing
The LDB produces a Product Activity Report (PAR) and vendor specific Wholesale and Retail Price Lists available for download from our reports tab on our vendor website.
Purchase Order Report
This free report will be available to all registered vendors, and depicts POs submitted by LDB for the specified vendor. The report will be refreshed daily, Monday through Friday and include data for the preceding 90 days. This report is found on the reports tab on our vendor website.
Pre-paid Subscriptions
Data subscriptions (SSDS) and sales reports are available to purchase by product, category, volume/dollars/units, by agent and supplier and liquor outlet. Standard and custom reports may also be purchased on request or by subscription. Please visit our subscriptions tab on the vendor website.
Standard reports include:
- Agent/Supplier SKU Sales Reports
- Wholesale Electronic Price List (EPL)
- Ranked Reports
Customer Order Reports available by Subscription
Customer Order Reports – Weekly: Available for a subscription fee to be determined by the External Data Services team. Extracted every Monday for the preceding week (Sunday to Saturday).
Details Report will provide Customer Orders received by LDB for a given vendor.
Summary Report presents a summarized view of the Customer Orders Details Report.
Customer Orders Report – Monthly: The Details Report and Summary Report will also be produced on the second Monday after each LDB Period, for a separate subscription fee.
Custom reports may also be arranged to suit your specific requirements. For more information contact a Business Information Officer at salesinfo@bcldb.com.
Stock Outs
View the current supplier stock outs.
Bottle Picks
LDB Wholesale Operations has expanded the limited bottle pick service to an additional selection of SKUs.
New Products
Download a copy of our new products report to view SKUs that have received an "active" status within the past 30 days. Inventory for these products may not be available at this time and the wholesale price is not included. To view the wholesale price for these new products, log on to our wholesale pricing website.
Looking for the top selling products purchased by private retailers and hospitality customers from the WCC?
Available in Excel and published at the end of each LDB financial quarter, our reports show the top products in the spirits, wine, refreshment beverage and beer categories. Download the reports to view the top selling SKUs and the applicable date range.
Top Selling Wine and Sparkling
Top Selling Refreshment Beverages
In B.C., all beverage alcohol products are defined by an LDB product listing code. Please download our listing code definition sheet to learn more about the codes we use for products sold in the province.
Download the list of BC domestic beer available for distribution by the LDB.
Please note, products may be out-of-stock or moved to a different distribution channel since the list was posted.
To order products sold directly by private breweries and distributors please contact the distributor directly and set up an account. A list of private breweries and distributors is provided below for your convenience.
View our resources available for private retailers, suppliers/agents and licensed establishments: