48 facilities bottle water, across 27 states. Only 2 publish a minimum — one of the two lowest rates in our database. Water is also the one category where the nearest plant usually beats the best plant, and the reason is not quality.
Published minimums first, then alphabetical. 2 published figures out of 48.
| Facility | Location | Minimum run | Formats | Alcohol | Services |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creekside Springs | Ambridge, PA | 12 cases / order | PET | Not published | Private label, Filling only, Labelling +1 |
| ProtoPackers | Riverside, CA | No minimum | Can, PET | Not published | Formulation, R&D, Private label +1 |
| 2M Canningmobile canning operator | Lodi, CA | Not published | Can, Can 16oz | Yes | Filling only, Labelling |
| Adirondack Bottling (Polar Beverages CM) | Scotia, NY | Not published | PET, Can | — | Formulation, R&D, Packaging sourcing +2 |
| Alaska Water, LLC | Chugiak, AK | Not published | PET, Glass, Alu bottle | — | Filling only, Private label, Packaging sourcing +1 |
| Artesian Fusion (Tsceminicum Bottling) | Lewiston, ID | Not published | Alu bottle | Not published | Formulation, Private label, Design +1 |
| BCG Copacking (Blue Chip Group) | Salt Lake City, UT | Not published | Can | Not published | Formulation, Filling only, Packaging sourcing +1 |
| BEC Beverage | Slidell, LA | Not published | PET | Not published | Formulation, Filling only, R&D +1 |
| Berkeley Club Beverages | Berkeley Springs, WV | Not published | PET | — | Private label, Labelling |
| Best Bev | Waverly, NY | Not published | Can, Can sleek | Yes | Formulation, R&D, Packaging sourcing +2 |
| Big Brands SoCal Co-Packing | Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Glass, PET, Can +1 | Yes | Formulation, Filling only, Labelling |
| Blue Marble Productions | Indianapolis, IN | Not published | Can, Can sleek | Yes | Private label, Filling only, Formulation |
| Brooklyn Bottling Group | Milton, NY | Not published | PET, Glass, Can | Not published | Filling only |
| Chameleon Beverage Company | Commerce, CA | Not published | PET | Not published | Private label, Filling only, Labelling +2 |
| City Brewing Co. | La Crosse, WI | Not published | Can, Glass, Keg | Yes | Warehousing, Fulfilment |
| Clinton's Ditch Cooperative Co. | Cicero, NY | Not published | Can, PET | — | Filling only, Private label |
| Coal’d Water Distilling Company | Dandridge, TN | Not published | Can, Can sleek | Yes | Filling only, Labelling |
| Dakota Splash | Sioux Falls, SD | Not published | PET | — | Private label, Labelling, Design +1 |
| DrinkMore Custom Water | Gaithersburg, MD | Not published | PET | — | Private label, Labelling, Design +1 |
| Epic Bottling | Coppell, TX | Not published | Glass, PET, Can | — | Formulation, R&D, Filling only +2 |
| Fire Maker Beverages | Atlanta, GA | Not published | Can | Yes | Filling only, Formulation, Design |
| Grand Springs | Alton, VA | Not published | PET, Bag-in-box | — | Private label, Labelling, Design +1 |
| H2O Technologies LLC (LaRue Artesian) | Potosi, MO | Not published | PET | — | Private label, Filling only, Labelling |
| Inda Bay Spring Water | Wiggins, MS | Not published | PET | — | Private label, Filling only, Labelling |
| Kansas City Beverage Company | Kansas City, MO | Not published | — | Yes | Private label, Design, Fulfilment |
| Le Bleu Corporation | Advance, NC | Not published | PET | — | Private label |
| Matrix Bottling Group | Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Glass, PET, Alu bottle | — | Formulation, R&D, Private label +2 |
| Mayer Brothers | West Seneca, NY | Not published | PET, Glass | — | Private label, Labelling, Warehousing +1 |
| MBA Beverage | Phoenix, AZ | Not published | Can, PET | — | Private label, Formulation, R&D +1 |
| Midwest Co-Packing | Wauwatosa, WI | Not published | PET | Not published | Labelling, Warehousing, Fulfilment |
| Niagara Bottling | Diamond Bar, CA | Not published | PET | — | Private label |
| OK Bottling | Tulsa, OK | Not published | PET | — | Private label, Labelling, Design +1 |
| Pacific Allied Products, Ltd. | Kapolei, HI | Not published | PET | Not published | Filling only, Private label, Packaging sourcing |
| Paradise Food and Beverage | Wilmington, DE | 100 units / SKUdeclared | PET, Glass | — | Formulation, R&D, Private label +3 |
| Pilot Canning Company | Columbus, OH | Not published | Can, Glass | Not published | Formulation, R&D, Private label +1 |
| Pittston Co-Packers (PCP) | Pittston, PA | Not published | PET | Not published | Filling only, Formulation, R&D |
| Private Spring Water | San Martin, CA | Not published | PET | Not published | Private label, Labelling, Design +1 |
| Prost Brewing (Contract Brewing) | Northglenn, CO | Not published | Can, Keg | Yes | Formulation, Filling only |
| Proud Source Water | Scottsdale, ID | Not published | Alu bottle, Can | Not published | Private label, Filling only |
| Quantum Canning | Frederick, CO | Not published | Can, Can sleek, Can 16oz | Yes | Formulation, Filling only, R&D +2 |
| RealPure Bottling, Inc. | Magee, MS | Not published | PET, Can | — | Private label, Filling only, Labelling |
| Refresco Waco | Waco, TX | Not published | PET, Can | — | Filling only, Private label |
| Silver King Beverage Company | Salt Lake City, UT | Not published | Can, Can sleek | Yes | Filling only, Private label, R&D +3 |
| SIP Manufacturing | Lake Elsinore, CA | Not published | Can, Can sleek, Can 16oz +3 | Yes | Filling only, Private label, Fulfilment +1 |
| The Mountain Valley Spring Company | Hot Springs, AR | Not published | PET, Glass | — | Private label, Filling only, Labelling +1 |
| VBC Bottling Co (Varni Brothers Corporation) | Modesto, CA | Not published | Can | Yes | Filling only, Warehousing |
| Virginia Artesian Bottling Company | Mechanicsville, VA | Not published | PET, Glass, Alu bottle | — | Private label, Labelling, Design +1 |
| White Water | Phoenix, AZ | Not published | PET | — | Filling only, Private label |
A pallet of bottled water is heavy and worth very little per pound. That single fact reorganises the whole decision. In every other category on this site, choosing a plant three states away for a better price or better formulation support is a reasonable trade. In water, distance eats the saving.
It is also why this list is geographically spread rather than clustered: 48 facilities across 27 states, with no dominant hub. California leads with 10, New York has 5, and after that it thins out fast. The useful question is not "who is best" but "who is closest to my distribution".
The second question is the water itself. Spring, purified, mineral, alkaline and distilled are regulated categories with different labelling rules, and a plant with its own spring source is a different business from one that treats municipal supply. Ask which you are buying.
Across the 237 facilities we track nationally, 36 publish a minimum — about one in seven. Water publishes 2 of 48, about one in 24.
Two are worth knowing anyway, because they are small: Creekside Springs in Ambridge, Pennsylvania publishes 12 cases, and ProtoPackers in Riverside, California states no minimum at all. Each is the lowest figure published in its unit anywhere on this site, and both are on this page.
"Bottled water" is not one product in regulatory terms. Spring, purified, mineral and alkaline each carry their own labelling requirements, and the plant that can make one may not be able to claim another.
This is not custom-label water for an event. A large part of what ranks for “custom label water” sells you a few cases of pre-bottled water with your sticker on it, for a wedding or a conference. That is a real service and it is not this one. Every facility on this page is a production plant running your product, not a label printer.
Cans and aluminium bottles are a different shortlist. 23 of these 48 fill a can and 6 fill an aluminium bottle — fewer than the 33 on PET. If you are building a canned water brand, the list is half the size it looks.
Ask who owns the source. A facility bottling from its own spring controls the input; one treating municipal water controls the process. Both are fine, they are just different stories on your label and different risks in your supply.
46 of these 48 publish no minimum, so the only way to size them up is to ask. Send your requirements for free: within two business days I tell you how many facilities fit. For $99, I ask every one of them and send you their written answers, refunded in full if none says yes.