Permit ended: Permit ended July 2024

The mixed-beverage permit for SMASH ATX ended on 2024-07-12. Final receipts reported: July 2024.

A stopped filing is not proof of closure — when a bar changes hands the new owner files under a new taxpayer and location number, so the old record goes quiet while the doors stay open.

Measured against July 2026, the newest month of Austin-metro receipts the Texas Comptroller has published. Everything below about SMASH ATX is a record of what was filed, not a claim about what is open today.

AUSTIN Bar Revenue History

SMASH ATX

$59,141 in mixed-beverage sales, February 2024 (-26.8% vs. January 2024)

SMASH ATX also filed a mixed-beverage return for July 2024 reporting no receipts. A zero-receipt return is a filed return with nothing on it — most often a formality on a permit period that has closed — so it is not read here as a month of trade, and no percentage on this page is measured from it. The figures above cover February 2024, the newest month with receipts.

209 W 5TH ST STE B, AUSTIN, TX 78701Travis County

$59K
Receipts, February 2024
$5.5M
Total reported, Aug 2017 – Jul 2024 (84 months)
$176K
Best month: December 2019

📊About SMASH ATX

SMASH ATX reported mixed-beverage sales at 209 W 5TH ST STE B, AUSTIN, Texas 78701 in Travis County. Its last reported month was February 2024, at $59,141. The Comptroller record stops there. A stopped filing is not proof of closure — when a bar changes hands the new owner files under a new taxpayer and location number, so the old record goes quiet while the doors stay open.

Across its filing history this location reported $5,482,322 over 84 monthly returns, August 2017 through July 2024 (2017 – 2024). That is a lifetime sum, not a monthly figure — the two are separated everywhere on this page. Its strongest single month on record was December 2019, at $175,782.

The Texas Comptroller records the mixed-beverage responsibility for this location as having ended on 2024-07-12. That is the state saying the permit period closed, which is stronger evidence than a simple gap in filings — but it still describes a permit, not a front door.

📉How SMASH ATX Was Trending

Each comparison names both windows. Where a comparison is not valid for this venue it is left out rather than filled with a zero.

Month over month
-26.8%
-$22K
February 2024 vs. January 2024
$59,141 vs. $80,742
Year over year, same month
-45.8%
-$50K
February 2024 vs. February 2023
$59,141 vs. $109,061

SMASH ATX filed 84 consecutive monthly returns through July 2024.

Comparisons we cannot make for this venue (3)
  • Year over year, twelve-month totals: Needs two complete twelve-month windows to compare.
  • Trailing twelve months: Only 0 of the 12 months ending July 2026 were reported.
  • Trailing three months: Only 0 of the 3 months ending July 2026 were reported.

📈Monthly Receipts, August 2017July 2024

84 monthly returns filed by SMASH ATX. Months with no filing are absent from the series rather than plotted as zero — a missing month means the venue did not file, which is not the same as reporting nothing. A month that was filed with no receipts is a real filing and is plotted, on the baseline and marked, because that too is a different fact from either of the other two.

Latest month with receipts: Feb 2024
$59K
Liquor: $49KWine: $856Beer: $10K

A later return was filed for July 2024 reporting no receipts. It is plotted below at the baseline and marked with a ring, but it is not treated as this venue's latest month of trade.

26.8%
February 2024 vs. January 2024

Monthly Revenue by Category

84 months of data • Hover or tap to explore
$176K$88K$0
Aug 2017: return filed, no receipts reportedSep 2017: return filed, no receipts reportedOct 2017: return filed, no receipts reportedNov 2017: return filed, no receipts reportedDec 2017: return filed, no receipts reportedJan 2018: return filed, no receipts reportedFeb 2018: return filed, no receipts reportedMar 2018: return filed, no receipts reportedApr 2018: return filed, no receipts reportedApr 2020: return filed, no receipts reportedMay 2020: return filed, no receipts reportedJun 2020: return filed, no receipts reportedJul 2020: return filed, no receipts reportedAug 2020: return filed, no receipts reportedSep 2020: return filed, no receipts reportedOct 2020: return filed, no receipts reportedNov 2020: return filed, no receipts reportedDec 2020: return filed, no receipts reportedJan 2021: return filed, no receipts reportedFeb 2021: return filed, no receipts reportedMar 2021: return filed, no receipts reportedApr 2021: return filed, no receipts reportedMay 2021: return filed, no receipts reportedJun 2021: return filed, no receipts reportedJul 2021: return filed, no receipts reportedAug 2021: return filed, no receipts reportedSep 2021: return filed, no receipts reportedMar 2024: return filed, no receipts reportedApr 2024: return filed, no receipts reportedMay 2024: return filed, no receipts reportedJun 2024: return filed, no receipts reportedJul 2024: return filed, no receipts reported
Aug 2017
Jan 2019
Jun 2020
Nov 2021
Apr 2023
Feb 2024
Jul 2024
Liquor
Wine
Beer
Cover
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Return filed, no receipts

32 of these 84 months were filed as a return reporting no receipts — plotted on the baseline and ringed, because a filed $0 return is a real filing, not revenue. Months with no return filed at all are not in this series: the line skips them rather than dropping to the baseline, so a gap in filing never reads as a month of zero sales.

Annual Comparison

Calendar-year totals as filed. A year with fewer than 12 filed months is marked — a part-year total is not comparable to a full one.

2024
$140K7 of 12 months filed
2023
$1.2M
2022
$1.2M
2021
$165K
2020
$264K
2019
$1.6M
2018
$869K
2017
$05 of 12 months filed

📅Year by Year

Calendar-year totals as filed. A year-over-year change is shown only where both years are effectively complete — comparing a full year against a four-month stub would be a fabricated collapse.

SMASH ATX's calendar-year mixed-beverage receipts, August 2017July 2024. Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, dataset naix-2893.
YearMonths filedReceipts reportedvs. prior year
20175 of 12 (partial)$0
201812 of 12$868,870
201912 of 12$1,627,683+87.3%
202012 of 12$263,503-83.8%
202112 of 12$164,955-37.4%
202212 of 12$1,244,990+654.7%
202312 of 12$1,172,438-5.8%
20247 of 12 (partial)$139,883

🥃What Sold: Revenue Mix

Share of reported receipts by category over August 2023 – July 2024 (the last 12 reported months). Only alcoholic beverage sales and cover charges are reported to the Comptroller; food is not in this dataset.

Liquor
74.4%
$453,081
Wine
3.8%
$23,243
Beer
21.7%
$132,337

🗓️Seasonal Pattern

How SMASH ATX distributes its year, averaged over 2018 – 2023. 100 equals this venue's own average reported month — the index compares the venue to itself, never to another bar. Its strongest month is December (153), its weakest is April (78).

Across every Austin-metro venue with enough history to measure (2017 – 2025), the strongest month overall is October, around ACL Fest and the weakest is January. SMASH ATX runs on a different calendar — its strongest month doesn't match the region's.

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SMASH ATX — Address on File

209 W 5TH ST STE B
AUSTIN, TX 78701
County: Travis

The address the Comptroller has on the final filing (July 2024).

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Where It Ranks

By February 2024 receipts alone — a single month, not a lifetime total.

#610 of 1806
Austin-metro venues that reported receipts in February 2024
#160 of 259
ZIP 78701 venues that reported receipts in February 2024

Filing Record

StatusPermit ended July 2024
Taxpayer nameBACKSPIN BEVERAGES, LLC
TABC permitMB990197
First reported monthAugust 2017
Latest return filedJuly 2024 (no receipts)
Latest month with receiptsFebruary 2024
Months filed84
Permit responsibility ended2024-07-12
Newest metro month publishedJuly 2026
Months behind24
Official Data Source
Texas Comptroller
Mixed Beverage Gross Receipts
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is SMASH ATX still open?
The Texas Comptroller records the mixed-beverage responsibility for SMASH ATX as having ended on 2024-07-12, with its final return filed for July 2024. That is the state stating the permit period closed, which is the strongest closure signal in this dataset — but it describes a permit, not a front door. That return reported no receipts — a filed return with nothing on it, which is not a month of trade. Its newest month with receipts is February 2024, at $59,141. A stopped filing is not proof of closure — when a bar changes hands the new owner files under a new taxpayer and location number, so the old record goes quiet while the doors stay open.
How much does SMASH ATX make? (February 2024)
SMASH ATX reported $59,141 in mixed-beverage gross receipts for February 2024, -26.8% against January 2024 and -45.8% against February 2023. That is a single month, not an average: over its whole reported history the venue has filed $5,482,322 across 84 months. This is mixed-beverage (alcohol) receipts only, not total business revenue. SMASH ATX also filed a mixed-beverage return for July 2024 reporting no receipts. A zero-receipt return is a filed return with nothing on it — most often a formality on a permit period that has closed — so it is not read here as a month of trade, and no percentage on this page is measured from it. The figures above cover February 2024, the newest month with receipts.
Where was SMASH ATX located in AUSTIN?
SMASH ATX filed mixed-beverage returns for 209 W 5TH ST STE B, AUSTIN, TX 78701, in Travis County. The address is taken from the venue's filings, the most recent of which covers July 2024.
What did SMASH ATX sell?
Over August 2023 – July 2024 (the last 12 reported months), SMASH ATX reported 74% liquor, 4% wine, 22% beer and 0% cover charges. The largest share was liquor. Only alcoholic beverage sales and cover charges are reported to the Comptroller — food sales are not in this dataset.
Is SMASH ATX busy? How does it rank among Austin bars?
This dataset tracks mixed-beverage receipts, not foot traffic, so there is no direct measure of how busy SMASH ATX is. The closest proxy: by receipts reported for February 2024, SMASH ATX ranked #610 of 1806 Austin-metro venues that filed for that month, and #160 of 259 venues in ZIP 78701. A higher-ranked venue sells more alcohol in a month; it is not a measure of how crowded it is at any given time, and that is a single month's rank, not a lifetime one.
What time period does the SMASH ATX data cover?
84 reported months, August 2017 through July 2024. Mixed-beverage receipts publish about three to four weeks after a month closes; the newest month currently published for the Austin metro is July 2026. Every figure on this page names the exact window it covers, because a single month, a trailing-twelve-month total and a lifetime sum are three different quantities.
Where does SMASH ATX's revenue data come from?
The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts publishes Mixed Beverage Gross Receipts, a monthly record every Texas mixed-beverage permit holder is required by law to file. This page reads that dataset directly and adds no estimates, no modelled figures and no user reviews.

ℹ️How to Read This Page

What mixed-beverage gross receipts are

Every bar, restaurant and venue in Texas holding a mixed-beverage permit must report its monthly alcoholic-beverage sales to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Those returns cover liquor, wine, beer and cover charges. They do not cover food, retail or non-alcoholic sales, so these figures are a slice of a venue's business, not its revenue.

Why every number here names a window

A single month, a trailing-twelve-month total and a lifetime sum are three different quantities, and averaging a venue's whole history produces a number that has never been true of any actual month. Each figure on this page therefore carries the exact period it covers. Where a comparison needs history this venue does not have — a full prior year, two complete twelve-month windows, three complete calendar years for a seasonal index — the comparison is omitted and the reason is stated, rather than shown as a zero.

How current is this?

Receipts publish about three to four weeks after a month closes. The newest month currently published for the Austin metro is July 2026, and every recency judgement on this page is measured against that month rather than against today's date — so a late publication by the Comptroller never changes a venue's status. SMASH ATX last filed for July 2024, 24 months behind it.

What a stopped filing does and does not mean

A stopped filing is not proof of closure — when a bar changes hands the new owner files under a new taxpayer and location number, so the old record goes quiet while the doors stay open. A gap can also be a remodel, a seasonal close, a permit transfer or a slow filer. This page never states that a business is closed; it states when it last filed.

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