The brewery was founded by Conrad Binding in 1870 and since 1953 is included in Dr. Oetker group.

The United States branch of the brewery is located in Norwalk, Connecticut.

[1] During the 1960s and 1970s, Binding expanded considerably through the purchase of smaller breweries in Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and northern Baden.

As a rule, these breweries were dropped but two of them remain as the Clausthaler and Schöfferhofer brands.

[2] The traditional Frankfurt brewery site of Binding in Sachsenhausen will end its production by October 2023 and outsource to other locations.