Sakekabu was allowed to be transferred and leased within the same province, so when a sake brewery faced financial trouble or did not have an heir, the dominant sake brewery in the neighborhood often bought sakekabu of those troubled breweries to expand its operations.
酒株は、同一国内であれば譲渡や貸借も許されたので、酒屋が経営不振になったり、相続人がいない場合、近くの有力酒屋がその酒株を買い集めて、経営規模を拡大することがよくあった。