More than 7,000 people have registered their opposition to the government's controversial mandatory code of practice via the Axe the Beer Tax website.
The British Beer & Pub Association, which runs the campaign and website, has revealed the figure after the deadline for responses to the Home Office consultation passed on Friday.
It also comes just days after the Local Government Association rejected the plans, telling the Home Office the code "will penalise the vast majority of responsible on-trade retailers at a time when the industry cannot afford this".
Support for the code has also been lacking during a series of Home Office consultation events held over the past month.
In Birmingham, only two of the 120 plus attendees agreed with the code with more than 93 per cent opposed.
David Long, the BBPA's chief executive, said: "It is perfectly clear from the last few weeks that there is overwhelming opposition to the mandatory code, from the public, licensees and the wider industry, and now - it appears - from councils and others too."
The code, part of the Policing and Crime Bill, is designed to outlaw irresponsible on-trade promotions - but will also see pubs hit with a wave of new regulations.
"The British beer and pub industry fully agrees with the need to end irresponsible promotions, and the police and local councils already have the powers to stop them," Long added.
"But we object to these unnecessary new burdens which will cost the industry millions of pounds to implement and will only result in even more pubs forced to close."