Cannacurio: Cultivation Leaderboard (2020 Midyear Update)

Cannacurio: Cultivation Leaderboard (2020 Midyear Update)

Ed Keating
Ed Keating
July 30, 2020
Data & Insights

We have been tracking key cannabis activities on the Cannacurio blog and this week we look at cultivation licenses issued through the first six months of the year. All year California and Oklahoma have been responsible for over 90% of the new cultivation licenses issued and that trend continued though June 30. Oklahoma rebounded from May while California has increased every month in the second quarter.

Cannabis Cultivation Licenses January-June 2020

Key Findings

  • Active cannabis cultivation licenses in the database is now 13,978
  • 2,943 new cultivation licenses have been added this year
  • California is up 33% while Oklahoma is up 24% YTD
  • Michigan was a distant third with 140 licenses added through June but is up 68% YTD
  • 91% of the new licenses were in California and Oklahoma

The table below shows the states that have issued new cultivation licenses through the end of June.

2020 New Active Licenses Created by Month / Cultivators

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