Cannabis license application pipeline

Businesses whose applications are moving through state review right now — 472 application-stage records across 3 states. These operators will need banking, insurance, POS, security, packaging, and professional services before opening day: this is the earliest public buying signal in the industry.

The moment they activate, they move to Just licensed; later they show up in renewal windows. Eligible plans can pull this list as CSV via /wp-json/platform/v1/export-pipeline — see the developer API.

By state

NY 394 in pipeline
retailer 240 · processor 38 · cultivator 37 · microbusiness 36
ME 49 in pipeline
cultivation 30 · manufacturing 14 · store 5
MA 29 in pipeline
marijuanaproductmanufacturer 12 · marijuanacultivator 8 · retailer 3 · distributor 2

Most recent application-stage records

BusinessStateTypeCityStage
Zzzz Smoke Shop LLCNYretailerPoughkeepsieIn process
ZenLeaf LLCNYretailerFarmingdaleIn process
Zaqia ChaplinNYretailerRonkonkomaIn process
wny aog incNYretailerBronxAmendment under review
Windyhill 312 LLCNYretailerGlens FallsAmendment under review
Wherehouse Beverage, LLCNYprocessorIn process
Weed Boss Inc.NYretailerEast SetauketIn process
Wave Holistic LLCNYregistered organizationBuffaloIn process
Wave Holistic LLCNYregistered organizationAmherstIn process
Vutra Inc.NYretailerNew YorkIn process
Veteran Releaf LLCNYprocessorIn process
Velocity Retail INCNYmicrobusinessIn process
Valley Agriceuticals, LLCNYregistered organizationBrooklynAmendment under review
Urban Pulse, LLCNYretailerSyracuseAmendment under review
UpState Craft Cannabis LLCNYmicrobusinessHorseheadsAmendment under review
UKIYO NICHOL LLCNYprocessorIn process
UKIYO NICHOL LLCNYdistributorIn process
True Budz LLCNYdistributorIn process
Troy A BensonNYretailerRochesterIn process
Toke Folks NY IncNYprocessorIn process
TLC Creative Solutions IncNYretailerNew YorkIn process
TJ Ops, LLCNYprocessorIn process
TJ Ops, LLCNYcultivatorIn process
Timothy J SpoonhowerNYcultivatorIn process
TIMES SQUARE SHOP INCNYretailerFlushingAmendment under review
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Coverage note: only regulators that publish application-stage records appear here (New York's weekly open-data feed is by far the most transparent; Florida and Virginia publish limited pre-licensure stages). Absence of a state on this page does not mean no applications exist there — most states keep applications confidential until approval. Statuses are shown as published by each regulator. Refreshed with each registry re-sync; page cache 10 minutes. How we verify.