Known limits:
WA's XLSX-first sourcing and 2017 traceability cliff should not be copied to other states by default. · Per-operator sales exist publicly ONLY through Oct 2017 — everything after is statewide/county aggregate.
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Latest Week Sales
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Trailing 30-Day Sales
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All-Time Sales
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Active Licensees
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Retail Locations
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Source: official WSLCB Sales & Excise Tax by County (annual, fiscal-year).
Sales by Channel
Statewide sales in dollars per channel (partial trailing bucket shown)
Category Mix
Sales share by product category, trailing 90 days of reported data
How this market compares
All-time tracked sales across live dollar-market dashboards
Floored to reported, source-backed sales; markets started tracking in different years.
Regulatory & program context
Regulatory timeline
Medical eraAdult-use launchMedical integrationMaturation + CCRS
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2012
Initiative 502 passes Washington voters approve adult-use cannabis legalization and a WSLCB-regulated market. Initiative 502 (2012)
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2014
First adult-use retail sales The first I-502 licensed cannabis retailers open and adult-use sales begin. Initiative 502 / RCW 69.50
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2016
Medical folded into adult-use SB 5052 (Cannabis Patient Protection Act) takes effect: the separate medical dispensary market is folded into the I-502 channel; medically endorsed retailers serve DOH-authorized patients. SB 5052 (2015)
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2020
Cannabis Social Equity Program HB 2870 establishes a social-equity program to issue retail licenses to qualified applicants. HB 2870 (2020)
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2022
CCRS replaces Leaf Data Systems WSLCB moves seed-to-sale traceability to the Cannabis Central Reporting System (CCRS) after the Leaf Data Systems contract ends — the second traceability migration since 2014.
Key legal anchors
- Initiative 502 (2012) — Adult-use legalization; WSLCB-regulated retail beginning July 2014.
- SB 5052 (2015) — Cannabis Patient Protection Act — folded medical into the I-502 system (effective July 2016).
- HB 2870 (2020) — Established the Cannabis Social Equity Program for retail licenses.
- WAC 314-55 — Core WSLCB cannabis licensing and operating rules.
License types
License classes defined under this program
Producer
Cultivation; canopy-tiered (Tier 1/2/3).
May combine with a processor license (producer-processor).
Processor
Processing/manufacturing of cannabis products.
Producer-Processor
Combined cultivation + processing license.
The most common license tier in Washington.
Retailer
Retail sales to adults 21+; separately owned (no vertical integration into retail).
A medical endorsement lets a retailer serve DOH-authorized patients tax-advantaged.
Transportation License
Licensed transport of cannabis between licensees.
Cannabis Research License
Licensed cannabis research.
Sources & caveats
Primary sources
- WSLCB Sales & Excise Tax by County (XLSX, FY2018-present)
- WSLCB Cannabis License Applicants / licensee list (XLSX)
- WSLCB historical per-license MJ Tax Obligation by Licensee (XLSX, thru Oct 2017)
- WSLCB Local Government Distributions (XLSX)
- JLARC Cannabis Market Study (legislative report)
- WSLCB Annual Report (PDF)
Known limits
- WA's XLSX-first sourcing and 2017 traceability cliff should not be copied to other states by default.
- Per-operator sales exist publicly ONLY through Oct 2017 — everything after is statewide/county aggregate.
- Medical is folded into adult-use retail (single channel); DOH patient counts are not a public timeseries.
- The 37% excise tax rides in the county sales file; never double-count it as separate 'sales'.
- Per-license sales are public only through Oct 2017 — market-share analytics are historical, not live.
- Market/tax data is annual (fiscal-year) county XLSX; there is no clean public retail price index.
- Medical is folded into adult-use retail; DOH patient counts are not a public timeseries.
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