Massachusetts Marijuana Establishments Pass $8 Billion in Gross Adult-use Sales

The new milestone comes just months after the $7 billion gross sales milestone recorded in November 2024

WORCESTER— The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (Commission) announced today that adult-use Marijuana Establishments surpassed $8 billion in gross sales after a record-breaking first half of 2025, according to sales data published to the agency’s Open Data platform.

Adult-use licensees including Marijuana Retailers, Delivery Operators and Couriers, and Microbusinesses with Delivery Endorsements crossed the $8 billion sales mark by June 30 based on sales data dating to when the first two Marijuana Retailers commenced operations in November 2018. Adding data from the first half of July, the gross sales total stood at $8.033 billion as of July 11.

The $8 billion milestone came amid a record breaking first half of 2025, with gross sales totaling $806 million between January and June. The Massachusetts cannabis industry also set monthly gross sales records during that time in January ($133.2 million), April ($134.5 million), and May ($142.3 million) for those months.

“The Commission is glad to see the Commonwealth achieve another adult-use cannabis sales milestone, which demonstrates that consumers continue to have confidence in the safety and security of the regulated market,” Executive Director Travis Ahern said. “As we anticipate the arrival of Social Consumption businesses – an entirely new license category – in the coming months, we look forward to increasing economic growth for Massachusetts.”

Other highlights from recent sales and licensing data include:

• Cannabis flower remained the most popular products sold in retail stores in 2025, grossing more than $338 million between Jan. 1 and July 6. Vape products and raw pre-rolls were the runners up, grossing $168.8 million and $116.4 million, respectively, so far this year.
• The top three highest-grossing days so far in 2025 were July 2 ($7.05 million), April 17 ($6.34 million), and April 18 ($6.30 million).
• Gross sales crossed the $8 billion mark on June 28, 226 days after the industry reached the $7 billion mark in November. That’s the second-fastest span between $1 billion milestones since the first Retailers opened in 2018 after the 220 days between $6 billion and $7 billion.
• May has been the highest-grossing month of 2025 so far, with daily gross sales averaging $4.57 million that month.
• Delivery Operators and Couriers – two license types that are exclusive to Social Equity Participants (SEPs) and Economic Empowerment Applicants (EEAs) – and Microbusinesses with Delivery Endorsements grossed $10.6 million over the first six months of 2025; this figure demonstrates growth compared to the first six months of 2024, when gross sales from these entities totaled $7.89 million.
• Through July 10, the Commission granted 40 notices to commence operations to adult- and medical-use licensees across the state, bringing the all-time total to 754, a 12% increase compared to July 2024. Of that 754, 71 licenses have become non-active dating back to 2018, or about 9.4% of all licenses. Since Jan. 9, Commissioners have approved 22 Provisional and 41 Final licenses, representing potential new businesses moving through the state’s licensing process.

Regulated cannabis products sold in adult-use stores in Massachusetts are subject to a 6.25% state sales tax and a 10.75% state excise tax. The Commission does not collect tax revenue from cannabis sales or direct the spending of sales and excise tax revenue. According to the state Department of Revenue, cannabis sales and excise taxes had generated more than $264 million in fiscal year 2025 through the end of May, which is approximately $12 million more than the same point in 2024.

Additional Massachusetts cannabis industry sales information is available by visiting the Commission’s Open Data Platform at MassCannabisControl.com, by contacting the Commission by phone (774-415-0200) or email (Commission@CCCMass.com), or following the agency on Facebook, LinkedIn, and  X.

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