The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) today announced that Minnesotans have purchased more than $250 million in combined adult-use and medical cannabis products since the launch of legal sales at state-licensed businesses across the state one year ago.
State-licensed businesses across the state began retail sales of adult-use cannabis a year ago this week, on Sept. 16, 2025, following the beginning of cannabis retail sales on Tribally regulated lands shortly after the passage of the original cannabis bill in August 2023. Over the last year, consumers and patients have purchased approximately $150 million in adult-use cannabis products and $100 million in medical cannabis products, totaling more than a quarter of a billion dollars in sales.
"After visiting with business owners, local officials and community members around the state this year, I am more enthusiastic than ever about how Minnesota's cannabis market is taking shape," said OCM Executive Director Eric Taubel. "More than 300 new cannabis businesses have launched in the last year bringing with them new jobs and opportunities for Minnesotans. Doing something right takes time, and we are building a market that is sustainable and supports the opportunity for success for businesses all along the supply chain."
When combined with sales of lower-potency hemp edibles and beverages (LPHEs), this has generated $45.6 million in tax revenue for the state for the 10-month period from September 2025 to July 2026, the latest figures available from the Minnesota Department of Revenue (DOR). Sales of LPHEs are not required to be tracked in the state’s seed-to-sale monitoring system, so sales figures for those products are not available.
Looking back at the last 12 months, Minnesota has made notable progress in establishing the cannabis market, and the evidence shows up in a variety of ways.
Increased cultivation capacity and business inspections
OCM’s compliance and enforcement team said it has conducted approximately 3,000 pre-licensure, routine and regulatory inspections of businesses. The work of inspecting businesses in advance of opening to the public increased dramatically this summer with 95 newly licensed cultivators in June, July and August alone, representing 60% of all businesses currently engaged in cultivating cannabis.
Over the last 12 months, there has been a 575% increase in the number of cannabis plants growing in the system — from 11 license holders with 72,083 plants in their inventory now up to 102 license holders with 486,720 plants. This burst in licensed cultivators and active plants across the state will translate to an increase in available cannabis flower and other products this fall, as manufacturers begin to convert flower into concentrates for edibles and inhalable products like vapes.
