“Record number of unique transactions buttressed Commonwealth sales in 2025, helping to end the year approximately $3 million higher compared to 2024”
While you can find deeper nuanced coverage of all aspects of the marijuana industry in Massachusetts at Talking Joints Memo, from analysis of Cannabis Control Commission operations to early reporting on the agency’s new Red Tape Removal Committee noted below, on this occasion each year when the annual totals come in, we are happy to simply help share the numbers and news. The following is via the CCC …
Marijuana Establishments in Massachusetts grossed more than $1.65 billion in sales in 2025, setting a new annual record ahead of potential changes coming in 2026 including new social consumption licenses and the federal government’s proposed rescheduling of cannabis. The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (Commission) reports year-end sales totals through its Open Data Platform based on data input by licensees into the state’s seed-to-sale system of record, Metrc.
A record number of unique transactions buttressed Commonwealth sales in 2025, helping to end the year approximately $3 million higher compared to 2024 as average cannabis prices continued to ebb. Retailers recorded 46.3 million transactions in 2025, about 3.4 million more than in 2024. At the end of June, Marijuana Establishments crossed the $8 billion gross sales mark, a milestone that followed a record-breaking first half of the year when gross sales totaled $806 million. The Massachusetts adult-use cannabis industry in 2025 also set records for its best-ever months of January, April, May, July, October, and December.
“The cannabis industry in Massachusetts continued to mature in 2025 with the number of cannabis businesses reaching the highest point since adult-use sales began in 2018,” Commission Chair Shannon O’Brien said in a statement. “While gross sales remain high, the Commission will look to remove regulatory hurdles in 2026 through the new Red Tape Removal Committee, which will help licensees stabilize and plan for the future as the industry continues to evolve.”
Executive Director Travis Ahern added: “Commissioners and staff are hard at work preparing for a potential expansion of the industry related to social consumption and the prospect of new research opportunities should the federal government reschedule cannabis. … With critical changes on the horizon, the Commission remains focused on adapting its policies, protocols, and oversight in a way that continues building out a safe, equitable, and effective cannabis industry for Massachusetts.”
The regulated cannabis industry continues to be a major employer in the state. To date, there are approximately 21,000 individual agents serving the adult- and medical-use sectors in Massachusetts. As of November 2025, 416 Marijuana Retailers, Delivery Operators, and Microbusinesses with delivery endorsements – the three Marijuana Establishment types that sell directly to consumers – had been granted notices to commence operations compared to 406 at the same point in 2024.
Read the whole CCC media release here.
