# Licensed Cannabis Dispensaries in California: 1,302, #1 in the US (Map + Data) | InstaMaps

> California has 1,302 licensed cannabis dispensaries (16.9% of the US), #1 by count and #12 per person. From State cannabis regulators’ licence lists. Map to embed, CSV download.

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# Licensed Cannabis Dispensaries in California

California has **1,302 licensed cannabis dispensaries**: 16.9% of the US total of 7,724\. That ranks **#1 by count** and **#12 per person** (3.3 per 100,000 residents) of 51.

## Key takeaways

* California has 1,302 licensed cannabis dispensaries, 16.9% of the total of 7,724.
* That ranks #1 of the 17 places with data by count and #12 per person (3.3 per 100,000 residents).
* Source: State cannabis regulators’ licence lists (16 states and DC), September–October 2026.

#12

national rank (per capita)

1,302

licensed cannabis dispensaries

3.3

per 100k residents

## The data

Source: State cannabis regulators’ licence lists (16 states and DC), September–October 2026\. Every active retail or dispensary licence on each state’s published list, one point each. Medical dispensaries count where those are what the state licenses. Not a national total: legal states without a usable public list (Washington among them) are missing.

Licence: Public records from each state regulator

[California: 1,302 rows (CSV)](/downloads/cannabis-dispensaries/california.csv)[All of the US (CSV)](/downloads/cannabis-dispensaries/us.csv)

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## Named licensed cannabis dispensaries in California include

OFF The Charts SAN Ysidro · Urbn Leaf · A Green Alternative · March And ASH · BUZZ CANNABIS \[Equity Retailer\] · Wellgreens Dispensary · March and Ash · Puff-n-dash · California Holistics · STIIIZY National City · Grasshopper · Sessions

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