Brooklyn (153) and New York City proper (142) continue to dominate.
Buffalo, Rochester, and the Bronx form a second tier—meaningful counts, but more controlled.
Smaller markets (Albany, Yonkers, Newburgh, Ithaca, Kingston) show modest growth, not overreach.
The pattern is consistent: urban cores absorb licenses first, secondary cities follow cautiously, and smaller markets avoid overexposure. No one’s stacking plants where the soil can’t support it.
Retail Report
Out of 576 approved retail licenses listed by OCM, 360 have been verified through Google business data, 173 maintain active online menus
That gives us:
For NY city, we got 66 active menus giving us 34,000+ lines of product data
This is not full market coverage—but it’s enough to do a sniff test.
Edibles
Edibles show the cleanest pricing structure in the dataset—tight ranges, low volatility, very little experimentation.
Beverages: $3.50 → $10.78 → $15.00
Entry-friendly, impulse-ready, consistent margin plays.Chocolates: $11.00 → $12.50 → $16.00
Premium positioning, but not drifting into novelty pricing.Confections: Flat at $9.50 across the board.
That’s not an accident—that’s buyers enforcing discipline.Gummies: $9.00 → $11.09 → $15.00
Still the workhorse. Still the safest bet.Tablets: $7.00 → $7.50 → $8.00
Niche, functional, and priced accordingly.
Retail (Avg):
Spread: ~2.0x–2.5x
Edibles is the most mature category, aligned with CPG structure.
Flower: A Market Split in Plain Sight
This is where things get loud.
That range tells you everything you need to know. New York isn’t one flower market—it’s several stacked on top of each other. Outdoor, greenhouse, indoor, Trim…
Retail (Avg):
Spread: Massive—but intentional.
Pre-Rolls: Volume First, Novelty Second
Infused Pre-Rolls: $9.00 → $19.12 → $50.00
A wide spread, but buyers are selective—most action sits in the middle, not the flex tier.Infused Pre-Roll Packs: Flat at $45.00
Retailers want predictability here. No surprises.Pre-Roll Packs (non-infused): $17.00 → $19.36 → $23.00
Retail (Avg):
Spread:
Standard: ~3.5x
Infused: ~1.8x–2.0x
Standard pre-rolls are treated like trim runs—high turnover, low romance. Infused options are where retailers slow down, explain, and upsell.
Vapes: Where Buyers Are Still Willing to Pay
Cartridges: $9.50 → $21.67 → $27.50
Disposables: $15.00 → $29.06 → $45.00
Pods: $22.50 → $23.13 → $25.00
Retail (Avg):
Cartridges: $52.17
Disposables: $62.30
Vapes (general): $65.09
Spread: ~2.2x–2.5x
This is the cleanest markup story in the market. Hardware plus oil still sells, still commands trust, and still justifies price. Retailers aren’t apologizing for vape pricing—and customers aren’t pushing back hard enough to change it.
Concentrates: Retailers Are Still Defending This Category
Wholesale (Avg):
Retail (Avg):
Yes—some averages look flat because the dataset includes aggressive promotions and legacy carryover pricing
