Colorado has 1,669 licensed cannabis dispensaries as of July 2026, operating across 241 cities. The count comes straight from the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division license database and refreshes weekly.
By Program
Colorado issues Retail Marijuana Store and Medical Marijuana Center licenses through the MED. The MED publishes monthly licensee reports which we use as our authoritative source.
Compared
Colorado has the 5th-most licensed dispensaries of the 6 states we track, behind California with 4,555.
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Methodology
The figure is sourced from the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division (CO MED) public license database. We re-crawl it weekly, deduplicate licensees, and exclude closed or revoked licenses — so the number reflects dispensaries actually operating, not licenses ever issued. Free to cite with attribution to Holden Leads.
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Colorado has 1,669 licensed cannabis dispensaries as of July 2026, spread across 241 cities. The count is verified against the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division (CO MED) license database and refreshed weekly.
Of the Colorado dispensaries with a known program type, 725 are adult-use, 268 are medical, and 537 serve both programs.
Denver leads Colorado with 336 licensed dispensaries, followed by Colorado Springs with 211.
The count comes directly from the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division (CO MED) public license database. We re-crawl it weekly, deduplicate licensees, and drop closed or revoked licenses, so the figure reflects dispensaries actually operating — not just licenses ever issued.
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