California has 886 licensed cannabis distributors as of October 2026, operating across 39 cities. The count comes straight from the California Department of Cannabis Control licence database and refreshes weekly.
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Compared
California has the most licensed cannabis distributors of the 4 states where we track this licence class.
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Methodology
Distribution licences in California are issued by the California Department of Cannabis Control (CA DCC). Where the state mandates distributor-led transport and testing hand-off, this licence class is the chokepoint every product passes through — which is why the list is smaller than cultivation but disproportionately worth reaching.
See the California distributor list for the records behind this count, or the national cannabis distributor statistics for every state at once.
FAQ
California has 886 licensed cannabis distributors as of October 2026, spread across 39 cities. The count is verified against the California Department of Cannabis Control (CA DCC) licence database and refreshed weekly.
Los Angeles County leads California with 268 licensed distributors, followed by Humboldt County with 78.
The California Department of Cannabis Control (CA DCC) public licence database. We re-crawl it weekly, deduplicate licensees, and drop closed or revoked licences, so the figure reflects distributors actually operating — not every licence ever issued.
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