MO Cannabis Data Hub: Sales, Dispensaries & Tax

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MO Cannabis Data Hub

Missouri numbers, tracked by the desk.

The Stoner Review · MO Data HubLast updated November 1, 2026

Missouri’s legal cannabis numbers, in one place. How much licensed dispensaries sell each year, how many stores and growers the state licenses and how cannabis is taxed. Every figure comes from Missouri’s Division of Cannabis Regulation. Each one links to its source and carries an “as of” date. We refresh it weekly.

MO cannabis by the numbers

The quick read. Every figure comes from reports posted by the Division of Cannabis Regulation, part of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.

$1.51Bdispensary sales in 2025, adult use and medical$1.47B in 2024 · DCR market study
220retail (dispensary) licenses in 2025201 in 2023 · DCR market study
$6.9Maverage sales per dispensary license, 2025DCR market study
61cultivation licenses in 202544 in 2022 · DCR market study
118,892active medical patient ID cards, end of program year 2024 (Nov. 30, 2024)DCR annual report
6%state tax on adult-use sales (4% on medical), plus local taxes where adoptedDCR annual report
Monthly figures live in a dashboard. DCR posts monthly sales on an interactive dashboard on its Data and Reports page. The dashboard can’t be downloaded without a viewer session, so we don’t copy it. This page uses the yearly figures DCR publishes in its reports, and we update it when DCR posts new ones.
Not published in a downloadable form: monthly sales, sales by county and current tax collections.

Dispensary sales and licenses by year

Missouri dispensaries sold $1.51B in cannabis in 2025, up from $1.30B in 2023, the first year of adult-use sales, according to a market study done for DCR. The number of dispensary licenses grew from 201 to 220 over the same stretch, and average sales per license held near $6.5 million to $6.9 million a year.

Statewide retail licenses and cannabis sales by year (DCR market study, Table 14)
Year Retail licenses Sales Average per license
2023 201 $1.30B $6.5M
2024 212 $1.47B $6.9M
2025 220 $1.51B $6.9M
Source: Missouri Cannabis Market Study: Phase 1 Report (prepared for DCR)

Taxes on MO cannabis

Missouri charges a 6% state tax on adult-use cannabis and 4% on medical cannabis, according to DCR’s annual report. Medical tax money goes to the Veterans’ Health and Care Fund. Adult-use tax money goes to a reinvestment fund that pays for veterans’ services, the public defender system and substance-use treatment grants. Cities and counties can add their own tax.

Source: Medical and Adult-Use Annual Report to the Governor

The medical program

DCR counted 118,892 active medical patient ID cards at the end of program year 2024 (Dec. 1, 2023, to Nov. 30, 2024). That’s down from more than 200,000 two years earlier, after adult-use sales began and ID cards moved to a three-year renewal.

Source: Medical and Adult-Use Annual Report to the Governor

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FAQ

How much legal cannabis does Missouri sell?

Dispensaries sold $1.51B in 2025, adult use and medical combined, according to a market study published by the Division of Cannabis Regulation.

How many dispensaries are in Missouri?

There were 220 retail dispensary licenses in 2025, according to the DCR market study.

What is the cannabis tax in Missouri?

A 6% state tax on adult-use sales and 4% on medical sales, plus local taxes where adopted.

Sources & methodology

TSR's compilation is licensed CC BY 4.0. Reuse with credit to The Stoner Review and a link to this page. Underlying figures come from reports posted on the DCR Data and Reports page.

  • Sales and licenses: as printed in the DCR market study (Table 14) and annual report.
  • Gaps: DCR’s monthly dashboard can’t be exported, so monthly sales are not shown. We don’t fill holes with guesses or third-party estimates.
  • Refresh: the desk updates this page weekly. Spot an error? Use the contact page and we’ll fix it.

Sources

  1. Missouri Cannabis Market Study: Phase 1 Report (prepared for DCR), Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Division of Cannabis Regulation (DCR). Accessed November 1, 2026.
  2. Medical and Adult-Use Annual Report to the Governor, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Division of Cannabis Regulation (DCR). Accessed November 1, 2026.
  3. Data and Reports (sales dashboard), Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Division of Cannabis Regulation (DCR). Accessed November 1, 2026.

Last updated: · Data file version 2026-11-01. Cite as: The Stoner Review, “Missouri Cannabis Data Hub,” https://thestonerreview.com/pages/mo-cannabis-data (accessed November 1, 2026).