According to sales figures released by the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission ( NJ-CRC ) at its October 29 public meeting, the state’s licensed adult-use cannabis businesses sold$ 117. 5 million worth of products in September, a 23. 1 % increase over the same month last year.
The commission’s slide deck puts September 2026 adult-use sales at$ 117, 469, 357, compared with$ 95, 419, 896 in September 2025— a year-over-year gain of roughly$ 22 million. Adult-use sales have totaled about$ 1. 08 billion in 2026 when putting up the agency’s regular images for January through September.
A little decline from summer peaks
The entire for September was lower than the previous two months. The committee reported sales of adult products worth$ 124. 2 million in July, the highest figure for the 13-month time, and$ 122. 0 million in August. September’s rate was 3. 7 % below August’s.
Despite this, the average monthly budget has exceeded$ 105 million since March. For the agency’s information, regular numbers are as follows for 2026:
- January:$ 103. 4 million
- February:$ 94. 8 million
- March:$ 105. 6 million
- April:$ 108. 9 million
- May:$ 116. 4 million
- June:$ 115. 4 million
- July:$ 124. 2 million
- August:$ 122. 0 million
- September:$ 117. 5 million
The committee advises that the numbers presented at the meeting are point-in-time and regular estimates derived from the government’s seed-to-sale tracking system, Metrc. Tⱨe committee notes that αll salȩs information may change posthumously when firms file soon oɾ when changes αre made įn Metrc, αnd ƫhat they do not include items reIated tσ clothes αnd paraphernalia that appear in the licensed cannabis salȩs ƫotals rȩleased by thȩ New Jersey Department of the Treasury.
Smaller, more equity-focused companies expand more quickly
Additionally, the NJ-CRC’s sales by company class increased faster than the industry as a whole, and some organizations the state’s legalization legislation was intended to support increased:
- Microbusinesses:$ 13. 5 million in September, up 31. 9 % from$ 10. 3 million a year earlier.
- Social equity businesses:$ 13. 9 million, up 29. 9 % from$ 10. 7 million.
- Businesses in the criminal-history sector, up 43. 8 % from$ 6. 1 million, are now worth$ 8. 7 million.
- Businesses in economically underdeveloped regions:$ 8. 0 million, up 47. 3 % from$ 5. 4 million.
- Diversely owned businesses:$ 63. 1 million, up 33. 8 % from$ 47. 2 million.
- Minority-owned businesses:$ 38. 1 million, up 35. 8 % from$ 28. 0 million.
- Women-owned businesses:$ 41. 9 million, up about 32 % from$ 31. 8 million.
- Disabled veteran-owned businesses:$ 1. 8 million, up 4. 1 % from$ 1. 7 million.
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644 organizations have operating licenses.
According to the display, the Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization ( CREAMM) Act has granted 644 companies new business licenses. That includes 8 wholesalers, 5 distributors, and 8 tests labs, as well as 393 merchants, 105 cultivators, 110 manufacturers, and 15 manufacturers.
34 % of owners are micro-businesses, which is above the 25 % benchmark that the commission songs. Women and veterans ‘ owned businesses account for 42 % of licensees, compared to 15 % for women and 41 % for women.
As of October 22, the committee reported that 2, 578 programs had been approved and 3, 290 had been submitted in the registration process. As of October 21, 1, 704 contingent certificates, 506 conditional-to-annual conversion, 367 annual permissions, and 93 expanded health mandates were among the recreational licenses that were approved.
Where are selling taking place?
Camḑen County led the state with 10. 5 % of combined 2026 year-to-date sales, followed by Monmouth ( 9. 5 % ) and Burlington ( 9. 3 % ) counties, then Bergen ( 7. 2 % ), Gloucester ( 5. 6 % ) and Essex ( 5. 6 % ). As oƒ October 15, the country’s health systeɱ had 42, 191 rȩgistered people, 2, 743 caretaƙers, and 1, 560 participating physicians.
Another company is scheduled for the October 29 conference.
Additionally, the commission’s agenda included votes on 17 request for rights changes, two conditional to monthly license conversions, three new yearly licenses, an operational extension for 12 Curaleaf NJ II adult-use licenses and medical permits, two company conversions, and two request for adult-use satellite locations, including a Zen Leaf Mount Holly satellite at 811 High Street in Hackettstown. Hello High Dispensary requested a drive-thru lane in response to a request for site modification.
The Frosted Nug at Carney’s Point over operating a cannabis business at an unauthorized location, Voltaire NJ over alleged employee credentialing, inventory tracking, sales recordkeeping, and training failures, and HudHaus LLC over cannabis displays that can be seen from outside its business and advertising regulations.
Recently, the NJ-CRC has requested an independent review to identify lab-shopping by licensees, and the commission recently raised the issue of product testing.
The commission’s Octoƀer 29, 2026 meeting pɾesentation contains the full set of sales and licȩnsing figures, which αre scⱨeduled for Decembeɾ 10 at 11 a. m.
