Two years later, Illinois ended 2022 at $1.6 billion. Still, Missouri’s market has been among the quickest to rise nationwide.įor Illinois, it took seven months to hit $300 million after beginning adult-use sales in January 2020, with its first year ending at $670 million. They’ve just expanded, but they haven’t even been approved.” “I don’t think we’ve seen peak numbers yet at all,” Hannegan said of Missouri sales, “just because there’s still cultivation groups that haven’t come online. Since February, DHSS has received more than 80 requests for facility changes, adding to the 40 they already had pending, said DHSS spokeswoman Lisa Cox. That’s partially because anytime a cannabis business makes changes to their facility, it must get approval from the state regulating agency, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS).
It could take up to a year to see what Missouri sales are capable of, said Tyler Hannegan, co-owner and chief of operations and sales at Robust Cannabis. Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services On May 5, 2023, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services released its monthly and cumulative cannabis sales numbers.
