Industry Statistics and Trends
Market size and recent performance (2015-2030)
Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 9.4 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $19.8bn in 2025.
Trends and Insights
Market maturation has brought oversupply and weakened prices in established states
- Established recreational markets like Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Michigan have seen significant oversupply in the current period. In 2023, in Washington, for example, the state Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee found that production volumes had reached 2 to 3 times retail demand. Similar overproduction across states with legalized cannabis has caused wholesale prices to plummet since their highs early in the current period.
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Source: IBISWorld
Industry outlook (2025-2030)
Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.
Trends and Insights
Societal acceptance and consumer demand are set to grow through accessibility and wellness trends
- Public support for cannabis legalization has reached an all-time high, with Gallup polling in October 2023 finding that 70.0% of Americans favor making marijuana legal – more than double the 31.0% support recorded in 2000. Pew Research Center's 2025 survey revealed that an overwhelming 87.0% of Americans support legalizing marijuana in some form, with 54.0% backing full recreational and medical legalization.
Biggest companies in the Medical & Recreational Marijuana Growing in the US
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There are no companies that hold a market share exceeding 5% in the Medical & Recreational Marijuana Growing in the US industry.
Products & Services Segmentation
Source: IBISWorld
Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Indica marijuana products, Sativa marijuana products and Hybrid marijuana products. Indica marijuana products is the largest segment of the Medical & Recreational Marijuana Growing in the US.
Trends and Insights
Hybrid marijuana products combine optimized traits for commercial versatility and strong sales
- Hybrid cannabis products result from the selective cross-breeding of indica and sativa parent strains or other hybrids, enabling cultivators to combine desirable characteristics such as yield potential, cannabinoid profiles, terpene diversity, flowering time and disease resistance into single cultivars.
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Table of Contents
About this industry
Industry definition
The US Medical & Recreational Marijuana Growing industry includes licensed cultivation and production of cannabis for medical therapies and adult recreational use, covering a wide array of activities such as growing, harvesting and distributing cannabis plant material, extracts and related products. Marijuana remains illegal under federal law, and this industry is instead regulated at the state level.
What's included in this industry?
Products and services covered in the Medical & Recreational Marijuana Growing industry in the United States include Growing marijuana for medical use and Growing marijuana for legal recreational use.Companies
Companies covered in the Medical & Recreational Marijuana Growing industry in the United States include .Purchase this report to view all major companies in this industry.
Related Terms
Related terms covered in the Medical & Recreational Marijuana Growing industry in the United States include cannabis, marijuana, vendor and dispensary/collective.Industry Code
NAICS 111419 - Medical & Recreational Marijuana Growing in the US
Performance
Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.
Analyst insights
The legalization and acceptance of medical and recreational marijuana have significantly boosted industry growth. This trend allows marijuana growers to expand operations and...
In this chapter (4)
- Current Performance
- Outlook
- Volatility
- Life Cycle
Key metrics
- Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
- Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
- Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
- Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business
Charts
- Revenue, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
- Employees, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
- Businesses, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
- Profit, including historical (2015-2025)
- Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
- Industry Life Cycle
Detailed analysis
- Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
- Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
- Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
- How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.
Products and Markets
Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.
Analyst insight
Recreational marijuana markets have emerged as the primary growth engine, outpacing medical markets in recent years. The broader acceptance and legalization for recreational ...
In this chapter
- Products & Services
- Major Markets
Key metrics
- Largest market segment and value in 2025
- Product innovation level
Charts
- Products & services segmentation in 2025
- Major market segmentation in 2025
Detailed analysis
- Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
- Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
- Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
- Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
Geographic Breakdown
Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.
Analyst insights
Progressive legislation significantly boosts marijuana cultivation in the West and Southwest regions. Early legalization and supportive policies create a conducive business e...
In this chapter (1)
- Business Locations
Charts
- Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each state
- Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2025
Tables
- Number and share of establishments in each state in 2025
- Number and share of revenue each state accounts for in 2025
- Number and share of wages each state accounts for in 2025
- Number and share of employees in each state in 2025
Detailed analysis
- Geographic spread of the industry across North America, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
- Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage
Competitive Forces
Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.
Analyst insights
The marijuana growing industry faces significant barriers to entry due to complex legal regulations and high start-up costs. These challenges make it difficult for new entran...
In this chapter (4)
- Concentration
- Barriers to Entry
- Substitutes
- Buyer & Supplier Analysis
Key metrics
- Industry concentration level
- Industry competition level and trend
- Barriers to entry level and trend
- Substitutes level and trend
- Buyer power level and trend
- Supplier power level and trend
Charts
- Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2020-2025
- Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart
Detailed analysis
- Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
- Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
- Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
- Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
- Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
- Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
- Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
- Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
- Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.
Companies
There are no companies that hold a market share exceeding 5% in the Medical & Recreational Marijuana Growing in the US industry.
Analyst insights
The medical and recreational marijuana growing industry is fragmented due to varying state regulations and the federal illegality of cannabis. These factors hinder nationwide...
External Environment
Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.
Analyst insights
Federal regulations are the biggest hurdle for medical and recreational marijuana growers. At the federal level, cannabis is classified as a Schedule I controlled substance u...
In this chapter
- External Drivers
- Regulation & Policy
- Assistance
Key metrics
- Regulation & policy level and trend
- Assistance level and trend
Charts
- Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2015-2030)
- Assistance historical data and forecast (2015-2030)
Detailed analysis
- Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
- Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
- Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.
Financial Benchmarks
View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time.
Analyst insights
Cannabis growers have struggled to grow their profit as they face falling prices in many major markets, often below production costs. While purchase costs for key crop inputs...
In this chapter
- Cost Structure
- Financial Ratios
- Key Ratios
Key metrics
- Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
- Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
- Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
- Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio
Charts
- Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2025
- Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2025
- Investment vs. share of economy
Data tables
- Industry Multiples (2018-2023)
- Industry Tax Structure (2018-2023)
- Income Statement (2018-2023)
- Balance Sheet (2018-2023)
- Liquidity Ratios (2018-2023)
- Coverage Ratios (2018-2023)
- Leverage Ratios (2018-2023)
- Operating Ratios (2018-2023)
- Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2015-2030)
- Revenue per Employee (2015-2030)
- Revenue per Enterprise (2015-2030)
- Employees per Establishment (2015-2030)
- Employees per Enterprise (2015-2030)
- Average Wage (2015-2030)
- Wages/Revenue (2015-2030)
- Establishments per Enterprise (2015-2030)
- IVA/Revenue (2015-2030)
- Imports/Demand (2015-2030)
- Exports/Revenue (2015-2030)
Detailed analysis
- Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability
Key Statistics
Industry Data
Data Tables
Including values and annual change:
- Revenue (2015-2030)
- IVA (2015-2030)
- Establishments (2015-2030)
- Enterprises (2015-2030)
- Employment (2015-2030)
- Exports (2015-2030)
- Imports (2015-2030)
- Wages (2015-2030)
Top Questions Answered
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What is the market size of the Medical & Recreational Marijuana Growing industry in the United States in 2025?
The market size of the Medical & Recreational Marijuana Growing industry in the United States is $19.8bn in 2025.
How many businesses are there in the Medical & Recreational Marijuana Growing industry in the United States in 2025?
There are 48,921 businesses in the Medical & Recreational Marijuana Growing industry in the United States, which has grown at a CAGR of 13.2 % between 2020 and 2025.
How may import tariffs affect the Medical & Recreational Marijuana Growing industry in the United States?
The Medical & Recreational Marijuana Growing industry in the United States is unlikely to be materially impacted by import tariffs with imports accounting for a low share of industry revenue.
How may export tariffs affect the Medical & Recreational Marijuana Growing industry in the United States?
The Medical & Recreational Marijuana Growing industry in the United States is unlikely to be materially impacted by export tariffs with exports accounting for a low share of industry revenue.
Has the Medical & Recreational Marijuana Growing industry in the United States grown or declined over the past 5 years?
The market size of the Medical & Recreational Marijuana Growing industry in the United States has been growing at a CAGR of 9.4 % between 2020 and 2025.
What is the forecast growth of the Medical & Recreational Marijuana Growing industry in the United States over the next 5 years?
Over the next five years, the Medical & Recreational Marijuana Growing industry in the United States is expected to grow.
What does the Medical & Recreational Marijuana Growing industry in the United States include?
Growing marijuana for medical use and Growing marijuana for legal recreational use are part of the Medical & Recreational Marijuana Growing industry in the United States.
How competitive is the Medical & Recreational Marijuana Growing industry in the United States?
The level of competition is high and increasing in the Medical & Recreational Marijuana Growing industry in the United States.
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