Ohio cannabis retailers are selling more product than ever, with the state’s $1.1 billion and growing industry on pace to set new records for sales revenue and units sold, according to new state data.
Total combined medical and adult-use cannabis sales revenue reached $684.6 million from Jan. 3 through July 11, according to the Ohio Department of Commerce. That puts Ohio cannabis sales in 2026 on track to exceed the $1.09 billion in combined sales recorded in 2025.
Consistent with other states, cannabis retailers in Ohio are also selling more product than ever before.
Retailers reported selling 150.3 million individual units of cannabis products during the same time frame, according to state data. Ohio recorded selling 191 million units in all of 2025,
Is Ohio experiencing cannabis price compression?
As in other states, Ohio’s prices have dropped from their average at launch as the market has matured.
The average price of adult-use cannabis flower is now about $6.65 per gram. That’s down about 30% from the $9.40 per gram consumers paid shortly after Ohio adult-use cannabis sales launched in August 2024, according to the DCC.
However, that price has held steady for about a year.
The per-gram average in July 2025 hovered between $6.61 and $6.70, as per state data.
There are 223 cannabis stores operating under dual-use licenses in Ohio that serve both medical patients and adult-use consumers.
But local resistance persists. About 137 Ohio jurisdictions maintain active moratoriums on adult-use businesses, limiting where operators can open shop, according to Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law.
How is consumer behavior affecting Ohio’s cannabis market?
Ohio borders Michigan, which experienced explosive sales growth in the past few years, assisted by a free fall in flower retail prices before a tax hike crushed the market in January.
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Many Ohio residents traveled to Michigan to purchase cheaper cannabis. But Senate Bill 56, which took effect in March, made it illegal for consumers to possess cannabis purchased in another state.
“People were already driving to Michigan to purchase cannabis, so as long as there’s still a massive price differential, they’re probably going to continue doing so at least for the foreseeable future,” Morgan Fox, political director for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, told The Business Journal.
