Top Cannabis Brands Entering 2020
By: Higher Data
Tags: Business, Marijuana, Brand Strategy, Investing, Cannabis

Higher Data has ranked the top cannabis brands entering 2020. Using our real-time dispensary menu data, we ranked brands based on the number of products each has stocked in medical and recreational dispensaries across North America. This top-10 ranking shows the top brands in February 2020 as well as how they’ve changed since last quarter.

Brands producing vape cartridges and oils continue to outperform in our rankings while those producing edibles are close behind. Brands selling flower have struggled to differentiate themselves from peers and unlabeled products and establish loyal customer bases.

1. STIIIZY

Previous rank: 1

Products stocked: 25,518

Launched in 2017, STIIIZY (owned by Shryne Group Inc.) is the most frequently stocked supplier of marijuana products in North America. The California-based company features potent, pure concentrates as well as reasonably-priced vaporizers. The Original STIIIZY, LIIL STIIIZY, and BIIG STIIIZY vaporizers are immensely popular, mirroring JUUL’s rise as a first-mover in tech-enabled nicotine vaping. Just three years after launch, 25,518 unique STIIIZY SKUs are stocked across the US and Canada. STIIIZY is active in California, Nevada, and Washington, and is expanding into new markets such as Michigan. On top of STIIIZY, the Shryne Group is growing with retail stores in California.

2. Raw Garden

Previous Rank: 2

Products Stocked: 22,354

Raw Garden, California’s leading cannabis extract brand, takes pride in its 100% Pure Cannabis Flower products. Their signature Live Resin Sauce is frozen (rather than dried) immediately after harvesting, which preserves its fresh flavor and potency . Their indicate concentrate recently won the 2019 NorCal Cannabis Cup, and various products of theirs received acclaim. Based in Santa Barbara, the private company was created in 2010, and it is currently offered in 22,334 locations.

3. Flav

Previous Rank: 7

Products Stocked: 14,851

Flav has climbed up our rankings with a wide range of edible products including powdered drink mixes, chocolate bars, snack pouches, and sweets. Among their 1000+ products include novel topical products as well as traditional concentrates and cartridges. Flav has crafted a brand around their superior flavor to gain an edge in the extremely competitive cannabis edibles space. The company also continues to position themselves against peers based on quality, potency, and reliability, which was their initial motivation in providing dependable products for medical marijuana patients. Created in 2015, Flav’s products are currently offered along the entire West Coast, Nevada, New Mexico, and Colorado, and they are soon expanding into Massachusetts and Maryland. Our data shows that 14,851 Flav products are stocked in dispensaries across North America.

4. Pure Vape

Previous Rank: 6

Products Stocked: 9,226

Pure Vape was born in 2007 in Southern California, and ever since, they have used a triple-distilled oil to create organic products. The company is focusing on the high-potency vape market with traditional cartridges, high-THC oil syringes, and twelve flavors of Pure disposables. They also offer Wally Drop blueberry edibles and pure CBD disposables in three experience-defined flavors: Rise & Shine, Boost, and Half & Half. Pure Vape hopes to win the heavy-user segment through high-potency products that are tested using a rigorous process to check for pesticides, contaminants, residual solvents, metals, and cannabinoids.

5. Kiva Confections

Previous Rank: 10

Products Stocked: 8,084

Created in 2010, these edible perfectionists collaborate with masterful chocolatiers to create decadent chocolate bars, gummies, mints, and their signature Terra Bites. They are currently stocked in dispensaries throughout California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, and Illinois. Kiva Confections has eight Best Edible awards to their name and is a staple among more occasional cannabis users. Kiva Confections remains private and has raised over $28 million in total capital.

6. Heavy Hitters

Previous Rank: 8

Products Stocked: 7,766

Los Angeles-based Heavy Hitters is distinct for its variety: they offer dozens of potent flavors. Besides cartridges and PAX pods, they offer All-in-Ones and Live Resin. Their 2.2 gram cartridge is an above-average quantity offering that caters to the heavy user. Additionally, they market themselves as being the original producer of high-quality distillations in cartridges. A non-traditional Cold-Filtering involves extra distillation, causing a highly potent cannabis oil.

7. Select

Previous Rank: 4

Products Stocked: 7,625

This Portland-based company sells the top-selling vape cartridge, Select Elite. Select is owned by Cura Partners, which was purchased by Curaleaf Holdings Inc. for $1.3 billion in May 2019. Curaleaf (CSE: CURA) is traded on the Canadian Securities Exchange. Curaleaf has a market cap of $3.06 billion as of February 2020, and their 2019 third-quarter reported revenue was $61.8 million: a 189% increase from one year earlier. The company’s current operating income is $1.44 million, and its cash on hand is $91.2 million. The holding company is headquartered in Wakefield, Massachusetts.

8. Brite Labs

Previous Rank: Not Ranked

Products Stocked: 5,662

In 2014, Brite Labs markets 100%-cannabis products such as oil cartridges, PAX pods, and jelly wax concentrates. The Oakland-based company preserves the quality of their natural flower and trim by never using additives. They rely on a CO2 extraction system, which they also sell to other edible producers. Brite Labs offers a total of 5,662 products across North America dispensaries.

9. Rove

Previous Rank: Not Ranked

Products Stocked: 5,409

Rove, created in 2016, sells a signature 100% cannabis flower cartridge called Featured Farms. It also offers Black Box cartridges in a dozen strains of sativas, indicas, and hybrids. These are sold in a disposable vape cartridge form as well. Their third flagship product is CBD Remedies, a CBD oil offered in 10:1, 2:1, and 1:1 ratios of CBD to THC. There are a total of 5,409 Rove products offered in North American dispensaries.

10. Connected Cannabis Co.

Previous Rank: Not Ranked

Products Stocked: 5,335

Sacramento-based Connected Cannabis Co. is for cannabis connoisseurs. They often combine top-level strains in order to create their signature “designer weed.” For over ten years, they’ve sold concentrates, flower, and edibles among others. Their revenue is currently $5.4 million, and they partnered with Kush Queen in late 2018 to begin producing psychoactive cosmetics. 5,335 Connected Cannabis Co. products are sold in dispensaries across North America.