🌿 Massachusetts Cannabis Licensing Scraper

🚀 Collect 1,700+ cannabis license records from the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission with 80 fields per record. Get business info, license status, ownership details, and retail pricing data.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-04-23

Whether you are a cannabis entrepreneur researching the Massachusetts market, a compliance consultant tracking license statuses, or an analyst studying the regulated cannabis industry, this scraper delivers comprehensive licensing data from the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC).

The MA Cannabis Licensing Scraper provides 80 data fields per license record including business name, address, phone, email, EIN, license status, license type, license number, and regulatory details. A separate retail pricing dataset shows average price per gram by month.

Target Audience	Cannabis entrepreneurs, compliance consultants, market analysts, real estate professionals, investors, regulatory researchers
Primary Use Cases	Market research, compliance tracking, pricing analysis, competition mapping, investment analysis, regulatory monitoring

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📋 What Does It Do

• Collects 1,700+ cannabis license records and applications with 80 data fields each
• Extracts business names, addresses, phone, email, and EIN for every licensee
• Provides license status, type, number, dates, and regulatory details
• Includes average retail price per gram by month (separate dataset)
• Filters by license status (Active, Expired, Suspended, Revoked, Surrendered)
• Filters by license type and city

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🎬 How to Use - Full Demo

🚧 Demo video coming soon.

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⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Description	Default
Max Items	integer	Free users: limited to 10 items. Paid users: up to 1,000,000	10
Dataset	string	Cannabis Licenses (1,700+ records) or Retail Prices by Month	licenses
License Status	string	Active, Expired, Suspended, Revoked, or Surrendered	-
License Type	string	Filter by type (e.g., Retailer, Cultivator, Manufacturer). Partial match	-
City	string	Filter by city name (e.g., Boston, Worcester, Springfield)	-

Example 1:

{
    "dataset": "licenses",
    "licenseStatus": "Active",
    "city": "Boston",
    "maxItems": 100
}

Example 2:

{
    "dataset": "prices",
    "maxItems": 50
}

⚠️ License statuses change frequently. Always verify current status with the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission for compliance decisions.

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📊 Output

🧾 Schema: BUSINESS_NAME, BUSINESS_CITY, BUSINESS_STATE, BUSINESS_ZIP, LICENSE_NUMBER, LICENSE_STATUS, LICENSE_TYPE, BUSINESS_EMAIL, BUSINESS_PHONE, BUSINESS_EIN, scrapedAt

📦 Sample 1:

{
    "BUSINESS_NAME": "Green Horizons LLC",
    "BUSINESS_CITY": "Boston",
    "BUSINESS_STATE": "MA",
    "LICENSE_NUMBER": "MR281234",
    "LICENSE_STATUS": "Active",
    "LICENSE_TYPE": "Marijuana Retailer",
    "BUSINESS_EMAIL": "info@greenhorizons.com",
    "BUSINESS_PHONE": "617-555-0123",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-09T00:00:00.000Z"
}

📦 Sample 2:

{
    "BUSINESS_NAME": "Bay State Cultivators Inc",
    "BUSINESS_CITY": "Worcester",
    "BUSINESS_STATE": "MA",
    "LICENSE_NUMBER": "MC289012",
    "LICENSE_STATUS": "Active",
    "LICENSE_TYPE": "Marijuana Cultivator",
    "BUSINESS_EMAIL": "contact@baystatecultivators.com",
    "BUSINESS_PHONE": "508-555-0456",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-09T00:00:00.000Z"
}

📦 Sample 3:

{
    "BUSINESS_NAME": "Pioneer Valley Labs",
    "BUSINESS_CITY": "Springfield",
    "BUSINESS_STATE": "MA",
    "LICENSE_NUMBER": "ML287654",
    "LICENSE_STATUS": "Active",
    "LICENSE_TYPE": "Marijuana Testing Laboratory",
    "BUSINESS_EMAIL": "info@pvlabs.com",
    "BUSINESS_PHONE": "413-555-0789",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-09T00:00:00.000Z"
}

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✨ Why Choose This Tool?

Feature	Details
1,700+ license records	Complete Massachusetts cannabis licensing database
80 data fields	Business info, license details, ownership, and regulatory data
Two datasets	License records and retail pricing data in one tool
Multiple filters	Status, type, and city filtering for targeted searches
Contact information	Names, phone, email, and EIN for every licensee
Pricing trends	Average retail price per gram by month
Fast collection	Full dataset in seconds

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📈 How It Compares

Capability	This Tool	Other Solutions
Records available	1,700+ license records	Manual directory browsing
Data fields	80 fields per record	Basic license info only
Filtering	Status, type, and city	Limited search
Pricing data	Monthly retail averages included	Not available
Export formats	JSON, CSV, Excel	HTML/PDF reports only
Automation	Scheduled runs	Manual visits required

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🚀 How to Use

1. Sign Up - Create a free account w/ $5 credit (takes 2 minutes)
2. Find the Tool - Search for "Massachusetts Cannabis Licensing Scraper" in the Apify Store
3. Set Input - Configure your search filters using the simple form
4. Run It - Click "Start" and let it collect your data
5. Download Data - Get your results in the "Dataset" tab as CSV, Excel, or JSON

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💼 Business Use Cases

Audience	How They Use It
Cannabis Entrepreneurs	Research market density and competition by city before opening a new dispensary or cultivation facility
Compliance Consultants	Track license statuses and regulatory changes to advise clients on compliance requirements
Market Analysts	Study pricing trends, market growth, and license distribution to build industry reports
Investors	Evaluate the Massachusetts cannabis market landscape by analyzing active licenses, types, and geographic distribution

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

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🤝 Non-profit and civic Transparency reporting and accountability projects Advocacy campaigns backed by public-interest data Community-run databases for local issues Investigative journalism on public records	🧪 Experimentation Prototype AI and machine-learning pipelines with real data Validate product-market hypotheses before engineering spend Train small domain-specific models on niche corpora Test dashboard concepts with live input

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

💳 Do I need a paid Apify plan to run this actor?

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Failed runs are not charged. If the source site changes, proxies get rate-limited, or a specific input matches nothing, re-run the actor or open our contact form and we will investigate. You can also check the run log in the Apify console to see why the run stopped.

📏 How many items can I scrape per run?

Free users are limited to 10 items per run so you can preview the output and confirm the actor works for your use case. Paid users can raise maxItems up to 1,000,000 per run. Upgrade here if you need full scale.

🕒 How fresh is the data?

Every run fetches live data at the moment of execution. There is no cache or delay: the records you get reflect what the source returned at that moment. Schedule the actor to maintain a rolling snapshot of the data you need.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission. It accesses only publicly available data.