Cannabis Industry: Types of Businesses and Exhibitors
The Cannabis industry is fast becoming big business. Our Cannabis shows are home to some of the emerging entrepreneurs who have taken advantage of legalization and the trends being reported:
Currently, 33 states (plus Washington, D.C.) have a legal medical cannabis program, while 10 states (plus D.C.) have legalized cannabis for adult use. As more states legalize cannabis and debate about the potential end of federal prohibition reaches the halls of Congress, the cannabis industry's prospects continue to brighten.
The Cannabis industry is known for two types of businesses: cultivators, which do the growing, and dispensaries, which do the selling.
These aren't the only types of businesses in this space.
There are laboratories focused on product testing, industry-specific data platforms, value-added manufacturers creating products like edibles and concentrates, legal professionals, marketing agencies, etc. Representatives of these markets can be found at our shows.
The industry can largely be broken down into two categories "plant-touching" and "ancillary." Plant-touching businesses do just as the name suggests, handling the cannabis plant itself, either cultivating, distributing, processing or selling it.
Ancillary businesses are all the companies in the space needed to support the actual growth, processing and sale of cannabis products. These include data platforms, tech companies, point-of-sale systems, payment processors, digital marketers, attorneys, accountants and more.
Cultivators are the businesses that grow the cannabis plant itself. It's a relatively difficult sector to break into.
Dispensaries are where most consumers encounter the product itself for the first time.
You will find a diverse, friendly and energetic market of Cannabis industry businesses exhibiting at our shows.
Currently, 33 states (plus Washington, D.C.) have a legal medical cannabis program, while 10 states (plus D.C.) have legalized cannabis for adult use. As more states legalize cannabis and debate about the potential end of federal prohibition reaches the halls of Congress, the cannabis industry's prospects continue to brighten.
The Cannabis industry is known for two types of businesses: cultivators, which do the growing, and dispensaries, which do the selling.
These aren't the only types of businesses in this space.
There are laboratories focused on product testing, industry-specific data platforms, value-added manufacturers creating products like edibles and concentrates, legal professionals, marketing agencies, etc. Representatives of these markets can be found at our shows.
The industry can largely be broken down into two categories "plant-touching" and "ancillary." Plant-touching businesses do just as the name suggests, handling the cannabis plant itself, either cultivating, distributing, processing or selling it.
Ancillary businesses are all the companies in the space needed to support the actual growth, processing and sale of cannabis products. These include data platforms, tech companies, point-of-sale systems, payment processors, digital marketers, attorneys, accountants and more.
Cultivators are the businesses that grow the cannabis plant itself. It's a relatively difficult sector to break into.
Dispensaries are where most consumers encounter the product itself for the first time.
You will find a diverse, friendly and energetic market of Cannabis industry businesses exhibiting at our shows.
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