Minnesota hemp retailer licenses: counts and expiration calendar
Every lower-potency hemp edible retailer site on the state's licensed-business workbook, counted by expiration month, issue month, endorsement and postal city. The numbers refresh each time the state posts a new workbook.
State workbook dated: 2026-11-09
Sources
Organization: Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management
Detail: Licensed-business workbook, Licensed LPHE businesses sheet
As of: 2026-11-09
Revision / notes: Counts are site rows with License Type LPHE Retailer. The footer row and rows without a license number are skipped.
URL: OCM application and license holder dataLPHE retailer sites
3,047
OCM workbook, November 9, 2026
Expiring Dec 2026 to Apr 2027
2,212
72.6% of sites, same workbook
On-site consumption endorsement
540
17.7% of sites
Delivery endorsement
136
4.5% of sites
When hemp retailer licenses expire
Of 3,047 LPHE retailer sites on the November 9, 2026 workbook, 2,212 have a license expiration date from December 2026 through April 2027. The largest month is Apr 2027.
Sites by license expiration month
| Expiration month | Sites |
|---|---|
| Dec 2026 | 273 |
| Jan 2027 | 293 |
| Feb 2027 | 484 |
| Mar 2027 | 515 |
| Apr 2027 | 647 |
| May 2027 | 101 |
| Jun 2027 | 53 |
| Jul 2027 | 334 |
| Aug 2027 | 64 |
| Sep 2027 | 41 |
| Oct 2027 | 8 |
| Nov 2027 | 9 |
| Dec 2027 | 170 |
| Jan 2028 | 54 |
| Dec 2028 | 1 |
Sources: Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management, licensed-business workbook, OCM application and license holder data, as of 2026-11-09. Licenses renew annually (Minn. Stat. 342.44). An expiration date is not a closing date.
What changed between the last two workbooks
Compared with the October 12, 2026 workbook, by site name and address.
Sites added
15
On the newer workbook only
Sites no longer listed
3
On the older workbook only
Expiration date moved later
133
Same site, later date on the newer workbook
A later expiration date is consistent with a renewal, but the workbook does not label renewals. A site that changed its name or address counts once as added and once as no longer listed.
| Workbook date | Retailer sites | On-site consumption | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 12, 2026 | 3,035 | 537 | 135 |
| November 9, 2026 | 3,047 | 540 | 136 |
When current hemp retailer sites were licensed
Site license issue dates on the November 9, 2026 workbook run from Dec 2025 to Nov 2026. 9 sites carry an issue date in Nov 2026, a partial month.
Sites by site license issue month
| Issue month | Sites |
|---|---|
| Dec 2025 | 443 |
| Jan 2026 | 347 |
| Feb 2026 | 481 |
| Mar 2026 | 511 |
| Apr 2026 | 647 |
| May 2026 | 103 |
| Jun 2026 | 53 |
| Jul 2026 | 339 |
| Aug 2026 | 64 |
| Sep 2026 | 42 |
| Oct 2026 | 8 |
| Nov 2026 | 9 |
Sources: Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management, licensed-business workbook, OCM application and license holder data, as of 2026-11-09. Only sites on the current workbook are counted, so months do not include sites that later left the list.
Hemp retailer sites by postal city
Minneapolis has the most LPHE retailer sites on the November 9, 2026 workbook (279), followed by Saint Paul (134) and Duluth (88). The full list of 496 postal cities is in the CSV download.
Top 15 postal cities
| Postal city | Sites |
|---|---|
| Minneapolis | 279 |
| Saint Paul | 134 |
| Duluth | 88 |
| Rochester | 68 |
| Saint Cloud | 52 |
| Bloomington | 43 |
| Mankato | 40 |
| Burnsville | 37 |
| Plymouth | 37 |
| Eagan | 36 |
| Blaine | 32 |
| Brooklyn Park | 31 |
| Minnetonka | 26 |
| Coon Rapids | 25 |
| Maplewood | 25 |
Sources: Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management, licensed-business workbook, OCM application and license holder data, as of 2026-11-09. Postal city is read from the published site address and is not a municipal boundary. Spellings are the state's. 7 addresses could not be read and are left out of city counts.
How this relates to December 11
The federal definition of hemp changes on December 11, 2026. From that date a finished product with more than 0.4 milligrams of total THC per container is no longer hemp under federal law (7 U.S.C. 1639o, as amended by Pub. L. 119-37 and delayed by Pub. L. 119-103).
The Office of Cannabis Management says Minnesota's definitions of lower-potency hemp edible products and licenses do not change that day. Licenses renew annually, and the agency sends renewal notices 90, 60 and 30 days before a license expires.
This page counts what the state publishes. It does not show why any license was renewed, surrendered or allowed to expire. For the law itself, see the federal hemp deadline hub.
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<iframe src="https://mncannabishub.com/embed/hemp-retailer-licenses" title="Minnesota hemp retailer license expirations by month" width="100%" height="520" style="border:0;max-width:640px" loading="lazy"></iframe>How these numbers are counted
- Source: the Licensed LPHE businesses sheet of the state's licensed-business workbook. Only rows with License Type LPHE Retailer are counted. Manufacturers and wholesalers are left out.
- One row is one licensed retail site. Counts are sites, not distinct licenses and not distinct businesses.
- Endorsement counts read the endorsements and activities text on each row. A site with both on-site consumption and delivery is counted in both.
- The workbook contains contact details. Only business name, site address, license type, endorsements and dates are kept.
- Each workbook date is stored once and never rewritten, so a figure cited from this page can be recovered later.
Questions
- How many hemp retailers are licensed in Minnesota?
- The Office of Cannabis Management's November 9, 2026 licensed-business workbook lists 3,047 lower-potency hemp edible retailer sites. A site is one licensed location. One business can hold several sites, so this is not a count of businesses or of distinct licenses.
- Do Minnesota hemp retailer licenses end on December 11, 2026?
- No. December 11, 2026 is the date the federal definition of hemp changes. Minnesota licenses run on their own annual dates. The Office of Cannabis Management says the state definitions of lower-potency hemp edible products and licenses do not change that day.
- Does this page show which stores are open?
- No. The workbook lists licensed sites. It does not say whether a store is open, selling hemp products, or planning to renew.
- Why are there no county totals?
- The hemp sheet in the state workbook has no county column. City counts here use the postal city in each published site address, which can differ from the municipality a store sits in.
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Key finding: Minnesota's Office of Cannabis Management listed 3,047 licensed lower-potency hemp edible retailer sites on its November 9, 2026 licensed-business workbook. 2,212 of them carry a license expiration date between December 2026 and April 2027.
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