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Aug-2026
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Where to Buy
Kingpen is stocked at 318 licensed dispensaries across California, with the deepest coverage in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, and San Jose. Search by ZIP code or city below to find the closest one, or filter by product type if you are after a specific format.
Market Insights Snapshot
Kingpen’s category mix in August 2026 is concentrated in Pre-Roll at 70.18% share, where sales were down 6.17% year over year but up 1.65% month over month, while Vapor Pens held 16.29% share with sales up 20.41% YoY and 4.29% MoM. Flower expanded to 9.03% share with an outsized 264,207.57% YoY lift and 4.35% MoM growth, and Concentrates, though only 2.36% share, jumped 76.68% MoM with no YoY baseline, as Edible at 2.15% share rose 165.57% YoY but fell 7.19% MoM; average price fell 7.09% YoY to $19.29. With a rank of 3 in Pre-Roll in California and overall brand sales up 12.19% YoY, the pattern implies Kingpen is leaning on a dominant Pre-Roll base while diversifying into higher-growth adjacencies to offset category-specific YoY softness.
The mix shifts suggest a deliberate balance between volume anchoring and margin-seeking: Pre-Roll stability (1.65% MoM alongside a 6.17% YoY dip) keeps Kingpen visible in high-frequency baskets, while Vapor Pens’ 20.41% YoY and Flower’s extreme YoY expansion reweight the portfolio toward categories with faster unit velocity and trading-up potential despite a 7.09% YoY price decline. Holding the number 3 Pre-Roll rank in California while growing Vapor Pens by 4.29% MoM and lifting Concentrates 76.68% MoM indicates a hedging strategy that prioritizes scale today and optionality tomorrow, implying near-term share defense in Pre-Roll and a medium-term push to capture mix-led growth as non-Pre-Roll share rises from 29.82% to 29.83% month over month.
Competitive Landscape
Kingpen ranks #3 in CA Pre-Roll in August 2026, unchanged from #3 in August 2025, and level with #3 in May 2026; in the same window, Jeeter held #1 YoY while growing sales 5.7%, and STIIIZY stayed at #2 with a 10.4% sales increase, whereas Presidential advanced from #5 to #4 and Sluggers Hit slipped from #4 to #5 with a 0.4% sales decline; the flat #3 YoY and quarter-to-date stasis implies Kingpen is defending share against faster climbers but not converting momentum needed to displace the #2 or #1 positions.
Notable Products
Kingroll - Mango Kush x Cannalope Kush Infused Pre-Roll (1.3g) posted the standout move in August 2026 with a 47.8% month-over-month increase, climbing into rank 3, while Kingroll Jr - Maui Wowie x Blue Dream Infused Pre-Roll (1.3g) fell 7.9% to rank 8. Kingroll - Cannalope Ak x Cannalope Kush Oil Infused Pre-Roll (1.3g) grew 15.0% to hold rank 1, and Kingroll Jr - Cannalope Ak x Cannalope Kush Infused Pre-Roll 4-Pack (3g) dipped 3.0% at rank 2, signaling a tilt toward single 1.3g formats over 3g multi-packs. With eight of the top ten in Pre-Rolls and only one Flower SKU in the top ten, the mix points to Kingpen concentrating assortment and marketing on infused Pre-Rolls as the commercial workhorse.
Top Selling Cannabis Brands
Data for this report comes from real-time sales reporting by participating cannabis retailers via their point-of-sale systems, which are linked up with Headset’s business intelligence software. Headset’s data is very reliable, as it comes digitally direct from our partner retailers. However, the potential does exist for misreporting in the instance of duplicates, incorrectly classified products, inaccurate entry of products into point-of-sale systems, or even simple human error at the point of purchase. Thus, there is a slight margin of error to consider. Brands listed on this page are ranked in the top twenty within the market and product category by total retail sales volume.
