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Where to Buy
Matter. is stocked at 132 licensed dispensaries across New York, Maryland, and 5 other states, 86 of them in New York, with the deepest coverage in New York, Queens, Buffalo, Staten Island, and Brooklyn. 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
Matter.’s mix in August 2026 is concentrated in Flower at 92.77% share with a month-over-month lift of 43.53% but a year-over-year decline of 19.54%, while Pre-Roll holds 6.60% share with 28.71% MoM growth and 19.32% YoY growth. Beverage sits at 0.52% share with a 23.56% MoM contraction and a 43.29% YoY decline, and Edible is 0.11% share despite a 70.24% MoM increase and a 97.55% YoY drop; overall brand sales are down 21.36% YoY alongside a 19.39% YoY reduction in average price. The pattern implies a volume-led rebound concentrated in Flower and Pre-Roll that is insufficient to offset multi-quarter attrition in Beverage and Edible, signaling a narrowing portfolio even as August 2026 mix momentum turns toward inhalables.
With Flower ranking 15th in Ohio and accounting for 92.77% of sales, a 43.53% MoM surge coupled with a 19.54% YoY decline indicates share defense via pricing rather than category expansion, consistent with a 19.39% YoY drop in average price. Pre-Roll’s 19.32% YoY growth and 28.71% MoM gain at only 6.60% share points to a secondary growth lane that can diversify risk, while Beverage’s 43.29% YoY and 23.56% MoM declines, plus Edible’s 97.55% YoY collapse, constrain adjacency credibility. The implication is that Matter. is positioned as an inhalables-first brand in August 2026, trading depth for breadth and relying on Flower rank stability to anchor presence while using Pre-Roll as the incremental lever.
Competitive Landscape
Matter. sits at rank #15 in Ohio Flower in August 2026, up 39 positions from #54 in May 2026, while peaking at its current #15 in August 2026 and holding no year-over-year rank reading; in contrast, Klutch Cannabis advanced to #1 with a +19 YoY rank gain and +363.8% YoY sales change, and RYTHM moved to #2 with an +8 YoY rank gain and +27.8% YoY sales change. Relative to Riviera Creek at #3 with a +1 YoY rank shift but −28.3% YoY sales, Matter.’s surge from #54 to #15 in three months places it closer to the top tier than its historical position implies, and compared with King City Gardens at #5 with a +4 YoY rank change but −10.3% YoY sales, the recent climb suggests share is being redistributed toward movers with multi-month momentum rather than purely YoY leaders. The trajectory from #54 to #15 within a quarter implies Matter. is transitioning from mid-pack obscurity to a contender for a top-10 slot if the pace persists.
Notable Products
High Octane (2.83g) posted the largest month-over-month movement in August 2026 with +196.6% and climbed to rank 2, while Intergalactic (14.15g) rose +74.7% to rank 3 and delivered $219,117 in sales, signaling momentum concentrated at the top. Four of the top ten are Flower SKUs, and Headband Harmony (2.83g) held rank 1 as Slurricane (14g) was effectively flat at +0.0% at rank 7, indicating gains are being driven by premium-eighth and half-ounce formats rather than across-the-board lifts. The product mix points to Matter. leaning into higher-velocity Flower variants that can scale quickly in share, with Pre-Roll presence stable but not the engine of rank movement.
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.
