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Market Insights Snapshot
Pacific Gold Cannabis Co. concentrated 100.0% of July 2026 sales in Vapor Pens, with year-over-year sales down 41.5% while month-over-month sales rose 5.6%, and average price declined 4.6% YoY to $36.41. Within Ohio Vapor Pens, the brand sat at rank 35, indicating a lower-tier placement despite a short-term MoM uptick; together, the 100.0% category reliance and a 41.5% YoY contraction imply overexposure to a single category where the incremental 5.6% MoM lift has not reversed longer-term erosion.
The combination of a 4.6% YoY price decrease and a 41.5% YoY sales decline, alongside a 5.6% MoM sales gain at rank 35, points to a price-for-volume trade that is not yet translating into material share recovery in Ohio. This pattern implies Pacific Gold Cannabis Co.’s positioning is currently value-seeking within Vapor Pens but constrained by single-category dependence; sustaining or expanding the MoM momentum likely requires either mix diversification away from 100.0% Vapor Pens or sharper differentiation that can lift rank out of the 30s while maintaining price discipline.
Competitive Landscape
Pacific Gold Cannabis Co. ranks #35 in Ohio Vapor Pens in July 2026, down 7 positions year over year from #28, but up 4 ranks versus April 2026 when it sat at #39; against its historical context, the brand is 21 spots below its peak of #14 reached in July 2024 while the current standing places it 33 places behind Certified (Certified Cultivators) at #1 and 32 behind &Shine at #2, with the latter climbing 1 rank year over year from #3 as Select advanced 2 ranks from #5 to #3; given that competitors like Select moved upward while Pacific Gold Cannabis Co. slipped 7 ranks year over year, yet improved 4 ranks quarter-on-quarter, the pattern implies a brand stabilizing off a two-year decline and needing sustained share wins to prevent further displacement by faster-rising leaders.
Notable Products
Pineapple Express Distillate Disposable (1g) posted the largest movement in July 2026 with a +101.9% month-over-month surge to rank 2, while Peach Ozz Distillate Disposable (1g) fell -65.6% to rank 10. Strawberry Diesel Cookies Distillate Disposable (1g) climbed +93.0% to rank 1, whereas Blueberry Distillate Disposable (0.5g) declined -15.3% at rank 5. With nine of the top ten in Vapor Pens and multiple 1g SKUs occupying ranks 1–4, the mix signals a shift toward higher-capacity disposables concentrating share at the top end.
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.
