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Where to Buy
SmartBud is stocked at 141 licensed dispensaries across New York, with the deepest coverage in New York, Buffalo, Queens, Bronx, and Rochester. 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
In July 2026, SmartBud’s mix concentrated heavily in Flower at 84.97% share with a 571.11% year-over-year increase, while month over month the same category slipped 4.30% as average Flower price sat at $48.20 and overall brand average price rose 32.71% YoY. Pre-Roll expanded to 11.15% share with 80.03% MoM growth and 14.98% YoY growth, and Vapor Pens held 3.88% share with a 17.03% MoM increase alongside an unreported YoY figure, coinciding with a 347.28% YoY surge in total brand sales and a rank of 23 in Flower in New York. The pattern implies SmartBud is over-indexed to Flower for scale while using Pre-Roll and Vapor Pens as momentum channels to offset short-term Flower softness and broaden reach.
The tilt toward Flower at 84.97% alongside a 4.30% MoM decline, contrasted with Pre-Roll’s 80.03% MoM gain and Vapor Pens’ 17.03% MoM gain, implies near-term resilience depends on accelerating the faster-growing formats without eroding Flower’s 571.11% YoY engine. With a July 2026 Flower rank of 23 in New York and a 32.71% YoY rise in average price, the portfolio skews toward higher-ticket Flower while cultivating trial via lower-price Pre-Rolls at $14.51, suggesting a barbell pricing posture that can elevate brand positioning if mix shifts lift non-Flower share by several points while preserving Flower’s rank trajectory.
Competitive Landscape
SmartBud sits at rank #23 in NY Flower in July 2026, improving 68 positions year over year from #91 to #23 and rising 10 spots since April 2026 when it was #33; however, it slipped 3 ranks from its peak of #20 in June 2026, indicating volatility alongside progress. In contrast, Find. rose to #1 from #8 year over year with a 46.7% sales increase, while Grassroots advanced to #5 from #15 alongside a 79.8% sales gain, outpacing SmartBud’s rank momentum even as Dank. By Definition fell to #3 from #1 with a 51.5% sales decline. The pattern—sharp YoY climb to #23, a recent pullback from #20 in June 2026, and faster competitor ascents into the top 5—implies SmartBud’s trajectory is upward but at risk of plateauing below the top tier unless its pace accelerates.
Notable Products
CandyLato Ground (14g) posted the largest movement in July 2026 with a +102.5% month-over-month surge, climbing to rank 2, while Girl Scout Cookies (3.5g) fell -16.7% yet still held rank 1. Crunch Berries (3.5g) declined -11.6% at rank 8, putting two Flower SKUs on divergent trajectories in the same month. With six of the top ten in Pre-Roll or pre-ground formats and Double Blue Dream pre-ground sizes occupying two top-10 slots, the mix points to SmartBud leaning into value and convenience formats even as flagship 3.5g Flower softens.
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.
