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Vapin Ape is stocked at 239 licensed dispensaries across Michigan, Illinois, and New York, 176 of them in Michigan, with the deepest coverage in New Buffalo, Grand Rapids, Monroe, Muskegon, and Ann Arbor. 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
Vapin Ape operated as a single-category brand in October 2026, with Vapor Pens at 100.0% of sales share, a -3.0% year-over-year sales change and a 5.33% month-over-month lift, while average price rose 6.98% year over year to $29.99. Within Illinois Vapor Pens, the brand held rank 16 and posted a 5.33% MoM uptick alongside a -3.0% YoY dip, indicating that October’s mix-driven rebound was cyclical rather than structural. The pattern implies that Vapin Ape’s concentration risk is high: the 100.0% category exposure magnifies any category headwind into total-brand YoY decline even when near-term momentum and rank 16 suggest tactical improvement.
The shift from a -3.0% YoY contraction to a 5.33% MoM recovery, paired with a 6.98% YoY price increase, signals a positioning pivot toward maintaining price while leaning on in-month velocity, not diversification. Rank 16 in Illinois alongside 100.0% category dependence means future gains hinge on capturing share within Vapor Pens rather than spreading risk across adjacent formats, so the practical implication is to prioritize sub-segment and SKU-level mix optimization inside Vapor Pens to translate MoM pulses into sustained share without sacrificing the 6.98% YoY price premium.
Competitive Landscape
Vapin Ape is ranked #16 in Illinois Vapor Pens in October 2026, improving 2 positions year over year from #18 and rising 3 spots from #19 over the last three months, while also matching its peak rank at #16 in October 2026; in contrast, Select holds #1 after moving up from #2 year over year and Fernway surged from #10 to #2 with 222.0% YoY sales growth, indicating that Vapin Ape’s incremental rank gains are occurring in a tier where leaders are accelerating faster and that a stable but modest climb implies share consolidation rather than breakout momentum.
Notable Products
Vapin Ape is concentrated in one format in October 2026, with All-in-one Disposables accounting for 90.5% of sales, while Cartridges contribute 8.7%. That leaves most of its revenue coming from disposables, so the brand’s sales ride on this single format rather than a mix of hardware types.
Peer avg: average price of the same product type and package size in the same states that month.
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.
