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Marijuana businesses
Ranked by number of employees in Central Mass.
No. of
employees
local/
total
Cultivation Manufacturer Test
lab
Medical
retail
Adult-use
retail
Notes/
delivery available? (medical)
Top executive/
year founded (1)
1
NETA, a Parallel Co.
5 Forge Parkway, Franklin 02038
(508) 528-0093 • netacare.org
313
500
(2)
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Indoor cultivation facility
Y
Brad Doyle
president, Mass.
2015
2
Cresco Labs (3)
1764 Main St., Leicester 01524
312-929-0993 • www.crescolabs.com
235
DND
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Indoor cultivation in Leicester; additional cultivation and
production in Uxbridge; adult-use and medical retail in
Framingham and Leicester; adult-use retail in Worcester
N
Richard Lee
general manager
2013
3
Revolutionary Clinics
1 Oak Hill Road, Unit B, Fitchburg 01420
617-430-6699 • revolutionaryclinics.org
234
339
✔ ✔ ✔
Fitchburg cultivation facility has total canopy of 75,000 square
feet; medical retail available at three dispensaries in Cambridge
and Somerville
Y
Keith Cooper
CEO
2016
4
CommCan
730 Main St., Millis 02054
508-533-9333 • www.commcan.com
150
170
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Adult-use and medical retail in Millis, medical retail in
Southborough; adult-use retail in Rehoboth
Y
Marc Rosenfeld
CEO
2015
4
Garden Remedies Inc.
416 Boston Post Road East, Marlborough 01752
844-344-2420 • www.gardenremedies.com
150
215
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Indoor 20,000 square feet cultivation in Fitchburg, commercial
kitchen and CO2 and alcohol extraction lab; additional
dispensaries in Newton and Melrose
DND
Jeffrey Herold
CEO
2013
4
Sanctuary Medicinals
16 Pearson Blvd., Gardner 01440
978-730-8134 • sanctuarymed.com
150
150
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Scheduled consultations; indoor cultivation facility with total
canopy of 22,416 square feet in Littleton; 32 employees work in
medical retail dispensary
DND
Jason Sidman
CEO
2018
7
Green Gold Group
60 Prospect St, North Brookfield 01535
774-251-9888 • www.greengold.group
148
DND
✔ ✔ ✔
Wholesale, retail and cultivation
N
Ralph Aronov
CEO
2018
8
MCR Labs
85 Speen St., Framingham 01701
508-872-6666 • mcrlabs.com
80
120
✔
Independent medical and adult-use testing laboratory for
licensed producers, consumers, patients, home growers and
entrepreneurs; veteran and equity applicant discounts available
N
Mike Kahn
president & founder
2013
9
Good Chemistry
9 Harrison St., Worcester 01604
774-243-1760 • ma.goodchem.org
75
289
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Patient counseling; exotic strains; small batch craft cannabis;
indoor cultivation facility
N
Matthew Huron
CEO
2013
10
Temescal Wellness of Massachusetts
665 Cochituate Road, Framingham 01701
508-309-7036 • ma.temescalwellness.com
66
DND
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Building a cultivation and packaging facility in North Adams; will
start wholesaling products in Q3 2022
N
Ted Rebholz
CEO
2018
11
The Vault
70 Worcester Road, Webster 01570
774-520-2420 • www.thevaultma.com
55
DND
✔
Additional location at 17 Mountain St. East, Worcester
DND
Mark Sipe
general manager
2021
12
Local Roots
371 Lunenburg St., Fitchburg 01420
978-906-2500 • www.localroots.cc
50
(4)
DND
✔ ✔
Three locations in Central Mass. and cultivation
DND
Mike Staiti
owner
2019
12
Verilife Cannabis Dispensary
939 Boston Turnpike, Shrewsbury 01545
508-266-9889 • www.verilife.com/ma
50
DND
✔ ✔
With a second Mass. location in Wareham
N
Chantal Langford
general manager
2015
Source: Each firm via survey. If you would like to be surveyed for this or other lists, please contact research@nebusinessmedia.com.
(1) May reflect year that license was granted
(2) Companywide employee count fluctuates above 500.
(3) On Sept. 21, 2021, Chicago-based Cresco Labs, operating as Sunnyside, acquired Cultvate Holdings Inc.
(4) Figure reported in 2021 prior to expansion
-Compiled by: Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com
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