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Your State-by-State Guide to Cannabis Cultivation Business Application and Licensing Fees

Finding out what any particular state is charging prospective cannabis growers to get into the business can be daunting at times.

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Finding out what any particular state is charging prospective cannabis growers to get into the business can be daunting at times. Some states make their fees easy to find and easy to digest. Others can take some time digging through page after page on various websites.

Note, too, that some states are not always accepting any new marijuana cultivation business license applications. Those windows of availability open and close at different times in each state.

With that, here are the cultivation business application and licensing fees for the 33 states that allow medical cannabis and, in some cases, adult-use cannabis businesses. We will update this post as fee structures change in U.S. state-regulated markets; let us know what additional application and licensing information you'd like to see on this post.

RELATED: Interactive Marijuana Legislation Map

Editor's note: This post was originally published in 2015. It was last updated in February 2021.

Alaska 

New application fee: $1,000

Standard cultivation facility license: $5,000 (Renewal: $7,000)

Limited cultivation facility license (500 square feet or less): $1,000 (Renewal: $1,400)

Product manufacturing facility license: $1,000

Concentrate manufacturing facility license: $1,000

Arizona 

Application fee: $5,000 ($1,000 of which is refundable if unsuccessful in the application process)

Initial registration fee: $5,000

Annual registration renewal fee: $1,000

In Arizona, medical marijuana nonprofit dispensary licensees are permitted to grow marijuana. The fee for medical marijuana nonprofit dispensary licensees to move into the new adult-use market is $25,000. 

Arkansas 

Annual cultivation license fee: $100,000

Performance bond: $500,000

California 

Annual license application fees:

Specialty Cottage Outdoor $135

Specialty Cottage Indoor $205

Specialty Cottage Mixed-Light Tier 1 $340

Specialty Cottage Mixed-Light Tier 2 $580

Specialty Outdoor $270

Specialty Indoor $2,170

Specialty Mixed-Light Tier 1 $655

Specialty Mixed-Light Tier 2 $1,125

Small Outdoor $535

Small Indoor $3,935

Small Mixed-Light Tier 1 $1,310

Small Mixed-Light Tier 2 $2,250

Medium Outdoor $1,555

Medium Indoor $8,655

Medium Mixed-Light Tier 1 $2,885

Medium Mixed-Light Tier 2 $4,945

Nursery $520

Processor $1,040

Annual license fees:

Specialty Cottage Outdoor $1,205

Specialty Cottage Indoor $1,830

Specialty Cottage Mixed-Light Tier 1 $3,035

Specialty Cottage Mixed-Light Tier 2 $5,200

Specialty Outdoor $2,410

Specialty Indoor $19,540

Specialty Mixed-Light Tier 1 $5,900

Specialty Mixed-Light Tier 2 $10,120

Small Outdoor $4,820

Small Indoor $35,410

Small Mixed-Light Tier 1 $11,800

Small Mixed-Light Tier 2 $20,235

Medium Outdoor $13,990

Medium Indoor $77,905

Medium Mixed-Light Tier 1 $25,970

Medium Mixed-Light Tier 2 $44,517

Nursery $4,685

Processor $9,370

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Colorado 

New application fee: $4,000

New application for converting medical cultivation facility to adult-use: $1,750

Annual renewal fee (1,801 to 3,600 plants): $1,100

Annual renewal fee (3,601 to 6,000 plants): $1,800

Annual renewal fee (6,001 to 10,200 plants): $3,300

Annual renewal fee (10,201 to 13,800 plants): $5,300

Connecticut 

Initial application fee: $25,000

Cultivation license registration fee: $75,000

Annual cultivation license renewal fee: $75,000

Delaware 

Application fee: $5,000

Certification fee: $40,000 (paid every two years)

Florida 

Application fee: $60,830

In Florida, medical marijuana treatment centers (MMTCs) are authorized to cultivate, process, transport and dispense medical marijuana. A “supplemental licensing fee” of $174,844 was rescinded in 2018.

Hawaii 

Application fee: $5,000

Annual licensing fee: $75,000

In Hawaii, medical marijuana dispensary licensees are permitted to grow, process, transport and dispense marijuana. The state does not offer a cultivation license.

Illinois 

For early approval adult-use: Non-refundable permit fee: $100,000;

Cannabis business development fund fee: 5% of total sales between July 1, 2018 to July 1, 2019 or $500,000, whichever is less.

For new entrants to the market: Craft growers have to pay a non-refundable application fee of $5,000 and a license fee of $40,000

Louisiana 

No cultivation licensing process. Two cannabis companies have successfully placed bids for growing permits awarded to Southern University and Louisiana State University.

Maine 

Application fee: $300 per patient (caregiver model)

Annual cultivation license fee: $300 per patient

Maryland 

Application fee: $6,000

Annual cultivation license fee: $125,000

Massachusetts 

Mass License Fees

Michigan 

State license application fee: $6,000

Class A license fee (500 plants): $150,000

Class B license fee (1,000 plants): $300,000

Class C license fee (1,500 plants): $500,000

Processor license fee: $300,000

Minnesota 

Application fee: $20,000

Minnesota requires vertical integration, and has thus far licensed two companies.

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Missouri 

Cultivation license application fee: $10,000

Missouri began accepting medical marijuana business license applications in January 2019. As of early 2021, the state is no longer accepting applications.

Read more about Missouri's medical marijuana industry regulations from Reynolds and Gold here.

Montana 

Annual caregiver license fee (up to 10 patients): $1,000

Annual caregiver license fee (11-49 patients): $2,500

Annual caregiver license fee (50 or more patients): $5,000

Nevada 

Application fee: $5,000

Annual license fee: $30,000

New Hampshire 

Application fee: $3,000

Annual licensing fee: $40,000 or $80,000 (depending on geographic area)

In New Hampshire, alternative treatment centers (ATCs) are authorized to grow, process and dispense medical marijuana.

New Jersey 

Application fee: $20,000 ($18,000 refundable to unsuccessful applicants)

In New Jersey, alternative treatment centers (ATCs) are authorized to grow, process and dispense medical marijuana.

New Mexico 

Application fee: $10,000 ($9,000 refundable to unsuccessful applicants)

Annual license fee: $30,000 for first 150 plants, and $10,000 for each additional 50 plants (up to a 450-plant limit)

New York 

Application fee: $10,000

Initial registration fee; $200,000

North Dakota 

Application fee: $5,000

Annual licensing fee: $110,000

Ohio 

Application fee: $2,000 (up to 3,000 square feet of cultivation area for a Level-I cultivator license), $20,000 (up to 25,000 square feet of cultivation area for a Level-II cultivator license)

Initial license fee: $18,000 (Level I), $180,000 (Level II)

Annual license renewal fee: $20,000 (Level I), $200,000 (Level II)

Oklahoma 

Application fee: $2,500

Oregon 

Application fee: $250

Annual licensing fees:

Micro Tier I - $1,000

Micro Tier II $2,000

Tier I $3,750

Tier II $5,750

Medical Canopy: $100

Pennsylvania 

Application fee (nonrefundable): $10,000

Application fee (refundable if application is not successful): $200,000

Annual license renewal fee: $10,000

Proof of funds: $2 million, with $500,000 liquid in applicant’s bank account

Rhode Island 

Application fee: $5,000

Annual license fee:

Micro-license (up to 2,500 square feet): $5,000

Class A (2,501 to 5,000 square feet): $20,000

Class B (5,001 to 10,000 square feet): $35,000

Class C (10,0001 to 15,000 square feet): $50,000

Class D (15,001 to 20,000 square feet) $80,000

Utah 

Application fee: $500

Vermont

Annual fee of $25,000 after the first year of operation

Washington 

Application fee: $250

Annual license fee (Tier 1, 2, 3): $1,480

West Virginia 

Application fee: $5,000

Annual license fee: $50,000

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