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Where to Buy
Buddies is stocked at 761 licensed dispensaries across California, Oregon, and 3 other states, 357 of them in California, with the deepest coverage in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, and Costa Mesa. 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
Buddies concentrated 74.12% of August 2026 sales in Vapor Pens with a 14.34% year-over-year gain but a 10.28% month-over-month decline, while Capsules rose to 8.76% share with 29.18% YoY and 6.95% MoM growth. Concentrates held 10.56% share with 28.06% YoY growth but fell 4.19% MoM, and Topical reached 4.55% share with 24.74% YoY and 2.98% MoM growth. On the fringes, Pre-Roll expanded 39.21% YoY and 19.17% MoM to 1.21% share, Tincture & Sublingual contracted 6.26% YoY and 18.80% MoM to 0.49% share, and Flower compressed 72.53% YoY and 44.11% MoM to 0.32% share. With overall brand sales up 15.68% YoY alongside a 0.49% YoY drop in average price, the pattern implies a volume-led mix anchored in Vapor Pens while emerging growth in Capsules and Pre-Roll partially offsets a monthly pullback in the core.
Holding rank 1 in Vapor Pens in Oregon while that category slipped 10.28% MoM signals reliance on a leadership position that can magnify monthly volatility, whereas double-digit YoY gains in Capsules (29.18%) and Concentrates (28.06%) create secondary pillars that rose 6.95% and fell 4.19% MoM, respectively. The concurrent YoY price decrease of 0.49% and Vapor Pens’ 14.34% YoY growth suggest promotional or pack-size tactics pulling volume, while Topical’s 2.98% MoM and 24.74% YoY gains plus Pre-Roll’s 19.17% MoM lift provide diversification at the edges. The implication is a barbell positioning: defend Vapor Pens scale and rank 1 while nurturing Capsules and Pre-Roll to reduce exposure to single-category swings and stabilize month-to-month revenue.
Competitive Landscape
Buddies is ranked #1 in Oregon Vapor Pens in August 2026, up from #2 year over year, and holding at #1 versus three months ago, while peaking at #1 in August 2026; in contrast, Entourage Cannabis / CBDiscovery slipped from #1 to #2 with a -24.5% YoY sales change, and Mule Extracts moved from #4 to #3 with a +9.7% YoY sales change, as Hellavated edged down from #3 to #4 with a -3.0% YoY sales change; this rank stability at #1 alongside a competitor dropping from #1 to #2 implies Buddies has converted prior share pressure into leadership persistence despite mixed competitor momentum and indicates defensibility rather than a transient spike in August 2026.
Notable Products
Blueberry Muffin Palm Distillate Disposable (1g) posted the sharpest decline in August 2026 at -29.3% while slipping to rank 9, whereas Grape Ape Distillate Cartridge (1g) inched up 2.3% to hold rank 1. Two additional top-5 cartridges moved in opposite directions, with Tropical Blast Flavors Distillate Cartridge (1g) down 14.4% at rank 2 and Pineapple Express Distillate Cartridge (1g) up 7.0% at rank 4. With Vapor Pens occupying all top-10 slots and disposables showing steeper volatility than cartridges, the mix implies Buddies is anchored in cartridge-led stability while reevaluating disposable positioning.
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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.
