The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) announced that it will begin accepting cannabis business license application on February 18, 2025. OCM will be accepting applications through March 14, 2025.
During this period OCM will accept applications from from verified social equity applicants and from any applicant seeking to participate in general licensing. General licensing includes microbusiness, mezzobusiness, cultivator, manufacturer, retailer, wholesaler, transporter, testing facility, delivery service, and medical cannabis combination business. Applications for cannabis event organizer licenses will open up summer of 2025.
“Prospective business owners are eager to get started, and applying for a license sets them on a path to launching their business,” said Eric Taubel, OCM interim director. “Getting licenses out the door and into the hands of qualified applicants is our priority as we approach the launch of Minnesota’s adult-use cannabis industry.”
The timing of the lotteries will be dependent on the volume of applicants per license type.
“As this is the first license cycle open to all applicants for 10 cannabis business license types, a high volume of applications is expected. OCM anticipates starting lotteries in the May-June timeframe,” explained Jim Walker with OCM.
Walker also touched on what applications who previously applied and were denied can expect.
“OCM will send a request for more information to applicants who were denied in the license preapproval process and who opted to continue to the next licensing cycle,” he explained. “In contrast to the license preapproval process, which had greater time constraints and was oriented toward assessing readiness, applicants will have an opportunity to correct a broader range of errors in their applications.”
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Additional information for applicants can be found here.
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