Local dispensary marketing in Monterey County

The Reef, Seaside, Monterey County

Top three on 43.6% of Monterey County's measured map, at 1,359 of 1,492 squares at least once; average position 4.6 where it shows. Google rating 4.6, review count 820.

Big Sur Canna Weed Dispensary, Carmel, Monterey County

Top three on 38.4% of Monterey County's measured map, at 1,442 of 1,492 squares at least once; average position 5.6 where it shows. Google rating 4.8, review count 248.

Halfpipe Cannabis Weed Dispensary Seaside, Seaside, Monterey County

Top three on 36.4% of Monterey County's measured map, at 1,485 of 1,492 squares at least once; average position 6.1 where it shows. Google rating 3.9, review count 117.

Element 7 Monterey Cannabis Dispensary, Del Rey Oaks, Monterey County

Top three on 33.4% of Monterey County's measured map, at 847 of 1,492 squares at least once; average position 4.6 where it shows. Google rating 5.0, review count 1,231.

STIIIZY Seaside, Seaside, Monterey County

Top three on 18.0% of Monterey County's measured map, at 452 of 1,492 squares at least once; average position 6.1 where it shows. Google rating 4.8, review count 1,226.

Ratings: 4.4 against 4.4

The three leaders average 4.4 on Google; the other 49 listings on the board average 4.4. The rating is the first thing a shopper reads beside the pin, before she taps.

Review volume: a median of 248 against 172

The typical leader has a Google review count of 248; the typical listing behind it, 172. Volume is earned a shopper at a time, which is why the profile is worked every month, not claimed once.

“weed near me” is a different race

Only 7 listings hold a top-three spot for “weed near me” in Monterey County, against 48 for “dispensary near me”; Halfpipe Cannabis Weed Dispensary Seaside shows in its top three on 99.5% of the map. A store that ranks for one search can be missing from another, so the guarantee is written to a keyword set, not a single phrase.

The three leaders hold 39.9% of every top-three slot

52 listings hold top-three positions in Monterey County, and the first three on the board take 39.9% of them, averaged over every point we read. Everyone else splits what is left.

Who holds the most of Monterey County's Google Maps top three?

The Reef, in Seaside: it shows in the top three on 43.6% of the 1,492 map squares we measured in Monterey County, across all three searches. Big Sur Canna Weed Dispensary (38.4%) and Halfpipe Cannabis Weed Dispensary Seaside (36.4%) follow. This board is dated October 26 to 27, 2026.

Who leads each search in Monterey County?

It depends on the search. “dispensary near me”: Element 7 Monterey Cannabis Dispensary (53.5%); “cannabis near me”: Element 7 Monterey Cannabis Dispensary (46.9%); “weed near me”: Halfpipe Cannabis Weed Dispensary Seaside (99.5%). The same listing rarely leads all three, which is why a ranking plan covers a keyword set rather than one phrase.

Is my Monterey County store on these pages?

All 21 stores on our list in Monterey County have a page: each shows the store's address and website, its position at 121 points around its door for every search, who holds the top three there, who beats it most often, and how it moves from round to round. The city pages list them all: Carmel, Castroville, Del Rey Oaks, Greenfield, Marina and Monterey and 4 more.

What counts as a lead-gen listing?

We tag a listing lead-gen when its name is spelled with lookalike letters; when the same dispensary-style name sits on three or more listings at different addresses that carry next to no reviews; or when a dispensary-style listing that is not on our store list borrows another company’s brand, or has next to no reviews and a short link for its website or a tagged network’s name. Real chains are excepted, and a check by hand can add the tag to a listing or take it off. Tagged listings stay on every board in the position Google gives them, because shoppers see them there. In Monterey County, tagged listings hold 0% of every top-three slot across the three searches.

How is the share of the map in the top three measured?

We read Google Maps at 121 points around each store on our list, for each search, and place every reading in a map square about a quarter mile on a side. A store’s share is the part of an area’s measured squares where it shows in the top three, counting a square in part when it holds the spot in only some of the readings there. The combined board averages the three searches. Overlapping grids are counted once per square, so a busy downtown does not count twice. The full method: how we measure.

How often is this board updated?

Every scan round re-reads every store's grid, and every page here is rebuilt from the readings; the first round is dated October 24, 2026. This board's readings are dated October 26 to 27, 2026.

Do you guarantee rankings?

A written top-3 local ranking guarantee — Dispenza’s own offer; the keywords, radius and time window are set in your agreement (see terms). Terms apply. Ask for the guarantee terms on your demo call before you sign anything. The guarantee covers the local keyword set agreed for your trade area, over a defined window.