Local dispensary marketing in Monterey

The Reef, Seaside, Monterey County

Top three on 54.9% of Monterey's measured map, at 52 of 52 squares at least once; average position 3.4 where it shows. Google rating 4.6, review count 820.

Big Sur Canna Weed Dispensary, Carmel, Monterey County

Top three on 51.3% of Monterey's measured map, at 52 of 52 squares at least once; average position 5.4 where it shows. Google rating 4.8, review count 248.

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

Top three on 48.2% of Monterey's measured map, at 39 of 52 squares at least once; average position 2.7 where it shows. Google rating 5.0, review count 1,231.

STIIIZY Seaside, Seaside, Monterey County

Top three on 45.1% of Monterey's measured map, at 41 of 52 squares at least once; average position 2.8 where it shows. Google rating 4.8, review count 1,226.

Halfpipe Cannabis Weed Dispensary Seaside, Seaside, Monterey County

Top three on 44.6% of Monterey's measured map, at 52 of 52 squares at least once; average position 4.8 where it shows. Google rating 3.9, review count 117.

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

The Reef: it shows in the top three on 54.9% of the 52 map squares around Monterey's stores, across all three searches. Big Sur Canna Weed Dispensary (51.3%) and Element 7 Monterey Cannabis Dispensary (48.2%) follow. This board is dated October 26, 2026.

Who leads each search in Monterey?

It depends on the search. “dispensary near me”: Element 7 Monterey Cannabis Dispensary (71.6%); “cannabis near me”: STIIIZY Seaside (76.0%); “weed near me”: The Reef (100.0%). The same listing rarely leads all three, which is why a ranking plan covers a keyword set rather than one phrase.

Which dispensaries are in Monterey?

1 dispensary on our list sits in Monterey: Off The Charts Cannabis Dispensary Monterey. It has its own page: its rank grid, its rivals and its website’s load time.

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, 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, 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.