Local dispensary marketing in Alachua County

University of Florida Weed Science, Alachua County

Top three on 33.3% of Alachua County's measured map, at 700 of 700 squares at least once; average position 1.0 where it shows. Google rating 5.0, review count 3.

Sanctuary Cannabis Gainesville Dispensary, Alachua County

Top three on 32.7% of Alachua County's measured map, at 388 of 700 squares at least once; average position 4.6 where it shows. Google rating 4.8, review count 974.

Trulieve Gainesville Archer Dispensary, Alachua County

Top three on 23.1% of Alachua County's measured map, at 260 of 700 squares at least once; average position 7.3 where it shows. Google rating 4.5, review count 756.

Goldflower Cannabis Dispensary Gainesville, Alachua County

Top three on 21.7% of Alachua County's measured map, at 318 of 700 squares at least once; average position 4.6 where it shows. Google rating 4.9, review count 41.

Jungle Boys Gainesville Dispensary, Alachua County

Top three on 19.0% of Alachua County's measured map, at 358 of 700 squares at least once; average position 5.6 where it shows. Google rating 4.8, review count 148.

Ratings: 4.8 against 4.7

The three leaders average 4.8 on Google; the other 29 listings on the board average 4.7. The rating is the first thing a shopper reads beside the pin, before she taps.

Review volume: a median of 756 against 247

The typical leader has a Google review count of 756; the typical listing behind it, 247. 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 1 listing holds a top-three spot for “weed near me” in Alachua County, against 31 for “dispensary near me”; University of Florida Weed Science shows in its top three on 100.0% 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 38.2% of every top-three slot

32 listings hold top-three positions in Alachua County, and the first three on the board take 38.2% of them, averaged over every point we read. Everyone else splits what is left.

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

University of Florida Weed Science: it shows in the top three on 33.3% of the 700 map squares we measured in Alachua County, across all three searches. Sanctuary Cannabis Gainesville Dispensary (32.7%) and Trulieve Gainesville Archer Dispensary (23.1%) follow. A partial read: 9 of 10 listed stores read so far; the boards firm up as the rest are scanned. This board is dated October 28, 2026.

Who leads each search in Alachua County?

It depends on the search. “dispensary near me”: Jungle Boys Gainesville Dispensary (49.5%); “cannabis near me”: Sanctuary Cannabis Gainesville Dispensary (54.6%); “weed near me”: University of Florida Weed Science (100.0%). The same listing rarely leads all three, which is why a ranking plan covers a keyword set rather than one phrase.

Is my Alachua County store on these pages?

9 of the 10 stores on our list in Alachua County have a page so far: 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 page lists them all: Gainesville.

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 Alachua 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 28, 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.