Local dispensary marketing in Essex County

Bushy Beard Dispensary, East Burke, Caledonia County

Top three on 59.1% of Essex County's measured map, at 28 of 31 squares at least once; average position 1.3 where it shows. Google rating 4.7, review count 41.

The Green Man, Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia County

Top three on 45.2% of Essex County's measured map, at 21 of 31 squares at least once; average position 2.4 where it shows. Google rating 4.3, review count 107.

Cannabis Cured Sugarloaf Recreational Weed Dispensary, Carrabassett Valley, Franklin County

Top three on 32.3% of Essex County's measured map, at 30 of 31 squares at least once; average position 1.0 where it shows. Google rating 4.7, review count 17.

E Weed & Son, Caledonia County

Top three on 31.2% of Essex County's measured map, at 29 of 31 squares at least once; average position 2.5 where it shows. Google rating 4.0, review count 1.

Northeast Kannabis, Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia County

Top three on 25.8% of Essex County's measured map, at 20 of 31 squares at least once; average position 3.4 where it shows. Google rating 4.4, review count 107.

Ratings: 4.6 against 4.7

The three leaders average 4.6 on Google; the other 16 listings on the board average 4.7. Here the rating is not what separates them, so the work is the profile and the pages behind it.

Review volume: a median of 41 against 90

The typical leader here has a lower Google review count (41) than the typical listing behind it (90): review volume alone is not what puts a pin in the three.

“weed near me” is a different race

Only 7 listings hold a top-three spot for “weed near me” in Essex County, against 10 for “dispensary near me”; Cannabis Cured Sugarloaf Recreational Weed Dispensary shows in its top three on 96.8% 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 46.5% of every top-three slot

19 listings hold top-three positions in Essex County, and the first three on the board take 46.5% of them, averaged over every point we read. Everyone else splits what is left.

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

Bushy Beard Dispensary, in East Burke: it shows in the top three on 59.1% of the 31 map squares we measured in Essex County, across all three searches. The Green Man (45.2%) and Cannabis Cured Sugarloaf Recreational Weed Dispensary (32.3%) follow. No store on our list sits in Essex County: it is measured where the grids of stores in neighbouring counties reach in (31 map squares). This board is dated October 28, 2026.

Who leads each search in Essex County?

It depends on the search. “dispensary near me”: Bushy Beard Dispensary (90.3%); “cannabis near me”: Bushy Beard Dispensary (87.1%); “weed near me”: Cannabis Cured Sugarloaf Recreational Weed Dispensary (96.8%). The same listing rarely leads all three, which is why a ranking plan covers a keyword set rather than one phrase.

Is my Essex County store on these pages?

No store on our list sits in Essex County so far, so none has a page here. This board is read from the grids of stores in neighbouring counties that reach in; a store added to our list here gets its own page once it is scanned.

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 Essex 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.