Local dispensary marketing in Washington County

Valley Meade Weed Dispensary, Waitsfield, Washington County

Top three on 43.1% of Washington County's measured map, at 1,036 of 1,098 squares at least once; average position 4.0 where it shows. Google rating 4.7, review count 55.

Gram Central Dispensary, Montpelier, Washington County

Top three on 39.8% of Washington County's measured map, at 768 of 1,098 squares at least once; average position 2.8 where it shows. Google rating 4.8, review count 368.

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

Top three on 33.1% of Washington County's measured map, at 1,092 of 1,098 squares at least once; average position 2.1 where it shows. Google rating 4.7, review count 17.

VT Strong Weed Cannabis Dispensary, Barre, Washington County

Top three on 29.8% of Washington County's measured map, at 855 of 1,098 squares at least once; average position 5.7 where it shows. Google rating 4.8, review count 94.

Capital Cannabis Company, Montpelier, Washington County

Top three on 27.2% of Washington County's measured map, at 505 of 1,098 squares at least once; average position 3.3 where it shows. Google rating 4.7, review count 220.

Ratings: 4.7 against 4.6

The three leaders average 4.7 on Google; the other 43 listings on the board average 4.6. The rating is the first thing a shopper reads beside the pin, before she taps.

Review volume: a median of 55 against 90

The typical leader here has a lower Google review count (55) 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 Washington County, against 38 for “dispensary near me”; Cannabis Cured Sugarloaf Recreational Weed Dispensary shows in its top three on 99.2% 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 38.7% of every top-three slot

46 listings hold top-three positions in Washington County, and the first three on the board take 38.7% of them, averaged over every point we read. Everyone else splits what is left.

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

Valley Meade Weed Dispensary, in Waitsfield: it shows in the top three on 43.1% of the 1,098 map squares we measured in Washington County, across all three searches. Gram Central Dispensary (39.8%) and Cannabis Cured Sugarloaf Recreational Weed Dispensary (33.1%) follow. A partial read: 11 of 12 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 Washington County?

It depends on the search. “dispensary near me”: Gram Central Dispensary (49.3%); “cannabis near me”: Gram Central Dispensary (69.9%); “weed near me”: Cannabis Cured Sugarloaf Recreational Weed Dispensary (99.2%). The same listing rarely leads all three, which is why a ranking plan covers a keyword set rather than one phrase.

Is my Washington County store on these pages?

11 of the 12 stores on our list in Washington 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 pages list them all: Barre, Montpelier, Waitsfield and Waterbury Center.

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 Washington 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.