Colorado is not open to new stores yet. Target: Mid 2027. Join the waitlist.
The CO rules on this page are researched and current. There is nothing to sign up for here yet. The waitlist gets you one email when Colorado opens.
Targets, not promises. Each state's rules come first.
MED
Target: Mid 2027Colorado MED-aware dispensary platform
Built for the Colorado operator who’s tired of a POS that hasn’t shipped a meaningful change in two years. MED rules native — Metrc integration in flight, the 15% retail sales tax charged in lieu of (not on top of) the 2.9% state rate, the 2.9% medical lane, REASON-coded inventory adjustments, and a rec/medical split the regulator expects.
Regulator
Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED)
https://med.colorado.gov ↗Your rules, handled
Colorado’s cannabis retail rules — what the MED requires at the counter, how sales are reported to the state, and what the taxes are — are researched from the regulator’s own pages and coded into the register. You run the shop; the rules are handled at the sale.
At the register, as of September 2026: a 15% retail marijuana sales tax on adult-use sales (in place of the 2.9% state sales tax), 2.9% on medical, plus your jurisdiction’s local rate; the producer-tier excise reaches you as cost, not as a receipt line.
Coverage here — honestly
Colorado coverage is written against MED rules: the bulletins, the 15%-in-lieu-of-2.9% retail-tax structure, the 2.9% medical lane, and the METRC reconciliation cadence. We keep it current as MED moves, and where something isn’t built for CO yet we say so before you sign.
Operator playbooks
Compliance ops playbook
State traceability reconciliation — the daily, weekly, monthly discipline
Buyer scorecard
Picking a cannabis POS: the 7-question scorecard
Migration playbook
POS migration: a 4-week playbook for cannabis dispensaries
Operations deep-dive
Cash discipline at a cannabis dispensary: variance, escalation, audit
Colorado cannabis retail — common questions
- Who regulates cannabis retail in Colorado?
- Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) is the state cannabis regulator for Colorado. Official site: https://med.colorado.gov.
- What seed-to-sale track-and-trace system does Colorado use?
- Colorado uses METRC (Franwell) for seed-to-sale traceability — the de-facto standard across most regulated states. CannAgent maps its inventory and transfer events to METRC's required fields.
- What cannabis taxes apply to retail in Colorado?
- At the register, as of September 2026: a 15% retail marijuana sales tax on adult-use sales (in place of the 2.9% state sales tax), 2.9% on medical, plus your jurisdiction’s local rate; the producer-tier excise reaches you as cost, not as a receipt line.
- Is CannAgent available for Colorado dispensaries?
- Not yet — Colorado is not open to new stores. Target: Mid 2027. Join the waitlist. Targets, not promises. Each state's rules come first. Joining the CO list gets you one email when Colorado opens.
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