The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) released the recreational cannabis sales totals for the first two months of 2026. January sales totals reached $110,686,391.60, with 4,368,184 total items sold. January in-state sales totals were $89,561,937.85 and out-of-state sales were $21,124,453.70. February sales totals reached $104,760,737.80, with 4,155,452 items sold. February in-state sales totals were $84,175,921.64 and out-of-state sales were $20,584,816.14.

As noted below, Illinois switched to a new seed-to-sale, track-and-trace data system in July 2025.  Since then, Illinois’ monthly totals have ranged from $104.7 million to $116.7 million per month. These monthly totals have averaged approximately $30 million below the monthly sales tallied before the switch to Metrc. The change in how data was tracked and recorded left the 2025 total cannabis sales of $1,506,740,852.75 less than the previous year’s totals since legalization in Illinois.

A note from IDFPR stated, “The State of Illinois went live with a new, state-of-the-art seed-to-sale, track-and-trace data system in July 2025. The new system, Metrc, rolled out across the cannabis industry over several months and concluded in June. The sales tracking features in Metrc help retailers more accurately and reliably report actual sales, including all discounts and promotions at checkout. A thorough review of past data indicates prior months collected some pre-discount prices. The number of items sold remained consistent across months, resulting in the improved data showing cannabis consumers have been paying less at checkout and with pre-tax prices similar to prices in other states that have legalized adult use cannabis. Sales receipts, subject to tax and tax collections, reported directly to the Illinois Department of Revenue by retailers were accurate and not impacted by the non-discounted prices reported through the previous seed-to-sale system.” IDFPR also noted, “In December, Metrc updated capabilities to include categorization of adult use sales into in-state and out-of-state consumers and dispensaries began reporting non-resident sales mid-month.”

2026 total monthly sales include:

January: $110,686,391.60

February: $104,760,737.80

2025 total monthly sales include:
January: $140,191,240.27

February: $130,608,286.57

March: $147,485,559.04

April: $146,605,932.99

May: $149,753,845.02

June: $116,714,320.73

July: $114,987,665.39

August: $115,175,036.15

September: $105,183,934.36

October: $113,078,161.23

November: $110,379,690.10

December: $116,577,927.34

2025 Totals: $1,506,740,852.75

2024 total monthly sales include:

January: $133,787,753.89

February: $135,571,931.44

March: $148,872,065.12

April: $144,511,466.85

May: $146,229,576.98

June: $141,752,141.71

July: $143,344,184.07

August: $147,391,733.03

September: $136,508,866.78

October: $142,251,704.01

November: $149,284,730.95

December: $153,249,701.54

2023 total monthly sales include:

January: $127,938,019.85

February: $120,488,569.91

March: $134,790,381.77

April: $131,990,502.83

May: $132,777,299.46

June: $136,408,322.07

July: $140,048,722.23

August: $139,224,010.03

September: $139,529,179.26

October: $138,751,456.09

November: $139,100,376.09

December: $153,936,703.20

2023 Yearly Totals: $1,634,983,542.79

2022 total monthly sales include:

January: $117,251,759.72

February: $113,993,046.06

March: $130,960,120.66

April: $131,782,657.26

May: $129,804,017.72

June: $126,808,907.02

July: $135,658,291.46

August: $129,441,315.80

September: $130,685,122.59

October: $131,547,030.86

November: $130,492,724.92

December: $143,899,826.30

2022 Yearly Totals: $1,552,324,820.37

2021 total monthly sales include:

January: $88,813,872.78

February: $80,741,641.84

March: $109,149,355.98

April: $114,961,668.22

May: $116,380,348.01

June: $115,574,741.27

July: $127,794,220.50

August: $121,933,542.23

September: $121,717,709.51

October: $123,375,372.44

November: $120,748,946.72

December: $137,896,859.11

2021 Yearly Totals: $1,379,088,278.61

2020 total monthly sales include:

January: $39,247,840.83

February: $34,805,072.01

March: $35,902,543.22

April: $37,260,497.89

May: $44,317,385.72

June: $47,646,437.25

July: $60,956,981.41

August: $63,963,846.90

September: $67,648,362.14

October: $75,278,200.15

November: $75,199,344.33

December: $86,857,898.27

2020 Yearly Totals: $669,084,410.12

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