# Weedmaps Dispensary & Menu Scraper (`parseforge/weedmaps-scraper`) Actor

Turn Weedmaps data into market intelligence for sales teams, operators, analysts, and agencies. Collect dispensary and menu details like names, locations, services, ratings, hours, prices, categories, brands, stock signals, and product data for lead generation, pricing, and competitor tracking.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/parseforge/weedmaps-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ParseForge](https://apify.com/parseforge) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, E-commerce, Automation
- **Stats:** 36 total users, 5 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 1.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

Pay per event

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

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## 🌿 Weedmaps Dispensary & Menu Scraper

> 🚀 **Pull dispensary and menu data from Weedmaps in minutes.** Names, locations, hours, ratings, services, menus, prices, brands. No login.

Pull live dispensary and menu data from Weedmaps, the largest US cannabis-marketplace platform. The actor accepts a state (and optional city), or a direct Weedmaps URL, walks the result pages, and returns one structured record per dispensary plus optional menu items ready for cannabis sales intel, pricing analysis, brand monitoring, or compliance research.

Every run fetches data live so you get the current state of Weedmaps at run time. Records include the dispensary name, address, hours, services (delivery, storefront, medical, recreational), license number, ratings, review count, photos, full menu with prices, brands carried, and a back-reference URL.

| 👥 Built for | 🎯 Primary use cases |
|---|---|
| Cannabis sales teams | Source dispensary prospects for B2B outreach |
| Brand and trade marketing | Track product placement across dispensaries |
| Compliance and regulatory | Monitor licensed operators by state |
| Pricing intelligence | Benchmark cannabis product pricing by region |
| Market researchers | Study cannabis market dynamics |
| Lead-gen and CRM | Build dispensary contact lists |

***

### 📋 What the Weedmaps Scraper does

- 🌎 **State + city filter.** Pick from all 50 US states plus city sub-filter.
- 🔗 **Direct URL.** Pass a Weedmaps URL for ad-hoc scraping.
- 📍 **Location detail.** Address, latitude, longitude, hours.
- 🛠️ **Service tags.** Delivery, storefront, medical, recreational, ATM.
- 📜 **License info.** State license number where exposed.
- 💰 **Pricing data.** Menu items with prices, brands, categories, stock signals.

The scraper walks Weedmaps' results, optionally fetches each dispensary's menu, and pushes structured records to the dataset.

> 💡 **Why it matters:** Weedmaps is the canonical cannabis marketplace but its UI is paginated and lacks bulk export. A live, structured pull beats manual lookup for cannabis B2B sales, brand intelligence, and compliance research.

***

### 🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon: a 3-minute walkthrough showing setup, a live run, and how to pipe results into Salesforce or HubSpot via Apify integrations.

***

### 📊 Output

The dataset returns one structured record per dispensary. Each record carries identifiers, name, address, hours, service tags, ratings, license, photo, optional menu, and a back-reference URL. Consume the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS via the Apify console or API.

#### 🧾 Schema

| Field | Type | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 🆔 dispensaryId | string | wm-12345-abc |
| 🌿 name | string | `Sunset Wellness Dispensary` |
| 🏠 address | string | `1234 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026` |
| 🏙️ city | string | `Los Angeles` |
| 📍 state | string | CA |
| 📍 latitude | number | `34.0816` |
| 📍 longitude | number | `-118.2766` |
| 🕒 hours | object | `{"monday":"9-22", "tuesday":"9-22", ...}` |
| 🚚 hasDelivery | boolean | true |
| 🏪 hasStorefront | boolean | true |
| 🩺 medical | boolean | true |
| 🌿 recreational | boolean | true |
| 📜 licenseNumber | string | C10-0000123-LIC |
| ⭐ rating | number | `4.8` |
| 💬 reviewCount | number | `1240` |
| 🖼️ imageUrl | string (url) | `https://images.weedmaps.com/.../primary.jpg` |
| 🛒 menu | array | `[{"name":"Blue Dream","category":"Flower","price":45,"thc":"22%"}]` |
| 🏷️ brandsCarried | array | `["Stiiizy", "Raw Garden", "Cookies"]` |
| 🔗 dispensaryUrl | string (url) | `https://weedmaps.com/dispensaries/sunset-wellness` |
| 📅 scrapedAt | ISO datetime | `2026-05-09T12:00:00.000Z` |

#### 📦 Sample records

##### 1. Typical record (LA recreational+medical dispensary)

```json
{
  "dispensaryId": "wm-12345-abc",
  "name": "Sunset Wellness Dispensary",
  "address": "1234 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026",
  "city": "Los Angeles",
  "state": "CA",
  "latitude": 34.0816,
  "longitude": -118.2766,
  "hours": {
    "monday": "9-22",
    "tuesday": "9-22",
    "wednesday": "9-22",
    "thursday": "9-22",
    "friday": "9-23",
    "saturday": "9-23",
    "sunday": "10-21"
  },
  "hasDelivery": true,
  "hasStorefront": true,
  "medical": true,
  "recreational": true,
  "licenseNumber": "C10-0000123-LIC",
  "rating": 4.8,
  "reviewCount": 1240,
  "imageUrl": "https://images.weedmaps.com/abc/primary.jpg",
  "menu": [
    {"name": "Blue Dream", "category": "Flower", "price": 45, "thc": "22%"},
    {"name": "Sour Diesel Cart", "category": "Vape", "price": 35, "thc": "85%"}
  ],
  "brandsCarried": ["Stiiizy", "Raw Garden", "Cookies"],
  "dispensaryUrl": "https://weedmaps.com/dispensaries/sunset-wellness",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```

##### 2. Delivery-only operator

```json
{
  "dispensaryId": "wm-22334-def",
  "name": "Express Delivery Co",
  "city": "San Francisco",
  "state": "CA",
  "hasDelivery": true,
  "hasStorefront": false,
  "medical": false,
  "recreational": true,
  "rating": 4.6,
  "reviewCount": 320,
  "dispensaryUrl": "https://weedmaps.com/deliveries/express-delivery-co",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```

##### 3. Sparse record (smaller market)

```json
{
  "dispensaryId": "wm-99887-ghi",
  "name": "Local Wellness",
  "city": "Aurora",
  "state": "CO",
  "hasStorefront": true,
  "medical": true,
  "rating": null,
  "reviewCount": 8,
  "dispensaryUrl": "https://weedmaps.com/dispensaries/local-wellness",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```

***

### ✨ Why choose this Actor

| | Capability |
|---|---|
| 🎯 | **Built for the job.** Scoped specifically to Weedmaps so you skip the parser engineering entirely. |
| 🔖 | **Structured output.** Clean, typed fields ready for analysis, dashboards, or downstream pipelines. |
| ⚡ | **Fast.** Optimized request patterns return results in seconds, not minutes. |
| 🔁 | **Always fresh.** Every run pulls live data, so the dataset reflects Weedmaps as of run time. |
| 🌐 | **No infra to manage.** Apify handles proxies, retries, scaling, scheduling, and storage. |
| 🛡️ | **Reliable.** Battle-tested across many runs and edge cases, with graceful error handling. |
| 🚫 | **No code required.** Configure in the UI, run from CLI, schedule via cron, or call from any language with the Apify SDK. |

> 📊 Production-grade structured cannabis-market data without the engineering overhead of building and maintaining your own scraper.

***

### 📈 How it compares to alternatives

| Approach | Cost | Coverage | Refresh | Filters | Setup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **⭐ Weedmaps Scraper** *(this Actor)* | $5 free credit, then pay-per-use | Full Weedmaps catalog (50 US states) | **Live per run** | State, city, direct URL | ⚡ 2 min |
| Build your own scraper | Engineering hours | Full once built | Whenever you maintain it | Custom code | 🐢 Days to weeks |
| Paid cannabis-data platforms | $$$ monthly per seat | Vendor-defined | Periodic | Vendor-defined | ⏳ Hours |
| Manual searches | Hours per check | Limited | Stale | Manual | 🕒 Variable |

Pick this Actor when you want broad coverage, source-native filtering, and no pipeline maintenance.

***

### 🚀 How to use

1. 📝 **Sign up.** [Create a free account with $5 credit](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp) (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 **Open the Actor.** Go to the Weedmaps Scraper page on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 **Set state.** Pick a state and optionally a city, then set maxItems.
4. 🚀 **Run it.** Click **Start** and let the Actor collect your data.
5. 📥 **Download.** Grab your results in the **Dataset** tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

> ⏱️ Total time from signup to downloaded dataset: **3-5 minutes.** No coding required.

***

### 💼 Business use cases

<table>
<tr>
<td width="50%" valign="top">

#### 📊 Cannabis B2B sales

- Source dispensary prospects for B2B outreach
- Build contact lists by state and city
- Filter by license type for compliance fit
- Power CRM enrichment for cannabis SaaS

</td>
<td width="50%" valign="top">

#### 🏢 Brand and trade marketing

- Track product placement across dispensaries
- Monitor brand-share-of-shelf
- Surface dispensaries carrying your brand
- Build distribution coverage maps

</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%" valign="top">

#### 🎯 Compliance and research

- Monitor licensed operators by state
- Build market sizing reports
- Track license-status changes over time
- Power compliance-research workflows

</td>
<td width="50%" valign="top">

#### 🛠️ Engineering and product

- Power cannabis-marketplace products without owning a crawler
- Replace fragile in-house Weedmaps scrapers
- Wire datasets into your apps via the Apify API or webhooks
- Skip the proxy, retry, and parsing maintenance entirely

</td>
</tr>
</table>

***

### 🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

<table>
<tr>
<td width="50%">

#### 🎓 Research and academia

- Empirical datasets for papers, thesis work, and coursework
- Longitudinal studies tracking changes across snapshots
- Reproducible research with cited, versioned data pulls
- Classroom exercises on data analysis and ethical scraping

</td>
<td width="50%">

#### 🎨 Personal and creative

- Side projects, portfolio demos, and indie app launches
- Data visualizations, dashboards, and infographics
- Content research for bloggers, YouTubers, and podcasters
- Hobbyist collections and personal trackers

</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%">

#### 🤝 Non-profit and civic

- Transparency reporting and accountability projects
- Advocacy campaigns backed by public-interest data
- Community-run databases for local issues
- Investigative journalism on public records

</td>
<td width="50%">

#### 🧪 Experimentation

- Prototype AI and machine-learning pipelines with real data
- Validate product-market hypotheses before engineering spend
- Train small domain-specific models on niche corpora
- Test dashboard concepts with live input

</td>
</tr>
</table>

***

### 🔌 Automating Weedmaps Scraper

This Actor exposes a REST endpoint, so you can drive it from any language or workflow tool.

- **Node.js** - call it via the [Apify JS SDK](https://docs.apify.com/sdk/js).
- **Python** - call it via the [Apify Python SDK](https://docs.apify.com/sdk/python).
- **REST** - hit it directly through the [Apify v2 API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2).

**Schedules.** Use Apify Scheduler to capture daily snapshots of dispensary listings. Combine with the Apify dataset diff tools to track new dispensaries and price changes between runs.

***

### ❓ Frequently Asked Questions

<details>
<summary><b>💳 Do I need a paid Apify plan to run this actor?</b></summary>

No. You can start right now on the free Apify plan, which includes **$5 in monthly credit**. That is enough to run the scraper several times and explore the output. Paid plans unlock higher item caps, more concurrent runs, and larger datasets. [Create a free Apify account here](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp).

</details>

<details>
<summary><b>🚨 What happens if my run fails or returns no results?</b></summary>

Failed runs are not charged. If Weedmaps changes its DOM, proxies get rate-limited, or your filters match nothing, re-run the actor or open our [contact form](https://tally.so/r/BzdKgA) and we will look into it.

</details>

<details>
<summary><b>📏 How many items can I scrape per run?</b></summary>

Free users are limited to **10 items per run** so you can preview the output. Paid users can raise maxItems up to **1,000,000** per run.

</details>

<details>
<summary><b>🕒 How fresh is the data?</b></summary>

Every run fetches live data at the moment of execution. There is no cache or delay: records reflect what Weedmaps returned at run time.

</details>

<details>
<summary><b>🧑‍💻 Can I call this actor from my own code?</b></summary>

Yes. Apify exposes every actor as a REST endpoint and ships first-class SDKs for [Node.js](https://docs.apify.com/sdk/js) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/sdk/python). You can start a run, read the dataset, and handle webhooks from your own app in a few lines.

</details>

<details>
<summary><b>📤 How do I export the data?</b></summary>

Every Apify dataset can be downloaded in one click as CSV, JSON, JSONL, Excel, HTML, XML, or RSS. You can also pull results programmatically via the [Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2) or stream into BigQuery, S3, and other destinations through built-in integrations.

</details>

<details>
<summary><b>📅 Can I schedule the actor to run automatically?</b></summary>

Yes. Use the Apify scheduler to run the actor on any cadence, from hourly to monthly. Results are saved to your dataset and can be delivered to webhooks, email, Slack, cloud storage, or automation tools such as Zapier and Make.

</details>

<details>
<summary><b>🏪 Can I use the data commercially?</b></summary>

Yes. The scraped data is yours to use in your own internal pipelines, products, and reports, subject to the terms of service of the source site and applicable cannabis-specific regulations.

</details>

<details>
<summary><b>💼 Which plan should I pick for production use?</b></summary>

Apify's Starter and Scale plans are designed for production workloads. Pick the plan that matches your dataset size and refresh cadence.

</details>

<details>
<summary><b>🛠️ Can you add menu detail or strain-specific fields?</b></summary>

Open the [contact form](https://tally.so/r/BzdKgA) and tell us about your use case. We add features regularly when there is a clear use case behind the request.

</details>

<details>
<summary><b>⚖️ Is scraping Weedmaps legal?</b></summary>

This Actor only collects data from publicly accessible Weedmaps pages, the same content any visitor can read. Public web scraping is generally legal in most jurisdictions for non-personal data, but laws vary by country and use case. You are responsible for compliance with the source site's Terms of Service and any cannabis-specific regulations that apply.

***

</details>

### 🔌 Integrate with any app

Weedmaps Scraper connects to any cloud service via [Apify integrations](https://apify.com/integrations):

- [**Make**](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/make) - Automate multi-step workflows
- [**Zapier**](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/zapier) - Connect with 5,000+ apps
- [**Slack**](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/slack) - Get run notifications in your channels
- [**Airbyte**](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/airbyte) - Pipe results into your warehouse
- [**GitHub**](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/github) - Trigger runs from commits and releases
- [**Google Drive**](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/drive) - Export datasets straight to Sheets

You can also use webhooks to trigger downstream actions when a run finishes.

***

### 🔗 Recommended Actors

- [**🥨 Rappi Scraper**](https://apify.com/parseforge/rappi-scraper) - LATAM delivery marketplace
- [**🍔 DoorDash Scraper**](https://apify.com/parseforge/doordash-scraper) - DoorDash restaurants and stores
- [**🛒 Costco Scraper**](https://apify.com/parseforge/costco-scraper) - Costco catalog with prices
- [**🏥 Florida MQA Licensee Scraper**](https://apify.com/parseforge/florida-mqa-scraper) - Florida medical license records
- [**🏥 CSLB California Scraper**](https://apify.com/parseforge/cslb-california-scraper) - California licensed contractors

> 💡 **Pro Tip:** browse the complete [ParseForge collection](https://apify.com/parseforge) for more reference-data scrapers.

***

**🆘 Need Help?** [**Open our contact form**](https://tally.so/r/BzdKgA) to request a new scraper, propose a custom project, or report an issue.

***

> ⚠️ **Disclaimer.** This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Weedmaps. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. The scraper accesses only publicly available pages and is intended for legitimate research, analytics, and lead-generation use. Users are responsible for compliance with the source site's Terms of Service, cannabis-specific regulations, and applicable law.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrl` (type: `string`):

Paste a Weedmaps URL (e.g. https://weedmaps.com/dispensaries/in/california/los-angeles). Overrides state/city below.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Free users: limited to 100. Paid users: optional, max 1,000,000. Note: a city may have fewer dispensaries than maxItems — the scraper returns all available and stops.

## `state` (type: `string`):

US state slug. Used when no city is selected below.

## `city` (type: `string`):

Select a US city. Leave empty for state-wide scraping.

## `radius` (type: `string`):

Override radius (e.g. 10mi, 25mi, 50mi). Leave empty to use Weedmaps' suggested radius for that city. Bigger = includes nearby cities.

## `retailerServices` (type: `string`):

Filter dispensaries by service type.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Residential proxies required for Weedmaps.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxItems": 10,
  "state": "california",
  "retailerServices": "storefront",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

Overview view with key fields for fast review

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "maxItems": 10,
    "state": "california",
    "city": "",
    "retailerServices": "storefront",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("parseforge/weedmaps-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "maxItems": 10,
    "state": "california",
    "city": "",
    "retailerServices": "storefront",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("parseforge/weedmaps-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "maxItems": 10,
  "state": "california",
  "city": "",
  "retailerServices": "storefront",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call parseforge/weedmaps-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=parseforge/weedmaps-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/XJCPEgYhNWQyxc0yN/builds/CJS0ZqTsJLhUv2FZY/openapi.json