The Hashstead's Vermont Cannabis License No Longer Active
State roster shows Bernis Dobis, LLC DBA The Hashstead has dropped off Vermont's active license list amid a string of similar closures.
FILE — closure · Ivan Radic / CC BY 2.0Bernis Dobis, LLC, doing business as The Hashstead, is no longer listed as an active cannabis license holder in Vermont, according to the state license roster.
The closure is the latest in a series of similar delistings recorded by the same roster over the past several days. State license roster data shows at least a dozen related closures logged between July 31 and August 4, 2026, including Snowbird Botanicals LLC, Vermont Essentials Manufacturing LLC, Backcountry Botanicals LLC, Birdseye Botanicals, Friendly Farmers, OK Organix LLC, Green Mountain Scientific Corp., Vermont Greenery LLC, Terpslurper Farms, Stillmore Farms LLC, and Backwoods Farm LLC. The clustering of these closures within a narrow window suggests a broader pattern of license attrition in the state, though the roster does not specify a common cause.
No official license record specific to Bernis Dobis, LLC or The Hashstead was available in the data reviewed, limiting further detail on the license type, tier, or duration of operation.
The numbers
Vermont's adult-use market currently shows 111 open retail licenses, 311 cultivation licenses, 90 manufacturing licenses, and 2 labs, according to state license statistics. Against that base, the loss of a single license — or even the broader cluster of roughly a dozen closures noted this week — represents a small fraction of the state's overall licensed footprint, though repeated closures across multiple license types could point to consolidation pressure in a market of this size.
State monthly sales figures show Vermont's cannabis market generating roughly $13 million in sales as of May 2026, with monthly totals holding in a narrow band between about $12.1 million and $13.3 million from December 2025 through May 2026. The relative stability of statewide sales alongside a wave of individual license closures suggests attrition may be concentrated among smaller or newer operators rather than reflecting an overall market downturn, though the data provided does not confirm this directly.
What to watch next
Given the volume of closures logged in the same short period, it will be worth watching whether Vermont's regulator releases additional context on the cause — such as non-renewal, voluntary surrender, or enforcement action — and whether the state's active license counts in subsequent updates show a meaningful decline in retail, cultivation, or manufacturing tiers as a result.