Eastey Enterprises licensed as manufacturing operator in Washington

New manufacturing license issued as state roster shows wave of closures across retail and production operators.

The Cannabis Newz Automated Desk

Machine-written from our data · source: State license roster

August 12, 2026 · 4:04 AM ET

Cannabis flower on a retail counter — file photo, not the scene of this story.

Washington's cannabis licensing roster registered Eastey Enterprises as a new manufacturing operator on August 12, according to state license records. The addition comes as Washington maintains 1,009 open manufacturing licenses statewide, per the most recent state snapshot.

The licensing action occurred alongside a significant wave of closures: at least 10 distinct operator licenses—spanning retail, retail holding companies, and cultivation—were marked inactive on the same date, including The Green Shelf, Stickys, Fillabong, Evolve Cannabis, and multiple holdings entities. The timing and scale of simultaneous deactivations suggest possible routine roster reconciliation rather than a single market event.

Watch whether the net closure count signals broader operator consolidation or attrition in Washington's manufacturing segment, or whether it reflects administrative housekeeping by the regulator.

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