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G&S Greenery licensed as manufacturing operator in Washington

One new manufacturing license issued as Washington state roster shows 12 operator closures on same day.

The Cannabis Newz Automated Desk
Machine-written from our data · source: State license roster
August 12, 2026 · 4:03 AM ET
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G&S Greenery has been licensed as a manufacturing operator in Washington, according to state license records updated August 12. The approval marks an addition to the state's manufacturing base, which currently counts 1,009 open licenses across production facilities.

The new license arrives alongside a notable roster adjustment: 12 operator licenses became inactive on the same date, spanning retail, cultivation, and holding entities including The Green Shelf, Point Edmund Retail Holdings, Stickys, Fillabong, Evolve Cannabis, Green Lady Hawks Prairie, JPC Holdings, Tru Greenthumb, and DTC Holdings. The concentration of closures in a single update suggests possible batch license expirations or compliance actions rather than market-driven exits.

With Washington maintaining 482 open retail and 973 active cultivation licenses, the net effect on market structure remains modest. Tracking whether G&S Greenery's entry fills capacity vacated by the exiting operators—and whether similar batches of closures continue—offers a near-term window into state licensing churn patterns.

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