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Perfect Plant LLC licensed as manufacturing operator in Washington

New manufacturing license issued as Washington's license roster shows 12 operator closures on the 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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Perfect Plant LLC has been licensed as a new manufacturing operator in Washington, according to the state license roster. The approval comes amid a substantial licensing churn: state records show 12 operator licenses became inactive on the same day, spanning retail, cultivation, and holding companies. The closure cluster—including The Green Shelf, Point Edmund Retail Holdings, Evolve Cannabis, and others—suggests either routine compliance pruning or a wave of voluntary exits.

Washington's manufacturing sector remains substantial despite the turnover, with 1,009 open manufacturing licenses as of the August 12 update. The state also maintains 482 retail locations and 973 cultivation licenses. The single new manufacturing entrant offset by multiple closures offers no clear signal of market growth or contraction from this snapshot alone.

Watch whether the 12 closures represent a discrete administrative event or part of a broader trend in Q3 licensee attrition. Perfect Plant's entry into manufacturing should be tracked against the state's overall operator count trajectory to assess whether Washington's market is consolidating, normalizing, or expanding.

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