In August 2022, Illinois has finally resumed the process of establishing a robust and equitable recreational cannabis industry, with cannabis retail licenses finally being issued to 185 winners after over a year of delays. In this first round in 2021, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation awarded conditional adult-use cannabis dispensary licenses to 55 winners out of 662 applicants that had qualified for the lottery. This was the first of the three lotteries organized for 185 new licenses to sell recreational marijuana. The Social Equity Justice Involved Lottery, with 17 BLS Region drawings, was conducted on August 5, 2021, for 55 Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses.
The last lottery was conducted on August 19, 2021, for the remaining dispensary licenses in Illinois. On September 3, 2021, The IDFPR announced additional steps in the dispensary licensing process to issue conditional adult-use dispensing organization licenses in Illinois. In order to remedy some administrative errors that led to certain applicants receiving fewer entries in the July 29th lottery than they were entitled to, an additional lottery was held to provide these applicants with the correct number of entries. Due to certain regulatory issues, things were delayed. But after over a year, we're finally back on track with the 185 recreational dispensary licenses being issued. The following list of winners includes the names of all dispensary license winners in Illinois.
Bloomington
- Land of Lincoln Dispensary LLC
- ILLINOIS HEALTH & WELLNESS, LLC
- PROJECT EQUITY ILLINOIS, INC.
Cape Girardeau
- Do Mor Development LLC
- TRU ESSENCE GROUP, LLC
- BLOUNTS&MOORE
Carbondale-Marion
- Social Equity Investments LLC
- IL-LUSTRIOUS VETERANS' UNIT II LLC
- TOFINO SHORELINE PARTNERS LLC
Champaign-Urbana
- DSG OPCO IL LLC
- SEQUITY VENTURES, LLC
- FORTUNATE SON PARTNERS LLC
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin
- Green & Bransford LLC
- Westside Visionaries LLC
- Green Star
- Village Court Holdings LLC
- Joint Ventures 1 LLC
- High Hopes Chicago LLC
- Greenleaf Investment Operations LLC
- Murray Food Services, Inc.
- Eel - Illinois LLC
- KXD Partners LLC
- Botavi Wellness LLC
- Family Roots LLC
- Inlabs I LLC
- Vertical Management LLC
- 24th Regiment - Latino Veterans' Unit LLC
- Marigrow Inc.
- Nirvana Management Corporation
- Earthmed LLC
- Vise Partners LLC
- Blounts & Moore
- World of Weed
- Nirvana Center Illinois LLC
- Haaayy LLC
- Flower Points LLC
- Blue Leaf LLC
- Illinois Kindness LLC
- Cesam LLC
- Canna Verde LLC
- Green & Williams LLC
- GRD Illinois LLC
- Renu LLC
- KAP-JG LLC
- Kechwa LLC
- Green & Randle LLC
- Fly Society Group of Aurora LLC
- Family Trees LLC
- MINT VENTURES LLC
- LATINO VETERANS HEALTH AND REVIVAL LLC
- THE HOMECOMING GROUP, LLC
- NLJ PARTNERS LLC
- VILL-OPS, INC (DBA VIOLA)
- VELTISTE ILLINOIS LLC
- ISLAND THYME, LLC.
- MORGAN AND HOPE, LLC; DBA 64 & HOPE
- FAMILY ROOTS, LLC
- DEALERSHIP, LLC
- HEARTLAND LEAF, LLC
- GREEN & BREADLEY, LLC
- GREEN & FOSTER, LLC
- ILLINOIS CANNABIS COMPANY, LLC
- PLANET 13 ILLINOIS, LLC
- RENU LLC
- CANNA VENTURES, LLC
- NMG IL 4, LLC
- TRIUMPH 7 INVESTMENTS, LLC
- ELLANA, LLC
- GREEN & BRANSFORD, LLC
- OCEAN CAPITAL IL, INC. D/B/A DR. MOODS CANNABIS COMPANY
- EUPHORIA, LLC
- FAMILY ROOTS, LLC
- GREEN & BREADLEY, LLC
- KWB ONE LLC
- TC APPLICO LLC
- EARTH'S DESIGN RECREATIONAL DISPENSARY, LLC
- RIVER BLUFF CANNABIS, INC.
- BLOUNTS & MOORE
- ILLINOIS WORKS, LLC
- WORLD OF WEED
- NMG IL 1, LLC
- BOTAVI WELLNESS LLC
- SO BAKED TOO LLC
- G P GREENHOUSE LLC
- GREEN & WILLIAMS
- ILLINOIS HEALTH & WELLNESS, LLC
- EEL - ILLINOIS LLC
- MINT IL, LLC
- AMERICANNA DREAM LLC
- GRI HOLDINGS, LLC
- GREEN & FOSTER, LLC
- TOFINO SHORELINE PARTNERS LLC
- BLOUNTS&MOORE
- WORLD OF WEED
- KANA GROVE NORTH LLC
- GREEN & CAMPBELL LLC
- SUITE GREENS, LLC
- KAP-JG LLC
- GREEN THERAPY LLC
- CESAM, LLC
- THE HERBAL CARE CENTER
- GRI HOLDINGS, LLC
- THF ILLINOIS, LLC DBA: GREENLIGHT
- EMERALD COAST, LLC
- BOTAVI WELLNESS LLC
- GREEN & BRANSFORD, LLC
- WAH GROUP, LLC D/B/A LEAFING LIFE
- ISLAND THYME, LLC
- GREEN & FOSTER, LLC
- GREEN & ALAMO, LLC
- VILL-OPS, INC (DBA VIOLA)
- KAP-JG LLC
- KWB ONE LLC
- GREEN & BREADLEY, LLC
- GREEN & KINNICK, LLC
- GREEN & RANDLE, LLC
- GWB ILLINOIS, LLC (DBA GREENWELL)
- PERCEPTION CANNABIS CHICAGO SOUTH INC.
- KAP-JG LLC
- EMERALD COAST, LLC
- TC APPLICO LLC
- KAP-JG LLC
Danville
- Parkway Dispensary
- SEVEN POINT OF ILLINOIS LLC
- MARIWORKS LLC
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island
- West Side Collaborative LLC
- DEEPROOTZ, LLC
- BOLDEN INVESTMENTS LLC
Decatur
- Clean Slate OPCOLLC
- ILLINOIS HEALTH & WELLNESS, LLC
- INDUS365, LLC
Kankakee
- GRD Illinois LLC
- ILLINOIS WORKS, LLC
- DEER PARK PARTNERS, LLC
Peoria
- Fello Inc.
- Social Equity Investments LLC
- GREEN SKIES - ILLINOIS I LLC
- PROJECT EQUITY ILLINOIS, INC.
- NORTHERN CARDINAL VENTURES, LLC
- THE HERBAL CARE CENTER
- WORLD OF WEED
Rockford
- DMR Wellness LLC
- HEARTLAND LEAF, LLC
- WAH GROUP, LLC D/B/A LEAFING LIFE
- GREEN JUSTICE LLC
St. Louis
- Fortunate Son Partners LLC
- Emerald Coast LLC
- CTY Enterprises LLC
- TATICH 3 LLC
- BLOUNTS&MOORE
- AMERICANNA DREAM LLC
- PROJECT EQUITY ILLINOIS, INC.
- BOLDEN INVESTMENTS I LLC
- ILLINOISCANNABIS49, INC.
- BOTAVI WELLNESS LLC
Springfield
- Herban Quality Control
- BOLDEN INVESTMENTS III LLC
- DEALERSHIP, LLC
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan
- Kana Grove North LLC
- KAP-JG LLC
- UHCC INC
- CANNDID SPIRIT TOO, LLC
- BOTAVI WELLNESS LLC
West Central Illinois
- Triumph 7 Investments LLC
- FAMILY ROOTS, LLC
- DO MOR DEVELOPMENT, LLC
- WESTSIDE SOCIAL JUSTICE LLC
East Central Illinois
- Lighthouse Dispensing Company LLC
- ALL GREENS DISPENSARY, LLC
- TC APPLICO LLC
- HOLISTIC ILLINOIS LLC
South Illinois nonmetropolitan
- V3 Illinois Vending LLC
- NAVADA LABS, LLC
- 127 IL, LLC
- BOTAVI WELLNESS LLC
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