Overview
BDSA is a market intelligence company for the cannabis industry, headquartered in Louisville, Colorado. It describes its goal as giving clients a view of the global cannabinoid market, both today and in the future. Its work starts from point-of-sale data and adds consumer research, market forecasts and a professional services team for clients that want analysis support.
Retail Sales Tracking is the flagship product and is aimed at brands, retailers and investors. Data is delivered through the GreenEdge platform and can be analyzed at the state, city or custom territory level, and BDSA states that it provides daily data updates. In a June 2024 release, BDSA said Retail Sales Tracking covered 15 US markets; current coverage should be confirmed with BDSA.
Sales Enablement uses dispensary menu data so brand and distributor sales teams can track stock-outs, pricing, product availability, sales and velocity at individual dispensaries. For store operators, Dispensary Playbook combines a store's own sales data with wider market data for local benchmarking, and Retail Site IQ helps evaluate locations for new dispensaries and possible acquisitions.
BDSA's market forecasts are five-year rolling projections that cover more than 40 countries, all US states and territories, and Canadian provinces, and the company names multi-state operators among the intended users. Its Consumer Insights research includes a CBD consumer view that covers both hemp and marijuana-derived products in adult-use states, medical states and Canada.
For AI tools, BDSA offers Ask Your Data, which answers questions from a client's market data, and it states that its MCP is available for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot.