• Spain · market data · updated October 2026

The Spanish cannabis market in data

Spain has three cannabis markets under three legal regimes: a medical market that opened in October 2025 and runs only through hospital pharmacies, a CBD and hemp sector whose legal status is unresolved, and adult use through clubs, home cultivation and the illicit market. This page brings together the latest data on all three.

4.8 Madults in Spain used cannabis in 2024

30.6 tof medical cannabis exported in 2025, per AEMPS

2 of 13cannabis preparations registered under the 2025 decree

−91%fall in hemp cultivation area, 2020–2024

Where cannabis is used: THC in wastewater, mg per inhabitant per day

Catalonia reads up to 48 mg, against a national average of 13 mg.

WWTP-Net, Cannabis 2025 Monograph; 23 treatment plants.

• Overview

Three markets, three legal regimes

Each part of the Spanish market runs under different rules, sells to different buyers and is measured by different sources. The page follows them in turn.

Legal since October 2025 · hospital-onlyMedical cannabisReal Decreto 903/2025 allows standardised cannabis preparations, prescribed by specialists and dispensed only by hospital pharmacies. Spain's licensed companies mostly supply export markets.30.6 texported in 20252 of 13preparations registeredSee the data ↓Sold openly · legal status unresolvedCBD and hempCBD shops and online brands trade openly, but the status of CBD flower is unresolved and courts have treated its THC as a narcotic. Domestic hemp cultivation collapsed.−91%hemp area, 2020–202426CBD specialists filing accountsSee the data ↓Not legal · private use toleratedAdult useSale is illegal. Possession for personal use in private is tolerated and cannabis social clubs operate in a legal grey area. Use rose in 2024 for the first time in two decades.4.8 Madults used it in 202413%used it in the last yearSee the data ↓

• Medical cannabis · regulation

Medical cannabis is legal, but only through hospital pharmacies

Real Decreto 903/2025 allows standardised oral preparations, prescribed by specialists for four indications. A year on, the bottleneck is the register: few products have been approved and hospitals are still writing their protocols.

7 Oct 2025Royal Decree 903/2025 approved
9 Oct 2025Published in the BOE
9 Jan 2026AEMPS publishes the formula: oils only, no flower
19 Jan 2026Register opens to laboratories
Jan 2026Pharmacists appeal the hospital-only rule
Sep 20262 of 13 preparations registered

2 of 13preparations registered13 applications from 5 laboratories. Both registered preparations are Curaleaf's, made by Medalchemy; 10 are pending and 1 was withdrawn (AEMPS, Sep 2026).

353hospital pharmacy servicesThe only legal dispensing points. Spain's 22,231 community pharmacies cannot dispense under Article 9.1.

6regions piloting collaborative dispensingThe hospital keeps the prescription and a community pharmacy hands the medicine over.

~2,000patients on approved medicinesSativex and Epidiolex, authorised before the decree and outside it (AEMPS, 2022).

Real Decreto 903/2025 (BOE-A-2025-20077); AEMPS transparency resolution, 15 Sep 2026; Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Farmacéuticos, 2024.

• Medical cannabis · production and trade

Spain imports, treats and re-exports medical cannabis

AEMPS authorised 30.6 t of exports and 26.9 t of imports in 2025, against 20.3 t of authorised production. Much of the trade is product that crosses the border to be irradiated or processed and then returns. Portugal supplied 44% of imports in the first half of 2026.

Medical cannabis exports and imports authorised by AEMPS, tonnes

In the first half of 2026 imports (25.7 t) overtook exports (18.3 t).

AEMPS transparency resolutions of 27 Oct 2025 and 15 Sep 2026, disclosed to Cannamonitor. Cannabis by weight, all purposes; H1 2026 covers January–June.

Medical cannabis from Spain recorded by the UK and Germany, kg

Germany overtook the UK as the larger buyer in 2025: 4,794 kg against 3,417 kg.

Recorded by the importing regulators: UK Home Office (flower only) and BfArM. Country of processing and export, not of cultivation.

• Medical cannabis · companies

Who operates in Spain's medical cannabis chain

The companies behind Spain’s licensed supply, grouped by what they do, from genetics to finished product.

Genetics 5Commercial licences to sell seeds and cuttings

PhytoplantCórdoba · €1.47m
Sovereign Fields
Cannaflos
MIFCO
Bhalutek Sens

Cultivation 6Commercial licences for dried flower

Linneo HealthMurcia · €6.36m
Medical PlantsAlmería
Ondara Directorship
NaturHempTarragona · €0.35m
Taima Growthlicensed 2026
Nivaria TechCanary Islands

GMP validation 3Authorised to grow validation batches

CanamedicsBarcelona
MM Flowers
Bio Can

Processing and API 4Extraction, formulation and finished product

MedalchemyCuraleaf · €8.09m
Alcaliber
Extraction Solutions
The Beemine LabAPI export

Services 4Sterilisation, logistics, engineering, compliance

Ionisosirradiation
CuralogGDP logistics
Agropharmengineering
CannatekGMP consulting

Clinical 2Spanish sponsors running their own trials

Oils4CurePhase III
VivaCell BiotechnologyPhase II

Licence holders per AEMPS, end-2025, and our company database. Revenue is operating income from 2023 accounts, shown where filed; it is never added across roles.

• CBD and hemp

Hemp cultivation fell 91% while CBD shops kept opening

Spain built one of Europe’s largest CBD retail markets on imported raw material, after domestic hemp farming collapsed under enforcement.

Industrial hemp area, hectares

Ministerio de Agricultura, Anuario de Estadística Agraria.

688 ha → 62 haHemp area, 2020 to 2024. Production fell from 1,947 to 158 tonnes.

Enforcement, not new lawProsecutors and courts began treating the flower of registered hemp varieties as a narcotic. Growers stopped planting.

€100,000 vs €1,500–2,000 per haA producer's value for hemp flower against vineyard in Castilla-La Mancha.

• Adult use

4.8 million adult users in 2024

Adult use is not legal. Sale is a crime; possession for personal use in private is tolerated, and cannabis social clubs operate in a legal grey area. Last-year use held near one adult in nine for two decades and rose to 13% in 2024.

935,000adults used cannabis daily in 2024

23% → 44%of adults have ever used it, 1997 to 2024

12% → 30%mean THC of seized resin, 2002 to 2021

€1.40 → €0.50price gap per gram between hashish and flower, 2000 to 2022

Use, % of adultsSeizures, tonnesStreet price, €/gPotency, % THC

EDADES (OEDA), adults 15–64, 1997–2024.

Ministerio del Interior, seizures in tonnes.

OEDA street prices, euros per gram, nominal.

OEDA, mean THC of analysed seizures.

• Companies · CBD and grow

The largest CBD and growshop companies

Revenue covers every specialist filing accounts in Spain; visits and shops cover Spanish-owned brands only.

CBDGrowshops

Revenue, 202326 companies filing accounts

1JustbobPrivate · Barcelona€3.66m
2Greenery420Private · Madrid€1.47m
3Natural SuitPrivate · Barcelona€1.42m
4The Tree CBDPrivate · Lleida€1.16m
5Gorilla GrillzPrivate · Málaga€0.95m

Online visits a monthQ4 2025 · 81 Spanish brands

1Cannactiva456,234 a year earlier381,520
2Justbob236,094 a year earlier263,716
3ArkanoCBDnew in the series190,840
4The Tree CBD266,214 a year earlier163,892
5Profesor CBD76,596 a year earlier125,328

Physical shops2025 · 95 Spanish chains

1Greenery42036 in 202426
2La Tía María27 in 202417
3CBD Baix Llobregat5 in 202415
4CBD Side11 in 202412
5Greto Green1 in 20249

Revenue, 202337 companies filing accounts

1HortitecPrivate · Valencia€53.6m
2Royal Queen SeedsDutch-owned · Barcelona€16.2m
3Leaf LifePrivate · Madrid€12.0m
4Hemp TradingPrivate · Valencia€11.5m
5Grow BaratoPrivate · Valencia€9.36m

Online visits a monthQ4 2025 · 32 Spanish brands

1Eurogrow1,563,684 a year earlier1,251,288
2Tecnocultivonew in the series170,092
3ACE Seedsnew in the series122,368
4El Oro Verdenew in the series103,356
5Green House Grow Shopnew in the series87,592

Physical shops2025 · 35 Spanish chains

1Grow Barato27 in 202420
2420 Growshopnew in the series11
3El Oro Verde4 in 20246
4Dr Cogollonew in the series3
5MatillaPlantnew in the series3

Commercial registry records and company filings; traffic estimates, Q4 2025. These three tables are never added together.

• Research and investment

48 clinical trials and 8 deals with a Spanish link

Spanish hospitals take part in international trials, and two Spanish companies run their own: Oils4Cure at Phase III in epilepsy and VivaCell at Phase II.

Clinical trials with a Spanish site, by phase

Cannamonitor clinical database, August 2026.

Deals with a Spanish company

Aug 2026Curaleaf bids for Aurora CannabisA cross-border take-over in which Spain is one of nine tagged jurisdictions.
Jul 2025Torreal regains control of Linneo HealthThe largest Spanish producer changes hands again.
Jul 2025Aurea Capital Partners invests in TaimaMinority stake in the Kanabo-linked project.
Mar 2024Cannaflos merges with QunubusGerman distribution meets Spanish biotech.

8 of the 615 cannabis deals in our M&A tracker.

• The Spain dashboard

Every company, retailer and data series behind this page

Our platform for the Spanish market: the full data behind this page and the annual report, kept up to date.

Companies database500+ Spanish cannabis companies with financials, licences, verticals and locations.
Retailer directoryCBD shops, growshops, headshops and cannabis social clubs, mapped by region.
Report data and insightsThe datasets behind the Spanish Cannabis Market Report: AEMPS, OEDA, Interior Ministry and company filings, updated as they move.

€420 / yearIncluded for report sponsors.

Spain dashboard · Companies

CompaniesRetailersMarket dataInsights

HortitecGrowshopValencia€53.6m

Royal Queen SeedsGrowshopBarcelona€16.2m

MedalchemyMedicalAlicante€8.10m

Linneo HealthMedicalMurcia€6.40m

JustbobCBDBarcelona€3.70m

PhytoplantMedicalCórdoba€1.50m

Illustration. Revenue from 2023 accounts, as shown on this page.

• The report

Spanish Cannabis Market Report 2025

The full report behind this page, free to download: regulation, the medical supply chain, CBD and hemp, retail, consumption and the companies in each market, with the sources for every figure.

The 2026 edition is published in November.

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• Sponsors of the 2025 report

Lead sponsorCannactivaSpain's most-visited CBD brand online, founded in Barcelona in 2018: 30+ staff, 2,000+ B2B clients and a validated UK Novel Food application.cannactiva.com →

AgropharmFacility engineeringTurnkey engineering for medical cannabis facilities, from design to GACP and GMP certification, plus a trading arm for raw materials and finished products.

IonisosGMP irradiationGMP-authorised reduction of microbial load in medicinal cannabis by ionising radiation, at its site in Tarancón, Cuenca.

Bee ProductsCBD distributionCBD brand and distributor that reached more than 150 points of sale in its first year, inspecting every batch from arrival to packaging.

EvocanLicensing and project supportFormerly Devecan. 360° support to turn a legal cannabis project into an operating business.

Medical PlantsLicensed cultivationGMP-certified medical cannabis grower in Almería, combining greenhouse cultivation, a processing plant and in-house laboratories.

CuralogPharmaceutical logisticsGDP-compliant, temperature-controlled transport for medical cannabis across Europe, the UK and Switzerland, including customs and inspections.

Electrónica OlferCultivation lightingThe power supply company behind lighting set-ups for medical cannabis cloning, mother, vegetative and flowering rooms.

Sovereign GeneticsMedical geneticsAn Iberian medical cannabis breeding programme supplying certified clones and seeds through a legal, phyto-certified chain.

CannatekQuality and regulatory consultingMedical cannabis consulting: quality systems, GMP and GACP audits, submissions to health authorities and training.

• What readers said

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• Insights

Our latest analysis on Spain

23 Sep 2026Spain ships tens of tonnes of cannabis abroad, yet its patients can only reach two productsNew AEMPS data: 18.3 t exported and 25.7 t imported in six months.5 Dec 2025Spain's CBD boom faces hemp sector collapse and regulatory limboOne of Europe's biggest CBD markets, and almost no hemp left to feed it.12 Nov 2025Spain legalises medical cannabis: patient access is the next frontierWhat Royal Decree 903/2025 allows, and what it left unresolved.Spain11 Oct 2024Spain introduces draft Royal Decree to regulate medical cannabisThe first draft, and the restrictions that survived into law.

All insights → · The monthly brief covers Spain every month →

• Questions

What people ask us about Spain

Can a patient in Spain get medical cannabis today?

Only through a hospital pharmacy, on a specialist's prescription, as a standardised oral preparation. Flower is not included. By September 2026 AEMPS had registered two preparations, both Curaleaf's, out of 13 applications from five laboratories. Sativex and Epidiolex, two medicines approved before the decree, remain a separate route.

Why can't community pharmacies dispense?

Article 9.1 of Real Decreto 903/2025 limits dispensing to hospital pharmacy services. Six autonomous communities are piloting collaborative dispensing, where a community pharmacy hands over a hospital prescription. Pharmacists' bodies have appealed the restriction at the Supreme Court, and a review of the decree is expected by the end of 2026.

How much medical cannabis does Spain export?

AEMPS authorised 30.6 tonnes of exports and 26.9 tonnes of imports in 2025, against 20.3 tonnes of authorised production. Much of that trade is processing: product enters Spain to be irradiated, extracted or finished and leaves again. Of the destinations that publish country-of-origin data, the UK and Germany recorded 8,211 kg arriving from Spain in 2025.

Is CBD legal in Spain?

CBD products are sold openly in shops and online, but the legal status of CBD flower is unresolved. In 2026 the Supreme Court held that THC in CBD flower can fall under narcotics law, and hemp cultivation fell 91% between 2020 and 2024 as enforcement rose.

How often is this page updated?

Each series is refreshed when its source publishes: AEMPS trade and licensing data through our transparency requests, EDADES every two years, and company data each September.

• Sources and method

Where the numbers come from

Sources

AEMPS transparency resolutions (Oct 2025, Sep 2026) · Real Decreto 903/2025 (BOE) · INCB · UK Home Office and BfArM import records · OEDA and EDADES · Ministerio del Interior · Ministerio de Agricultura · WWTP-Net · Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Farmacéuticos · commercial registry records and company filings · Cannamonitor databases.

What we leave out

Four Spanish series in our platform are not on this page because they did not pass our checks: a retail count that disagrees with its own summary, a market model with an unresolved currency basis, a growshop series flagged for verification and a synthetic-cannabinoid count that differs between summary and source.

Two export figures, on purpose

AEMPS counts every authorised shipment, including product that only passes through Spain for processing. The UK and German regulators count what arrives from Spain. We show both and never add them together.

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