Bloom Medicinals

What Bloom Medicinals does

Bloom Medicinals (rebranded to Bloom Cannabis) is a family-founded, private multi-state cannabis retail operator headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, founded in 2014 by siblings Nicole Stark and William Hollander, their father Nate Hollander, and family friend Peter Turco. The company operates 8 dispensaries across two states: 7 in Ohio (Columbus, Akron, Painesville Township, Seven Mile, Massillon, Athens, plus one opening soon) and 1 in Germantown, Maryland, which has been open since 2018. Bloom serves both registered medical cannabis patients (with state-issued cards or recommendations) and adult-use customers aged 21 and over, with medical patients receiving access to higher purchase limits, lower tax rates, and priority service. All locations operate daily from 8am to 10pm with a shared product catalog spanning flower, vapes, pre-rolls, edibles, extracts, tinctures, topicals, gear, and terpenes.

The business model is direct-to-consumer cannabis retail with omnichannel support: customers browse real-time inventory filtered by category, strain, brand, or price, place online reservations, and pick up in-store, where budtenders provide product consultation. The company operates a branded apparel sub-brand (Bloom Wearables) and a customer rewards loyalty program. Pricing is not publicly disclosed on the website. Bloom has accumulated more than 350,000 customers since founding and has built a notable cannabis education library covering topics from THC/CBD basics to dosing, supported by earned media coverage in Columbus Dispatch, Canton Repository, BusinessWire, The Post Athens, Signal Akron, and Cannabis Equipment News.

Operationally, Bloom leverages three notable partnerships as strategic differentiators: a Khalifa Kush (Wiz Khalifa's brand) Ohio launch, a 2025 partnership with actor Jim Belushi, and a research collaboration with Johns Hopkins University. The company has no proprietary technology platform; its digital infrastructure consists of standard e-commerce menu browsing and an online reservation system. In April 2022, Bloom secured $82,500,000 in debt financing from Advanced Flower Capital, a cannabis-specialized lender, which has funded the multi-year retail footprint expansion from its initial Maryland single-store base to its current 8-location, 2-state presence.

Name

Bloom Medicinals

Legal name

Bloom Medicinals

Website

https://bloommedicinals.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Bloom Medicinals (dba Bloom Cannabis) is a family-founded multi-state cannabis dispensary operator serving 350,000+ medical and adult-use customers across 8 retail locations in Ohio and Maryland since 2014.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cannabis Retail

NAICS

Pharmacies and Drug Retailers (45611), Pharmacies and Drug Retailers (456110)

SIC

Retail-Drug Stores And Proprietary Stores (5912)

akta.pro primary industry

Adult-Use (Recreational) Cannabis Dispensaries (CRANAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cannabis Dispensary + Pharmacy/Clinical Model (Patient Services) (CRANAFAI), Cannabis Dispensary + Delivery/Online Pickup (Omnichannel Retail) (CRANAFAG)

Keywords

• Cannabis dispensary
• Medical marijuana
• Recreational cannabis
• Cannabis retail
• Cannabis products

Headquarters

HQ city

Boca Raton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Cannabis Product Retail Sales: Revenue generated from direct retail sales of cannabis products including flower, vapes, pre-rolls, edibles, extracts, tinctures, topicals, gear, terpenes, and branded products. Serves medical patients and adult-use customers with different product limits, tax rates, and priority access for medical cardholders.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Bloom Medicinals (operating as Bloom Cannabis) operates a multi-state retail dispensary network selling cannabis products including flower, vapes, pre-rolls, edibles, extracts, tinctures, topicals, gear, and terpenes to medical patients and adult-use customers. The company runs 7 open dispensaries in Ohio with an 8th opening soon, plus one in Germantown, Maryland, supported by online real-time inventory browsing, online reservations, and in-store budtender consultation.

Product overview

Bloom Medicinals (rebranded to Bloom Cannabis) operates a network of 8 cannabis dispensaries across Ohio and Maryland, serving both medical patients and adult-use customers. The company offers a unified retail platform with in-store and online shopping capabilities. Its product portfolio includes cannabis flower, vapes, pre-rolls, edibles, extracts, tinctures, topicals, gear, and terpenes. Additionally, the company operates a clothing sub-brand called Bloom Wearables and maintains a rewards loyalty program for customers. The dispensaries serve the Ohio and Maryland markets with consistent product selection and service standards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Bloom Wearables: Company merchandise and wearables brand with its own website at bloomwearables.com

Products and services

• Cannabis Flower

Quantifiable outcome

• 350,000+ people welcomed through doors
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered notable, core and flagship.

• Jim BelushinotableStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnership with actor Jim Belushi, who is known for his cannabis brand and advocacy. Featured in news coverage in 2025. Nature of partnership suggests co-development of products or joint branding initiatives.
• Johns Hopkins UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration with Johns Hopkins University. Featured in BusinessWire coverage. This represents a significant academic partnership for cannabis research, lending credibility and scientific validation to Bloom's operations and products.
• Khalifa Kush (KK)flagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerKhalifa Kush Ohio launch at Bloom locations. Khalifa Kush is Wiz Khalifa's cannabis brand. This partnership brings a high-profile celebrity cannabis brand to Bloom's Ohio dispensaries, featured in Cannabis Equipment News coverage. Represents a key product partnership for brand elevation and customer attraction.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Holistic Industries: Mid-Atlantic cannabis operator with a Liberty Cannabis retail dispensary in Maryland — directly competing with Bloom's Germantown location. Closest regional direct peer.
• Curaleaf Holdings: Large multi-state cannabis operator with retail dispensaries and cultivation across 17+ states. Directly comparable as a multi-state dispensary operator serving medical and adult-use customers; operates at much larger scale than Bloom.
• AYR Wellness: Multi-state cannabis operator with retail dispensaries (including in Ohio) and cultivation operations. Directly comparable as a multi-state dispensary operator competing in Bloom's core markets.
• Verano Holdings: Multi-state cannabis operator with dispensaries (Zen Leaf and MUV brands) across 13+ states including Ohio. Directly comparable as a multi-state dispensary operator serving both medical and adult-use customers.
• Cresco Labs: Multi-state cannabis operator (Sunnyside dispensaries) with operations across 9 states. Comparable as a multi-state dispensary operator with medical/adult-use hybrid model; recently acquired Columbia Care.
• Green Thumb Industries: Multi-state cannabis operator (Rise and Cookies brands) with retail dispensaries across the Midwest and East Coast. Directly comparable as a multi-state dispensary operator; competes with Bloom in Ohio and adjacent markets.
• Trulieve Cannabis: Multi-state operator with a strong presence in Ohio and other limited-license states. Comparable vertically integrated cannabis retailer with medical/adult-use hybrid model similar to Bloom's Ohio operations.
• Ascend Wellness Holdings: Multi-state cannabis operator with retail dispensaries in Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts, and other states. Comparable mid-cap MSO competing with Bloom in Ohio.
• Jushi Holdings: Multi-state cannabis operator with dispensaries (Beyond Hello brand) in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, and other East Coast/Midwest states. Directly comparable as a multi-state dispensary operator.
• Columbia Care (Cresco Labs subsidiary): Multi-state cannabis operator now operating as a subsidiary of Cresco Labs. Comparable as a multi-state dispensary operator with medical and adult-use retail; competes in adjacent East Coast markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/bloommedicinals
• Facebookfacebook.com/BloomMedicinalsCo
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bloom-medicinals

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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