Big Sur Canna+Botanicals

What Big Sur Canna+Botanicals does

Big Sur Canna+Botanicals is a privately held, single-location boutique cannabis retail dispensary based in Carmel, California. Founded in 2014 by Aram Stoney (CEO and co-founder) and John DeFloria (co-founder), the company operates a physical storefront selling cannabis products to adult consumers in the Carmel market, leveraging a lifestyle-oriented coastal brand identity associated with the Big Sur region.

The company is small in scale, with a reported headcount of 11-50 employees, and is concentrated at one retail address in Carmel, United States. The publicly accessible website (bigsurcannabotanicals.com) is a marketing-facing storefront; at the time of source capture it returned only a verification placeholder with no substantive technical, product, or pricing detail. No proprietary technology platform, e-commerce infrastructure, loyalty system, or third-party integrations are documented in the available data.

The business model is traditional retail: revenue is generated through in-store product sales to adult-use and likely medical cannabis consumers, subject to California state and local cannabis licensing requirements. The input data contains no pricing model, customer segmentation, or financial disclosure, including revenue, funding, ownership structure, or unit economics. As a result, the revenue mechanics, customer mix, and operating performance cannot be substantively characterized beyond the core retail dispensary model and its boutique, single-store footprint.

Name

Big Sur Canna+Botanicals

Website

https://bigsurcannabotanicals.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Big Sur Canna+Botanicals is a privately held, single-location boutique cannabis retail dispensary in Carmel, California, founded in 2014 and serving adult consumers with cannabis products under a coastal lifestyle brand.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cannabis Retail

SIC

Retail-Miscellaneous Shopping Goods Stores (5940)

akta.pro primary industry

Cannabis Dispensary with On-Site Consumption Lounge (where permitted) (CRANAFAF)

Keywords

• Cannabis retail
• Cannabis dispensary
• Boutique cannabis
• Recreational cannabis
• Cannabis products

Headquarters

HQ city

Carmel

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Core offering

Big Sur Canna+Botanicals operates a boutique cannabis retail store in Carmel, United States, selling cannabis products to adult consumers. The business is delivered through a physical retail storefront supported by a company website, with no additional product lines, software, or services evidenced in the source material.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cannabis products (retail) The company's core retail offering: cannabis products sold to adult consumers through its boutique storefront in Carmel, United States, and supported by its company website.

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Cookies: Cannabis lifestyle brand operating flagship retail dispensaries in California. Comparable through its boutique retail format and brand-driven positioning in California, though with a much broader brand portfolio and multiple locations.
• The Apothecarium: Boutique-style cannabis dispensary chain operating in California (including Monterey-area locations). Comparable through its premium, patient-experience-oriented retail positioning and California footprint.

Broad incumbents

• MedMen: Multi-state cannabis retailer with flagship California stores. Comparable as a California retail dispensary operator, though substantially larger and more diversified than Big Sur Canna+Botanicals' single boutique location.
• Harborside: Long-established California cannabis dispensary operator. Comparable as a legacy California retail operator with multi-location presence, though larger and more institutional than Big Sur's boutique model.

Emerging players

• Native Humboldt: California-licensed cannabis brand with retail distribution. Comparable as a California-licensed cannabis operator, though more of a product brand than a flagship-style boutique retailer.
• Stiiizy: California-based cannabis brand with flagship retail stores. Comparable through its California retail presence and brand-led positioning, though it is primarily a product brand with a smaller retail footprint.

Regional players

• CannaCraft: California cannabis manufacturer and brand portfolio operator. Comparable as a California-licensed cannabis operator with retail distribution, though primarily a brand/manufacturer rather than a single-store retailer.
• One Plant: California-focused cannabis retailer with multiple dispensary locations. Comparable as a California retail operator with similar product categories, though operating at greater scale than a single Carmel boutique.
• Lowell Farms: California-focused cannabis cultivator and retailer. Comparable as a California-based cannabis operator with a retail-facing business, though vertical integration and cultivation differentiate it from a pure boutique retailer.
• Embarc: California cannabis dispensary operator. Comparable as a California retail competitor operating in similar regulatory and consumer markets, though with multiple locations rather than a single boutique site.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BigSurCB
• Facebookfacebook.com/bigsurcannabotanicals
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/big-sur-canna-botanicals

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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