Two marijuana multistate operators have cracked one in every of American enterprise’ extra mainstream rankings.
Florida-based Trulieve Hashish Corp. and Illinois-based Inexperienced Thumb Industries had been named to Time journal’s America’s Greatest Firms 2026 listing, the one two hashish corporations to make the lower.
“Being named to Time’s listing of America’s Greatest Firms is an amazing honor and a direct reflection of the sturdiness of our enterprise,” Trulieve CEO Kim Rivers stated in an announcement Friday.
“To be one in every of solely two hashish corporations acknowledged speaks to the fervour and dedication of our workforce.”
How did Time select the businesses?
Compiled by Time and Statista, the annual listing ranks the highest 1,000 U.S. corporations on three measures: worker satisfaction, monetary efficiency and sustainability transparency.
The rankings carry a heavy dose of subjectivity, however touchdown alongside Nividia, Apple and Eli Lilly marks a notable second of legitimacy for an business nonetheless working below federal constraints.
No hashish firm seems to have earned a spot in prior editions.
In the meantime, Canadian licensed producer (LP) Aurora Hashish was awarded Time Canada’s Greatest Firms 2026 listing.
What stands out about Trulieve and Inexperienced Thumb?
The popularity follows landmark occasions for each U.S. corporations.
Florida-headquartered Trulieve uplisted to the New York Inventory Change in June below the ticker TRLV, changing into the primary U.S. hashish firm to commerce on a significant U.S. alternate.
The transfer got here after medical marijuana was moved to Schedule 3 below the Managed Substances Act earlier this yr. Trulieve restructured as a medical cannabis-only firm and pursued U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration registration earlier than uplisting.
As for Inexperienced Thumb, the corporate reported first-quarter 2026 income of $300.2 million, up 7.4% yr over yr. Whereas the corporate is at the moment buying and selling on common retail investor app Robinhood, it’s not but been uplisted.
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GTI additionally filed registration purposes with the DEA for its state-licensed medical operations following rescheduling. Each corporations have secured a conditional Texas Compassionate Use Program license within the state, which heretofore allowed solely CBD oil to MMJ sufferers regardless of a strong hemp THC sector.
Alberta-based Aurora, listed on the Nasdaq below the image ACB, is maintaining a tally of the rescheduling course of to find out whether or not it is sensible open operations within the U.S. market.
