HEMPAGENCY
The full-service agency for cannabis & hemp

Brand. Web. Marketing. AI. Compliance.

One team for everything cannabis and hemp operators need to grow — the creative of an agency, the leverage of AI, and the discipline of compliance. Built to protect your margin in a 280E world.

Why operators call us

Platforms shadow-ban cannabis ads, 280E taxes you on gross profit, and you can’t hire a 5-person team for every discipline. We are that team — cannabis-native and compliance-first.

Cannabis brands are hiring this in-house at $130–150K. We deliver it as a service.

~$30B
U.S. regulated cannabis sales (2024) — and 2025 brought the first annual decline in a decade.¹
27%
of U.S. cannabis operators are profitable.¹
days → minutes
what AI does to content & campaign production.²
5-in-1
brand, web, marketing, AI & compliance under one roof.

¹ Whitney Economics / First Citizens, 2024–25 U.S. cannabis business surveys. ² MJBizDaily, “How AI is transforming the cannabis industry” (Oct 2025).

What we do

Five disciplines. One accountable team.

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01
Brand & Creative

Identity, naming, packaging-ready systems, and 21+-compliant creative that stands out without tripping platform rules.

02
Web & Development

Fast, SEO-ready websites, dispensary menus, and custom builds (like this one) on a modern Next.js + Vercel stack.

03
Marketing & Growth

Performance, content, and AI-driven segmentation & CRM (Alpine IQ / SpringBig-style) — fewer messages, better targeted, more revenue.

04
AI & Automation

Workflow automation and an embedded AI Enablement Manager that cut manual cost across cultivation, retail, and back office.

05
Compliance & Retail

Metrc-aware operations, compliant documentation, and AI Search (GEO) so your brand is the answer ChatGPT, Perplexity & Gemini give.

Not sure where to start?

Begin with a fixed-fee AI Opportunity Audit — a ranked, ROI-backed roadmap in 2–3 weeks.

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Why now

Survival economics, not novelty.

Just 27% of U.S. cannabis operators turn a profit, and 280E blocks ordinary deductions — so every manual dollar hurts twice. The operators winning right now use AI to do more with less: work that took a larger team days now takes a small team minutes.

But AI is a tool, not a replacement for taste. We pair it with cannabis-native creative and compliance judgment — human-led, AI-accelerated.

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Compliance-first

Metrc / state rules and AI governance baked in from day one.

Cannabis-native

We arrive with the playbooks — no learning your industry on your dime.

Margin, not magic

Every engagement tied to revenue gained or cost removed.

One team

Brand, web, marketing, AI and compliance — no juggling five vendors.

The math

See your number in 60 seconds.

Our ROI calculator models the labor you can automate, your payback period, and the 280E cash lens — then compares it to the ~$190K all-in (loaded) cost of an in-house hire on a $130–150K salary.

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monthly, no severance

“For less than the loaded cost of the hires you can’t fill, you get a whole team that’s done this in cannabis before — starting this month.”

By state

Cannabis & hemp, state by state.

Legal status, advertising realities, and how we help operators — a guide for every state.

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Insights

Free playbooks

Free playbook

The 280E Cost-Out Playbook

Where AI pays for itself in cannabis — the 9 workflows operators automate first.

Free playbook

The AI Opportunity Audit Framework

The exact scorecard we use to find and rank AI use-cases inside a cannabis operation.

One team for everything you need to grow.

Book a consultation or start with a fixed-fee AI Opportunity Audit — a prioritized, ROI-ranked roadmap and a clear first move.

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