Short answer: SEO Engico is the top pick for a cannabis SEO agency if you sell legal CBD or hemp online and need links in a niche most publishers refuse, with published results for CBD.co (+186%) and CBDfx (+67%). NisonCo suits brands that want SEO and cannabis PR from one team, CannaPlanners and Hybrid Marketing Co. fit licensed dispensaries, and Cannabis Link Building is the option if you only want links at a set price.
Google and Meta both restrict cannabis and CBD advertising, and the rules shift by product, country and state. So organic search ends up doing the job paid ads do in other industries. A good cannabis SEO agency knows which pages you can publish, which claims will get you in trouble, and how to earn links when most publishers will not touch the category.
This list covers agencies that sell SEO to legal CBD and hemp brands and licensed cannabis businesses, checked against their own websites in November 2026. It leaves out anyone pitching unlicensed sellers. We judged each one on what it publishes: how it plans around advertising limits, how it earns links, what the SEO work covers for ecommerce and dispensaries, and whether it shows prices.
Disclosure: Kuma SEO is written by the team at SEO Engico, the agency ranked first on this list. No agency paid to appear here. We checked every other entry against the agency's own website in November 2026. Services and prices change, so confirm the details with an agency before you sign. More on how we work in our editorial policy.
At a glance: the 7 best SEO agencies for cannabis and CBD brands
| # | Agency | Best for | Based in |
|---|
| 1 | SEO Engico | CBD, hemp and B2B brands that want links earned where most publishers refuse | London, UK |
| 2 | NisonCo | Brands that want cannabis SEO and press coverage run by one team | East Brunswick, New Jersey, US |
| 3 | CannaPlanners | Dispensaries that want a new site and local search from one cannabis team | Burlington, Vermont, US |
| 4 | Hybrid Marketing Co. | Multi-location dispensaries whose online menus are not getting indexed | Denver, Colorado, US |
| 5 | Cannabis Creative | Cannabis and CBD brands that want SEO inside a full creative agency | Newton, Massachusetts, US |
| 6 | ProStar SEO | Canadian cannabis and CBD sellers that need SEO in French and English | Montreal and Quebec City, Canada |
| 7 | Cannabis Link Building | CBD and cannabis sites that only need links, priced per placement | San Marcos, California, US |
How we picked
- Plans around advertising restrictions. Google Ads and Meta block or tightly limit most cannabis and CBD ads, so organic search carries more of the load than usual. Ask how the agency builds a plan around the products and places you can legally sell, and what it does when a platform says no.
- Keeps medical claims out of the copy. CBD pages that promise to treat pain, anxiety or sleep problems invite trouble with the FDA and FTC in the US and the ASA in the UK. Good agencies write education-led pages, leave health claims out and let your compliance lead sign off.
- Earns links where publishers say no. Many sites refuse cannabis links outright, and the ones that take anything are often link farms. Ask how sites are found, what each one is checked for, and whether you see the live URL of every placement.
- Gets product and menu pages indexed. Age gates that redirect visitors, script-heavy menu platforms and near-duplicate strain or flavour variants can all keep pages out of search. Product pages should be readable by a crawler and carry plain detail such as lab results.
- Handles local search for licensed stores. Dispensaries win or lose on map results inside their licensed area. Look for Google Business Profile work, a page and profile for each store, and reporting on calls, directions and online orders.
- Reports sales, not just traffic. Traffic charts mean little if you cannot see which pages sell. The tracking should separate online orders, store visits and wholesale enquiries, so you know what organic search is worth to the business.
The 7 best SEO agencies for cannabis and CBD brands in 2026
Our top pick
1. SEO Engico
- Best for
- CBD, hemp and B2B brands that want links earned where most publishers refuse
- Based in
- London, UK
- Founded
- 2018
SEO Engico is a London agency founded in 2018 by Jhonty Barreto and Priyam Goyal, both trained as mechanical engineers, and it works with ecommerce brands, trades, law firms and agencies in the UK, US, Australia and India. Before it changes anything it looks at your website, ads and tracking, finds the one thing costing you sales and fixes that first. For a CBD brand with most paid channels closed, that usually means proving what organic search is already worth, then building the pages and links to grow it.
This is the niche where its published proof runs deepest. SEO Engico's case studies show organic traffic for CBD.co, a US CBD marketplace, up 186% from December 2025 to May 2026 (Ahrefs estimate, 3,699 to 10,592), and for CBDfx, a US CBD ecommerce brand, up 67% from January to May 2026 (Ahrefs estimate, 25,519 to 42,693). Its case studies say CBD is a niche most publishers refuse to link to, so the links were built through relationships rather than bought from lists.
On the B2B side, it rebuilt the site for Entour Brand, a US terpene supplier, ran the SEO and built the links. US organic clicks per quarter went from 63 to 969 (Search Console, August to October 2025 against 3 May to 1 August 2026), and organic visitors converted 9x better than direct traffic over the 12 months to 1 August 2026 (Google Analytics). SEO starts with a 30-day Revenue Baseline ($3,499), then a $4,500 a month Growth retainer with link building included, or you can buy links on their own from $425 each.
What stands out
- Published CBD results for CBD.co (+186%) and CBDfx (+67%), plus a B2B terpene supplier
- Every link site checked for real organic traffic in Ahrefs, niche relevance and a clean outbound profile, with about 70% rejected
- No PBNs, broker lists or marketplaces, and a live URL report with the anchor and date for every link
- Website, SEO and links in one team, as the Entour rebuild shows
- Monthly reports open with calls, enquiries and revenue, in a portal where you approve work before it goes live
Worth knowing
- Its published cannabis proof is CBD and hemp ecommerce plus B2B terpenes. It has no published dispensary case study, so licensed retailers should ask how it would run local search store by store.
- The two CBD figures are Ahrefs traffic estimates, and it makes no ranking guarantees. It is not built for buyers who want the cheapest links or hundreds a month.
Read SEO Engico's published case studies
No. 2
2. NisonCo
- Best for
- Brands that want cannabis SEO and press coverage run by one team
- Based in
- East Brunswick, New Jersey, US
- Founded
- 2013
NisonCo started in 2013 as what it calls America's first cannabis PR firm, and it now sells SEO and AI consulting alongside the PR. Its cannabis SEO page covers dispensaries, cannabis brands, and CBD and hemp companies, and it is blunt about why the work matters: with paid ads closed on Google, Meta and most other platforms, organic search is the channel that is left.
The work runs in four parts: on-site SEO for site structure, product and category pages, authority built through digital PR and earned links, local SEO with a page and profile for each store, and content written to be cited in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews. Reporting sticks to rankings and non-branded visibility from Search Console, plus engagement from Google Analytics.
What stands out
- Links and citations earned through press relationships rather than bought placements
- Separate pages and profiles for each store in multi-location dispensary work
- Covers dispensaries, cannabis brands and CBD and hemp companies from one team
- Free instant site audit before any scoping call
Worth knowing
- No price is published. The page says packages are built from technical work, content, links, local SEO and AI search, and the mix you need sets the price.
- Its wider positioning is now SEO and AI for any industry, with cannabis PR as the specialism it made its name in.
No. 3
3. CannaPlanners
- Best for
- Dispensaries that want a new site and local search from one cannabis team
- Based in
- Burlington, Vermont, US
CannaPlanners is a Burlington, Vermont web and marketing agency for the cannabis industry, with branding, website development, SEO and retention marketing under one roof. Its SEO service is built around local search for dispensaries: optimising for searches like dispensary near me, tracking map rankings visually, and creating landing pages for surrounding towns so a store can reach beyond its immediate area.
It also optimises product and brand pages to send more visitors to your online menu, and builds authority with blogs, FAQs, event pages and expert content. Its team page lists an SEO department manager and several SEO account managers, so search looks like a standing practice rather than an add-on to web design.
What stands out
- Map rank tracking for dispensary near me searches
- Local landing pages for the towns around each store
- Product and brand pages tuned to push traffic to your online menu
- Free local search audit as a first step
Worth knowing
- No pricing is published, so expect a scoping conversation through its get started form.
- The SEO page is written for dispensaries, so CBD ecommerce brands should ask what national product SEO would involve.
No. 4
4. Hybrid Marketing Co.
- Best for
- Multi-location dispensaries whose online menus are not getting indexed
- Based in
- Denver, Colorado, US
Hybrid Marketing Co. is a Denver cannabis marketing agency that says it has worked with dispensaries, cannabis brands, hemp companies and B2B operators across the US since 2015. Its dispensary SEO page is one of the more technical in the niche. It points out that menu platforms such as Dutchie, Jane and Tymber often use dynamic URLs or script-heavy setups that hide categories and products from search engines, and it sets out to fix that.
The process runs from an audit of your site, menu platform and listings, through intent mapping across locations, categories, brands and product types, to on-page and technical work and Google Business Profile management. It tracks calls, direction requests and online orders, and it notes that titles and descriptions have to stay factual and within local rules.
What stands out
- Technical fixes for menu platforms that hide products from search
- Cleans up duplicate listings and competing location pages for multi-store operators
- Reports on calls, directions and online orders
Worth knowing
- Pricing is not published. It starts from your goals and builds a strategy with KPIs and benchmarks, so expect a discovery call.
- Its SEO page is written for dispensaries rather than CBD ecommerce.
No. 5
5. Cannabis Creative
- Best for
- Cannabis and CBD brands that want SEO inside a full creative agency
- Based in
- Newton, Massachusetts, US
Cannabis Creative is a cannabis and CBD marketing agency whose services run from brand identity, packaging and photography to web design, PR, email and SMS. Its SEO team says it has more than 11 years of SEO experience, and the service covers on-page work on content, titles and meta descriptions, off-page work including backlink profiling and Google Business Profile optimisation, technical fixes for indexing and speed, mobile SEO, local SEO for stores and a keyword-led content plan.
Its own advice is that SEO works best alongside a website build, so discovery and planning happen once. That makes it a good fit for a brand that is launching or rebranding and wants one agency across design and search.
What stands out
- SEO, web design and branding from one team
- Local SEO for stores that rely on foot traffic
- A named senior SEO and content strategist on its SEO page
Worth knowing
- No pricing is published. Its sales team scopes a custom package after a call.
- SEO is one of more than a dozen services, so ask how much of your budget goes to search.
No. 6
6. ProStar SEO
- Best for
- Canadian cannabis and CBD sellers that need SEO in French and English
- Based in
- Montreal and Quebec City, Canada
ProStar SEO is a Quebec agency with offices in Montreal and Quebec City, and it lists cannabis among the regulated niches it calls its speciality, alongside casino, crypto and firearms. Its cannabis and CBD page makes the same point as others on this list, that paid advertising is locked on almost every platform, and it builds the work around educational, legally compliant content, cannabis-specific keywords and relevant backlinks.
Where it stands apart is language. It sells bilingual and multilingual SEO, which matters for licensed retailers serving Quebec, and its site publishes cannabis retail case studies alongside free SEO audit tools.
What stands out
- Bilingual French and English SEO for Canadian markets
- Cannabis retail case studies published on its site
- Free SEO audit and local rank checker tools
Worth knowing
- Its cannabis page is written in French, with an English version of the wider site.
- Its pricing page lists regulated industries from $3,500 a month, so it suits established sellers more than a new store.
No. 7
7. Cannabis Link Building
- Best for
- CBD and cannabis sites that only need links, priced per placement
- Based in
- San Marcos, California, US
Cannabis Link Building does one job: links for CBD, cannabis, vape and kratom websites. It sells guest posts on niche sites, link insertions and niche edits in existing articles, broken link building, outreach and content creation, and it says its outreach is manual and aimed at sites that serve CBD and cannabis audiences.
The pricing is unusually open. Links are sold per placement in tiers by Ahrefs Domain Rating, from $150 for DR 20+ to $500 for DR 60+, each with at least 750 words of content and a two-week turnaround. That makes it easy to budget, and a sensible add-on if another agency handles everything else.
What stands out
- Published per-link prices from $150 to $500
- Guest posts, link insertions and broken link building on one menu
- Works with CBD, cannabis, vape and kratom sites
Worth knowing
- Tiers are set by Domain Rating, so ask how each site's real organic traffic and audience are checked before you buy.
- It sells links rather than full SEO, so technical work, content and local search sit with you or another agency.
How to choose a cannabis SEO agency
Start with what you sell and where. A CBD ecommerce brand selling nationally needs product and category pages, content that stays clear of medical claims, and links from sites that will accept the category. A licensed dispensary needs map visibility in its licensed area, indexable menu pages and a profile for every store. A B2B supplier needs pages that win wholesale enquiries. Few agencies are equally strong at all three, so match the agency's published work to your model.
Then ask about links, because this is where cannabis SEO most often goes wrong. Many publishers refuse the category, which pushes cheaper vendors towards link farms and networks built to sell placements. Ask how sites are vetted, whether you get the live URL of every link, and what happens if one disappears. Finally, check the tracking. With ads mostly off the table, you need to know which pages produce orders, store visits and wholesale leads, or you will never know what the retainer is worth.
Questions to ask before you sign
- Which of our products and locations can we legally promote, and how does that shape the plan?
- Who checks our product copy for health claims before it goes live?
- How do you find link sites in a niche most publishers refuse, and what do you check on each one?
- Will our menu or product pages be indexed, and how will you confirm it?
- How will reporting separate online orders, store visits and wholesale enquiries?
Frequently asked questions
Why do cannabis and CBD brands need SEO more than other businesses?
Because most paid channels are closed or tightly limited. Google Ads and Meta restrict cannabis and CBD advertising heavily, so organic search, content and earned links have to do more of the work. A cannabis SEO agency builds visibility you own, within the rules on what you can claim and where you can sell.
What does a cannabis SEO agency do?
It makes your site easier to find for the searches that lead to sales. That means product and category pages, local pages and Google Business Profile work for dispensaries, technical fixes so menus and products get indexed, educational content without medical claims, and links from sites willing to cover the category. The better ones track orders and enquiries, not just traffic.
How much does cannabis SEO cost?
It depends on how many products and locations you have and how competitive your market is, and most cannabis agencies do not publish a price. SEO Engico publishes its rates: a 30-day Revenue Baseline at $3,499, then $4,500 a month with link building included. Cannabis Link Building sells links on their own from $150 to $500 each.
Is link building safe for CBD websites?
It can be, if the links come from real sites with real readers. The risk is that many publishers refuse CBD, so cheap vendors fill the gap with link farms and paid networks that Google can ignore or penalise. Ask for the live URL of every link and how each site was checked for traffic and relevance.
How long does cannabis SEO take to work?
Expect early movement from technical and on-page fixes and slower gains from content and links. SEO Engico says technical and on-page fixes usually move something in four to eight weeks, with bigger gains taking three to six months. Cannabis Creative calls cannabis SEO a long-term strategy that depends on content quality, site authority and competition.
Our verdict
Pick SEO Engico if you sell legal CBD or hemp, or supply the industry, and want SEO and links judged on revenue, with published CBD results to back it. Choose NisonCo if press coverage matters as much as rankings, CannaPlanners or Hybrid Marketing Co. if you run licensed dispensaries and need map and menu visibility, Cannabis Creative if you want SEO inside a full creative agency, ProStar SEO for bilingual work in Canada, and Cannabis Link Building if you only need links at a set price.
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