CannCount

Helping operators boost efficiency, productivity, and profits.

Seed to Sale Cannabis Consulting

CannCount Logo - An AAFCPAs Subsidiary

Navigating the cannabis industry is no small feat. You’re faced with regulatory hurdles, tax challenges, and banking restrictions that squeeze margins. Competition is everywhere, consumer loyalty is hard-won, and 280E strains financial margins. To succeed, you need to streamline operations, optimize cultivation, and perfect growth cycles—all while differentiating your brand in the market. 

CannCount intimately understands the challenges faced within the cannabis industry, helping operators better compete and thrive. A wholly owned subsidiary of AAFCPAs, CannCount provides high-level consulting and data-driven analysis designed to improve finances, operations, and cultivation for established cannabis operators, investors, growers, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, and start-ups nationwide. Gain specialized industry expertise along with valuable insight to drive cash flow improvement, growth plans, and M&A strategies. 

  • Design and organize facilities to optimize operations and productivity. 
  • Implement plans that address reclassification, descheduling, and safe banking. 
  • Analyze your business structure to support beneficial tax strategies. 
  • Enhance efficiency, cash flow, and exit plans. 
  • Pinpoint opportunities for cost savings. 
  • Optimize strain selection and management to improve yield and quality. 
  • Assess grow areas and operations to maximize space in your cultivation facility, optimize lighting and growth cycles, and manage strain mixing within grow rooms. 
  • Use data-driven analytics to determine which strains perform best in which rooms, with financial insights to quantify their impact. 
  • Assess retail operations and inventory costing to determine optimal pricing for your products alongside competitors. 
  • Analyze market data and establish competitive pricing that balances profitability with market positioning. 

Transforming data into profits. 

We leverage data and technology to give you the insights you need to reach your business objectives. Our advanced platform, dashboards, and benchmarking tools draw from both your resources and third-party sources to provide clear, actionable intelligence. With support from specialists in cultivation, operations, tax, and finance, you’ll receive comprehensive financial operations reports, cash flow projections, and KPIs that clarify your current position, helping you better plan your next steps. Our comprehensive scorecard assessments, strategic consulting, and purchasing and vendor evaluations ensure every aspect of your business is optimized. Gain right-sized cultivation, operations, and financial support services designed to align with your goals and budget. This blend of operational and financial insights empowers you to make more informed business decisions that drive your success. 

Cannabis Leaders

David McManus
David McManus

David McManus

CPA, CGMA | Tax Partner & National Cannabis Practice Leader
David Ovelman

David Ovelman

Chief Operating Officer

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