Pharmacies in the United States
There are approximately 67,000 pharmacies in the United States. Almost half (33,000) are located within drug stores, grocery stores, hospitals, department stores, medical clinics, surgery clinics, universities, nursing homes, prisons, and other facilities. The remaining pharmacies are considered to be independent or privately owned. The top 25 pharmacy chain stores represent about 28,000 pharmacy locations in the U.S. and employ about 46,000 on-staff pharmacists. California has 5,560 pharmacies, the most of any state. Texas, New York, Florida and Pennsylvania round out the top five states for pharmacy locations.[1]
Pharmacy chains
The table below shows the top 25 pharmacy chains in the United States per state ranked by the number of pharmacist in each location, according to the National Pharmacy Market Summary done by SK&A 2010 [2]
Top 25 pharmacy chains ranked by the number of pharmacists
| Rank | Pharmacy Chains | City | State | Pharmacists | Store(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walgreens | Deerfield | IL | 10,578 | 8,232 |
| 2 | C V S Corporation | Woonsocket | RI | 10,151 | 6,288 |
| 3 | Walmart Stores Inc | Bentonville | AR | 6,358 | 3,646 |
| 4 | Rite Aid Corporation | Camp Hill | PA | 5,523 | 4,608 |
| 5 | Kroger Company | Cincinnati | OH | 1,866 | 1,156 |
| 6 | Target Corporation | Minneapolis | MN | 1,436 | 1,672 |
| 7 | Kaiser Permanente (HMO) | Oakland | CA | 1,298 | 290 |
| 8 | Sears Holdings Corporation | Hoffman Estates | IL | 1,169 | 1,002 |
| 9 | Medicine Shoppe International | Earth City | MO | 943 | 564 |
| 10 | Dominick's Finer Foods | Pleasanton | CA | 888 | 719 |
| 11 | Publix Pharmacies | Lakeland | FL | 835 | 710 |
| 12 | Costco Pharmacies | Issaquah | WA | 589 | 323 |
| 13 | Hy-Vee Inc | West Des Moines | IA | 563 | 202 |
| 14 | Winn-Dixie Pharmacies | Jacksonville | FL | 461 | 390 |
| 15 | Giant Eagle Pharmacy | Pittsburgh | PA | 403 | 187 |
| 16 | Meijer Pharmacies | Grand Rapids | MI | 344 | 167 |
| 17 | Cardinal Health Inc | Houston | TX | 320 | 131 |
| 18 | H E Butt Drug Stores | San Antonio | TX | 315 | 191 |
| 19 | Fred's Inc. | Memphis | TN | 315 | 259 |
| 20 | Stop & Shop Supermarket Co | Quincy | MA | 303 | 235 |
| 21 | Giant Food Stores Llc | Carlisle | PA | 297 | 204 |
| 22 | Shopko Stores Inc | Green Bay | WI | 288 | 131 |
| 23 | Fred Meyer Pharmacy Division | Portland | OR | 276 | 127 |
| 24 | Smith's Food & Drug Centers Inc | Salt Lake City | UT | 268 | 132 |
| 25 | Shoprite Supermarkets Inc | Florida | NY | 236 | 153 |
References
- ↑ National Pharmacy Market Summary SK&A (March 2010) http://www.skainfo.com/index.php
- ↑ National Pharmacy Market Summary SK&A (March 2010) http://www.skainfo.com/index.php