Pharmacies in the United States

There are approximately 88,000 pharmacies in the United States. Over half (about 48,000) 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 38,000 pharmacy locations in the U.S. and employ about 149,000 on-staff pharmacists. California has 8,015 pharmacies, the most of any state. Texas, Florida, New York, and Pennsylvania round out the top five states for pharmacy locations.[1] Nationwide, the number of community pharmacies increased by 6.3% between 2007-2015, and the number of pharmacies per 10,000 people (2.11) did not change. However, the number of pharmacies per-capita varies substantially across counties, ranging from 0 to 13.6 per- 10,000 people in 2015.[2]

Pharmacy chain

The table below shows the top 25 pharmacy chains in the United States ranked by total number of pharmacists, according to the U.S. National Pharmacy Market Summary done by IQVIA in 2019.[1]

Rank Pharmacy Chain Headquarters Pharmacists Store(s)
1 Walgreens Company Deerfield, Illinois 48,986 9,323
2 CVS Health Woonsocket, Rhode Island 31,235 9,054
3 Walmart Stores Inc Bentonville, Arkansas 15,369 4,865
4 Rite Aid Corp Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 10,869 2,721
5 Kroger Company Cincinnati, Ohio 7,516 1,956
6 Albertsons Inc Boise, Idaho 6,157 1,713
7 AmerisourceBergen Corporation Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania 4,852 1,961
8 Publix Super Markets Inc Lakeland, Florida 4,700 1,084
9 McKesson Corp San Francisco, California 4,524 1,556
10 Costco Wholesale Corp Issaquah, Washington 2,179 500
11 Cardinal Health Inc Dublin, Ohio 1,382 518
12 Ahold Delhaize Usa Carlisle, Pennsylvania 1,380 521
13 H E Butt Grocery Company San Antonio, Texas 1,310 270
14 Meijer Great Lakes Limited Partnership Grand Rapids, Michigan 1,080 238
15 Southeastern Grocers LLC Jacksonville, Florida 1,059 327
16 Hy Vee Inc West Des Moines, Iowa 1,006 249
17 Sears Holdings Corp (Defunct) Hoffman Estates, Illinois 945 306
18 Kaiser Permanente Oakland, California 892 131
19 Freds Inc (Defunct) Memphis, Tennessee 778 301
20 Pharmerica Corp Louisville, Kentucky 614 89
21 Giant Eagle Inc Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 594 204
22 Shopko Stores Operating Company LLC (Defunct) Green Bay, Wisconsin 574 206
23 Ahold Delhaize America Salisbury, North Carolina 484 170
24 Wegmans Food Markets Inc Rochester, New York 479 88
25 Kinney Drugs Inc Gouverneur, New York 437 113
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References
  1. "U.S. National Pharmacy Market Summary". OneKey by IQVIA. July 2019.
  2. Qato, Dima Mazen; Zenk, Shannon; Wilder, Jocelyn; Harrington, Rachel; Gaskin, Darrell; Alexander, G. Caleb (2017-08-16). "The availability of pharmacies in the United States: 2007–2015". PLOS ONE. 12 (8): e0183172. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0183172. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5559230.


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