List of pharmacies

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This article is a list of pharmacies (also known as chemists and drugstores) by country.

Australia[]

Pharmacies in Australia are mostly independently owned by pharmacists, often operated as franchises of retail brands offered by the three major pharmaceutical wholesalers in Australia: Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (API) and Sigma Pharmaceuticals. A minority of pharmacies are owned by friendly societies, particularly in Victoria and South Australia.

API brands[]

Symbion brands[]

Canada[]

Pharmaprix drugstore in Alma

Online pharmacies[]

Defunct chains[]

China[]

The key players in the drugstore industry in China are:

  • China Nepstar – Shenzhen-based; China's largest
  • Super-Pharm – Israeli company; had about 65 stores in China as of 2007
  • Watsons – owned by HK-based Hutchison Whampoa

Denmark[]

In Denmark, all pharmacies are owned by the and controlled by the state. There are two pharmaceutically trained groups with a higher education in the Danish pharmacies: pharmaconomists (Danish: farmakonomer) and pharmacists (farmaceuter). There are also pharmacy technicians (defektricer) who have a vocational training and unskilled laborers/workers (servicemedarbejdere) who perform manual labour.

Germany[]

In Germany, pharmacies are known as Apotheken. As in France, they are all independently owned by pharmacists, and as in France, there are no pharmacy chains.

Online pharmacy[]

  • Celesio

Hong Kong[]

India[]

Ireland[]

  • Lloyds Pharmacy

Israel[]

A Super-Pharm in Arad, Israel

Macau[]

Malaysia[]

Mexico[]

Netherlands[]

Pharmacies in the Netherlands are mostly independently owned by pharmacists. In 2011, 31% of all pharmacies were part of one of the following chains:[1]

New Zealand[]

  • Unichem

Norway[]

An Apotek 1 pharmacy in Oslo, Norway

Philippines[]

Poland[]

Puerto Rico[]

  • CVS
  • Walgreens

Defunct chains[]

Singapore[]

Sweden[]

  • Apoteket
  • Doc Morris

Taiwan[]

Thailand[]

United Arab Emirates[]

United Kingdom[]

  • Asda Pharmacy
  • Boots Pharmacy
  • Lloyds Pharmacy
  • Morrisons Pharmacy
  • Superdrug Pharmacy
  • Tesco Pharmacy
  • Well Pharmacy

Other pharmacies[]

  • Numark – buying group of over 2,000 independently owned pharmacies in the UK

Internet pharmacies[]

  • Pharmacy2U – online mail-order pharmacy located in the UK
  • Medexpress – online mail-order pharmacy located in the UK
  • - online mail-order pharmacy located in the UK

United States[]

Many pharmacy chains in the United States are owned and operated by regional supermarket brands, or national big-box store brands such as Walmart. These pharmacies are located within their larger chain stores. The three largest free-standing pharmacy chains in the United States are Walgreens, CVS, and Rite Aid.

  • Ahold Financial Services (Giant)
  • BI-LO
  • Cerberus Capital (Albertsons)
  • Costco Pharmacies
  • CVS Corporation
  • Giant Eagle Pharmacy
  • Giant Food
  • H E B Drug Stores
  • Hy-Vee
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Kroger Company
  • Medicine Shoppe International
  • Meijer Groceries
  • Omnicare
  • Publix Pharmacies
  • Rite Aid Corporation
  • Safeway
  • Sears Holdings Corporation (Kmart)
  • Shopko
  • Shoprite Supermarkets
  • Supervalu
  • Target – pharmacies are operated by CVS
  • Walgreens
  • Walmart

Stand-alone pharmacy chains[]

Defunct chains[]

  • Arbor Drugs (acquired by CVS in 1998)
  • Big B Drugs (acquired by Revco in 1996; rebranded as CVS in 1997)
  • Brooks Pharmacy (acquired by Rite Aid in 2007)
  • Cunningham Drug (acquired by Walgreens in 1991)
  • Dart Drug (bankrupt in 1990)
  • Drug Emporium
  • Drug Fair (company liquidated in 2009, assets purchased by Walgreens)
  • Eckerd (acquired by Rite Aid in 2007)
  • Fay's Drug (purchased by JC Penney and rebranded as Eckerd in 1997)
  • Farmacias El Amal
  • Fred's (company liquidated in 2019)
  • GO Guy (purchased by Pay'n'Save in 1987)
  • Genovese Drug Stores (acquired by Eckerd parent JC Penney in 1998; rebranded in 2003)
  • Gray Drug (Bought by Rite Aid in 1987)
  • Happy Harry's (bought by Walgreens in 2006; rebranded in 2011)
  • Hook's Drug Stores (acquired by Revco in 1994)
  • IDL Drug Stores
  • Jean Coutu (US stores acquired by Rite Aid in 2004)
  • K&B (Acquired by Rite Aid in 1997)
  • Kerr Drug (acquired by Walgreens in 2013)
  • Lane Drug (purchased by Rite Aid in 1989)
  • LaVerdiere's (purchased by Rite Aid in 1994)
  • Medi Mart (sold to Walgreens in 1980s)
  • Osco Drug (freestanding stores acquired by and converted to CVS in 2006)
  • Pay 'n Save (acquired by Thirfty Corp. in 1988, rebranded as PayLess Drug)
  • PayLess Drug Stores (purchased by Rite Aid in 1996)
  • Peoples Drug (acquired by CVS in 1990; rebranded in 1994)
  • Perry Drug Stores (acquired by Rite Aid in 1995)
  • Phar-Mor (bankrupt in 2002)
  • Revco (bought by CVS in 1997, rebranded in 1998)
  • Rexall
  • Sav-on (freestanding stores acquired by and converted to CVS in 2006)
  • Snyder Drug (acquired by Walgreens in 2003)
  • Standard Drug (purchased by CVS in 1993; rebranded in 1994)
  • Thrift Drug (purchased by JC Penney and rebranded as Eckerd in 1997)
  • Thrifty Drugs (purchased by Rite Aid in 1996)
  • Treasury Drug (rebranded as Eckerd in 1997)
  • USA Drug (bought by Walgreens in 2012)
  • Wellby Super Drug (bought by Rite Aid in 1992)

Vatican City[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Lichte toename aantal apotheken — SFK Website" (in Dutch). Sfk.nl. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
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