List of pharmacies

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.

  • Chemist Warehouse

API brands

  • Priceline Pharmacies
  • Soul Pattinson – formerly owned by Washington H Soul Pattinson

Symbion brands

  • Terry White Chemmart

Canada

Pharmaprix drugstore in Alma
  • Brunet
  • Costco
  • DRUGStore Pharmacy
  • Familiprix
  • Jean Coutu
  • Lawtons
  • London Drugs
  • PharmaChoice
  • Pharmasave
  • Proxim (merger of Essaim and Santé Services)
  • Rexall
  • Shoppers Drug Mart (Pharmaprix in Quebec)
  • Uniprix
  • Value Drug Mart
  • Walmart

Online pharmacies

Defunct chains

  • Cadieux (acquired by Jean Coutu in 1987)
  • Cumberland Drugs (acquired by Uniprix 53 and Jean Coutu 19 in 1997)

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 Association of Danish Pharmacies 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

  • Mannings
  • Watsons

India

  • MedPlus
  • Apollo Pharmacy
  • Medlife

Ireland

  • Lloyds Pharmacy

Israel

A Super-Pharm in Arad, Israel
  • Super-Pharm

Macau

  • Watsons

Malaysia

  • Guardian Pharmacy
  • Watsons

Mexico

  • Farmacias Benavides
  • Farmacias Guadalajara

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]

  • Alliance Healthcare
  • Dio Drogist
  • Mediq

New Zealand

  • Unichem

Norway

An Apotek 1 pharmacy in Oslo, Norway

Philippines

  • Mercury Drug
  • South Star Drug
  • Watsons

Poland

  • Super-Pharm

Puerto Rico

  • CVS
  • Walgreens

Defunct chains

  • Farmacias El Amal

Singapore

  • Guardian Pharmacy
  • Watsons Pharmacy

Sweden

  • Apoteket
  • Doc Morris

Taiwan

  • Watsons

Thailand

  • Alliance Boots
  • GNC
  • Watsons

United Arab Emirates

  • Aster DM Healthcare

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
  • Signature Pharmacy - 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

  • Bartell Drugs (subsidiary of RiteAid since 2020; operates as separate brand name)
  • Boone Drug
  • CVS Pharmacy
  • Discount Drug Mart
  • Duane Reade (subsidiary of Walgreens since 2010; operates as separate brand name)
  • Family Pharmacy
  • Good Neighbor Pharmacy
  • Hartig Drug
  • Health Mart
  • Kinney Drugs
  • Leader Drug Stores
  • Lewis Drug
  • Longs Drugs (subsidiary of CVS since 2008)
  • Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy
  • Navarro Discount Pharmacies (subsidiary of CVS since 2015)
  • Rite Aid
  • Thrifty White
  • Valu-Rite
  • Walgreens

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

  • Vatican Pharmacy

See also

References

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