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
- Priceline Pharmacies
- Soul Pattinson – formerly owned by Washington H Soul Pattinson
Symbion brands
Canada
- 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
Hong Kong
India
Online Pharmacies
Ireland
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:
New Zealand
Norway
- Alliance Boots (opened in 2008 under the name Boots Apotek, using the same logos and products as in the UK)
- Apotek 1
- Central Norway Pharmaceutical Trust
- Ditt Apotek
- Northern Norway Pharmaceutical Trust
- Southern and Eastern Norway Pharmaceutical Trust
- Vitusapotek
- Western Norway Pharmaceutical Trust
Philippines
Poland
Puerto Rico
Defunct chains
Singapore
- Guardian Pharmacy
- Watsons Pharmacy
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Japan
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
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
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