This article is a list of major pharmacies

Pharmacy

Pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs...

(also known as chemists and drugstores) by country.

Australia

Pharmacies in Australia are mostly independently-owned by pharmacists, often operated as franchises

Franchising

Franchising is the practice of using another firm's successful business model. The word 'franchise' is of anglo-French derivation - from franc- meaning free, and is used both as a noun and as a verb....

 of retail brands offered by the three major pharmaceutical wholesalers in Australia — Australian Pharmaceutical Industries

Australian Pharmaceutical Industries

Australian Pharmaceutical Industries is a health and beauty company in Australia that is involved in pharmaceutical distribution, retailing and manufacturing. API is Australia’s largest wholesale distributor of pharmaceutical and allied products . The company is involved in retailing through...

 (API), Sigma Company, and Symbion Health. A minority of pharmacies are owned by friendly societies

Friendly society

A friendly society is a mutual association for insurance, pensions or savings and loan-like purposes, or cooperative banking. It is a mutual organization or benefit society composed of a body of people who join together for a common financial or social purpose...

, particularly in Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

 and South Australia

South Australia

South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

.

API brands

• API Health Care Pharmacy
• Chemworld
• Pharmacist Advice
• Priceline Pharmacy
• Soul Pattinson — formerly owned by Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd
  Washington H. Soul Pattinson
  Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company Limited is an Australian investment company.-History:In 1872, Caleb Soul and his son Washington opened their first store at 177 Pitt Street, Sydney, trading as Washington H. Soul and Co...
  
  

Sigma brands

• Amcal
  Amcal Chemist
  Allied Master Chemists of Australia Limited was founded by Major General C. H. Simpson on 13 July 1937, starting a movement that was to greatly influence pharmacy in Australia...
  
   — formerly the Allied Master Chemists of Australia Limited
• Amcal Max
• Guardian

Chains

• Healthy Pharmacy
• Pharmacy 4 Less
• In2Health Pharmacy
• Blooms The Chemist
• Chemist Warehouse/My Chemist--Australia's largest pharmacy retailer
• Capital Chemist
• Pharmacy 777
• Pharmacy Help
• Pulse Pharmacy
• Pharmore
• YouSave Chemist
• Greg's Discount Chemist
• Pharmasave
  Pharmasave
  Pharmasave is a Canadian independent pharmacy and drugstore retailer. It is a member owned and governed cooperative founded in 1981 when United Pharmacy and Western Drug Mart joined together. Each of Pharmasave’s more than 430 stores operates independently and they range in size from small...
  
  
• Oze-Pharmacy
• Mediccom Superdrugs

Brazil

This is the 4 biggest drugstire companies in Brazil by revenue.

• Drogarias DPSP
  Drogarias DPSP
  Drogarias DPSP is the largest drugstore company in Brazil and in Latin America. The company was founded in 2011 through the merger of Drogaria São Paulo, headquartered in São Paulo and Drogaria Pacheco headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, currently the company is headquartered in São Paulo.The company ...
  
  
• Raia Drogasil
  Raia Drogasil
  Raia Drogasil is the second largest drugstore company in Brazil and in Latin America. The company was formed in 2011 from the merger of drugstore companies Droga Raia and Drogasil...
  
  
• Pague Menos
  Pague Menos
  Pague Menos is a Brazilian drustore chain, founded in 1981 and headquartered in Fortaleza, has 401 stores located in all Brazilian States and the Federal District, being the fourth biggest drugstore chain by number of stores and the third by revenue in Brazil, after Drogarias DPSP and Raia...
  
  
• Brazil Pharma

Canada

• Value Drug Mart
  Value Drug Mart
  Value Drug Mart is a Western Canada drug store serving over 35 locations throughout Alberta and British Columbia.-History:What is now known as Value Drug Mart Associates Ltd. was formed by a group of 13 pharmacists in 1978....
  
  
• Lawtons
  Lawtons
  Lawtons is a Canadian drug store chain owned by the Sobeys Group of Stellarton, Nova Scotia with a head office located in Dartmouth Nova Scotia. The company has over 67 locations operating throughout Atlantic Canada, in the provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and...
  
  
• PharmaChoice
• Alentex Pharmacy
• Dell Pharmacy
• Pharmacy 1 - based in southern Ontario, some originally as Hy & Zels (1963-2008)
• Lovell Drugs
• Total Health Pharmacy
• Brunet
  Brunet (pharmacy)
  Brunet is a group of pharmacists in Quebec, Canada.-History:Brunet's slogan, "En santé depuis 150 ans", is a double entendre and it is representative of the group's longevity. Wilfrid-Étienne Brunet founded the first Brunet pharmacy in 1855 in Quebec City, the largest one at the time...
  
  
• Familiprix
  Familiprix
  Familiprix is a Canadian group of independent pharmacists.-History:Médico-Prix started in 1977 in Eastern Quebec. It was renamed Familiprix on 17 October 1979. In the mid-1990s, it expanded into Montreal. Today, Familiprix has more than 250 locations in Quebec and New Brunswick...
  
  
• Jean Coutu
  Jean Coutu Group
  The Jean Coutu Group Inc. is a Canadian drugstore chain headquartered in Longueuil, Quebec. It has more than 360 franchised locations in New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec under the PJC Jean Coutu, PJC Clinique and PJC Santé Beauté banners...
  
  
• Proxim
  Proxim (pharmacy)
  Proxim is a Canadian group of pharmacists located in Quebec and to a lesser extent in Ontario and the Maritimes provinces. Proxim competes with Jean Coutu, Pharmaprix/Shoppers Drug Mart, Uniprix, Brunet and Familiprix...
  
   (merger of Essaim and Santé Services)
• Uniprix
  Uniprix
  Uniprix is a Quebec pharmacy chain founded in 1977 and based in Saint-Leonard, Montreal . It operates under four brands: Uniprix, Unipharm, Clinique Santé and Uniclinique...
  
  
• Pharmaprix
• Remedy's Rx
• DRUGStore Pharmacy
  Loblaw Companies
  Loblaw Companies Limited is the largest food retailer in Canada, with over 1,400 supermarkets operating under a variety of regional banners, including the namesake Loblaws. LCL is headquartered in Brampton, Ontario...
  
  
• Loblaw Pharmacy
  Loblaw Companies
  Loblaw Companies Limited is the largest food retailer in Canada, with over 1,400 supermarkets operating under a variety of regional banners, including the namesake Loblaws. LCL is headquartered in Brampton, Ontario...
  
  
• Guardian
  Katz Group of Companies
  Katz Group of Companies operates over 1,800 pharmacies in Canada and the United States. It is based in Edmonton, Alberta. Daryl Katz is chairman of the Katz Group of Companies.- Katz Group Canada :Katz Group Canada Ltd...
  
  
• Herbie's for Drug and Food
  Katz Group of Companies
  Katz Group of Companies operates over 1,800 pharmacies in Canada and the United States. It is based in Edmonton, Alberta. Daryl Katz is chairman of the Katz Group of Companies.- Katz Group Canada :Katz Group Canada Ltd...
  
  
• I.D.A.
  Katz Group of Companies
  Katz Group of Companies operates over 1,800 pharmacies in Canada and the United States. It is based in Edmonton, Alberta. Daryl Katz is chairman of the Katz Group of Companies.- Katz Group Canada :Katz Group Canada Ltd...
  
  
• London Drugs
  London Drugs
  London Drugs is a chain of Canadian retail stores with headquarters in Richmond, British Columbia. Its primary focus is on pharmaceuticals, electronics, housewares and cosmetics, with a limited selection of grocery items...
  
  
• Medicine Shoppe
  Katz Group of Companies
  Katz Group of Companies operates over 1,800 pharmacies in Canada and the United States. It is based in Edmonton, Alberta. Daryl Katz is chairman of the Katz Group of Companies.- Katz Group Canada :Katz Group Canada Ltd...
  
  
• Payless for Drug and Food
  Katz Group of Companies
  Katz Group of Companies operates over 1,800 pharmacies in Canada and the United States. It is based in Edmonton, Alberta. Daryl Katz is chairman of the Katz Group of Companies.- Katz Group Canada :Katz Group Canada Ltd...
  
  
• Pharma Plus
  Katz Group of Companies
  Katz Group of Companies operates over 1,800 pharmacies in Canada and the United States. It is based in Edmonton, Alberta. Daryl Katz is chairman of the Katz Group of Companies.- Katz Group Canada :Katz Group Canada Ltd...
  
  
• Rexall
  Katz Group of Companies
  Katz Group of Companies operates over 1,800 pharmacies in Canada and the United States. It is based in Edmonton, Alberta. Daryl Katz is chairman of the Katz Group of Companies.- Katz Group Canada :Katz Group Canada Ltd...
  
  
• Safeway Pharmacy
  Safeway Inc.
  Safeway Inc. , a Fortune 500 company, is North America's second largest supermarket chain after The Kroger Co., with, as of December 2010, 1,694 stores located throughout the western and central United States and western Canada. It also operates some stores in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Eastern...
  
  
• Shoppers Drug Mart
  Shoppers Drug Mart
  Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation is Canada's largest pharmacy chain with more than 1,241 stores operating under the names Shoppers Drug Mart in nine provinces and two territories and Pharmaprix in Quebec as well as in Hawkesbury, Ontario....
  
  /Pharmaprix
• Pharmasave
  Pharmasave
  Pharmasave is a Canadian independent pharmacy and drugstore retailer. It is a member owned and governed cooperative founded in 1981 when United Pharmacy and Western Drug Mart joined together. Each of Pharmasave’s more than 430 stores operates independently and they range in size from small...
  
  
• Pharmachoice

Chile

70 % marketshare following three chains:

• Farmacias Cruz Verde is the largest retail pharmacy chain in Chile.
• FASA with operations in Mexico and Perú. Largest retail pharmacy chain in Latin America.
• SALCOBRAND

China

The key players in the drugstore industry in China are:

• PG Pharma/Medicine Shoppe China
• China Nepstar
  China Nepstar
  China Nepstar , the trading name of China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd. , is China's largest retail drugstore chain on the number of directly operated stores....
  
  , Shenzhen-based - China's largest
• SuperPharm, Israeli company has about 65 stores in China, as of 2007
• Watsons, owned HK-based Hutchison Whampoa
• Shenzhen Accord Pharmacy Co., Ltd.
• Shenzhen Associate Pharmacy Co., Ltd.
• Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Company
• Jianmin Chain Drugstore
• Guangzhou Caizhilin Chain Drugstore
• Liaoning Chengda Co., Ltd.
• Hangzhou Wulin Drugstore Co., Ltd.
• Ningbo Siming Dayaofang Co., Ltd.
• Hunan Laobaixing Big Drugstore Chain Co., Ltd.
• Hunan Zhilin Medicine (Group) Co., Ltd.
• Hubei Ready Medicine Industry Co., Ltd.
• Chongqing Tongjunge Big Drugstore Chain Co., Ltd.
• Shanghai Huashi Pharmacy Co., Ltd.
• Beijing Golden Elephant Pharmacy Chain Co., Ltd.

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

Higher education

Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...

 in the Danish pharmacies: pharmaconomist

Pharmaconomist

Pharmaconomist means expert in pharmaceuticals . Pharmaconomists are a pharmaceutical professional group in Denmark with a 3 year higher tertiary education...

s (Danish

Danish language

Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...

: farmakonomer) and pharmacist

Pharmacist

Pharmacists are allied health professionals who practice in pharmacy, the field of health sciences focusing on safe and effective medication use...

s (Danish: farmaceuter). There are also pharmacy technician

Pharmacy technician

A pharmacy technician, also sometimes known as a pharmaceutical technician, is a health care worker who performs pharmacy related functions, generally working under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist or other health professional...

s (Danish: defektricer) who have a vocational training and unskilled laborers

Laborer

A Laborer or labourer - see variation in english spelling - is one of the construction trades, traditionally considered unskilled manual labor, as opposed to skilled labor. In the division of labor, laborers have all blasting, hand tools, power tools, air tools, and small heavy equipment, and act...

/workers

Blue-collar worker

A blue-collar worker is a member of the working class who performs manual labor. Blue-collar work may involve skilled or unskilled, manufacturing, mining, construction, mechanical, maintenance, technical installation and many other types of physical work...

 (Danish: servicemedarbejdere) who perform manual labour

Manual labour

Manual labour , manual or manual work is physical work done by people, most especially in contrast to that done by machines, and also to that done by working animals...

.

Egypt

El seif Pharmacies
delmar we atallah pharmacies

El-Ezaby Pharmacies

Ali & Ali Pharmacies

Ali's image (separated from Ali&Ali )Pharmacies

dakog mata

Tarshouby Pharmacies

Henaidy Pharmacies

Germany

Germany is biggest pharmacy market in Europe with €35 billion, or $46 billion, of revenue each year. In Germany, pharmacies are known as "Apotheken". Like France, they are all independently-owned by pharmacists, and like France, there are no pharmacy chains. In hindsight to consumer protection, German law bans chains of Apotheken, but generally allows self- employed pharmacists to individually operate a maximum of four outlets, all of which must be in close proximity.

Other types of retailing are strongly opposed to offer the same types of services as an Apotheke. These retailers would not have the necessary expertise to provide proper patient care and this has been upheld by the European Court of Justice in its ruling of May 2009. Traditionally in Germany, drugs were not discountable and the entire trade with pharmaceuticals was limited to the single channel of the Apotheke. In 2004 however, the health care reform law GMG

GMG

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 allowed free pricing of OTC

OTC

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- products. This led to a significant decrease of OTC- prices in competitive areas. Internet and mail-order purchasing of drugs has also become an alternative, however it only accounts for about 5% of German pharmaceutical trade.

Online- pharmacy DocMorris has been introducing the first, licence based pharmacy chain model in Germany in 2007. Alongside their brand, they are offering standardized services in their pharmacies, whilst they do not operate or own them. They also offer discounted OTC products. Besides this model, German pharmacies are for the most part organized in wholesaler- based cooperations like LINDA

Linda

Linda may refer to:* Linda , a female given name * Linda , stage name of Svetlana Geiman, a Russian singer* "Linda" , a popular song written by Jack Lawrence...

, gesund leben, Meine Apotheke or Vivesco. These cooperations are offering discounts in purchasing and support e.g. in Marketing.

DocMorris CEO Ralf Daeinghaus claims the German system to be monopolistic because government sets the profit margin that drug makers, wholesalers and pharmacists are allowed to make, resulting in stronlgy invariant price levels at all traditional outlets- even though most of the 21,500 pharmacies in the country are run independently. Traditional German pharmacists respond that a strategy of generally discounting pharmaceuticals may push people to use more drugs and would be against the general principles of health and customer protection.

India

• Dawakhana Shifaul Amraz
  Dawakhana Shifaul Amraz
  Dawakhana Shifaul Amraz , was a Unani pharmaceutical company established in 1894 at Tijara, India. It was one of the largest manufacturer of many Unani medicine before the partition of India.-History:...
  
  
• Hayat Pharmacy
• Health One Pharmacy
• 98.4 Pharmacy
• MedPlus Pharmacy
• Religare Wellness
• Apollo Pharmacy
• Guardian Life Care
• VIVA PHARMACY
• Wellness Forever Medicare Pvt. Ltd.

Kuwait

• Failaka chain pharmacies
• Care Pharmacy
• Care Pharmacy, the largest retail pharmacy chain in Kuwait
  Kuwait
  The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...
  
  , A subsidiary of Ali Abdulwahab Sons & Co.
• Ali Abdulwahab Sons & Co.\

Malaysia

• Pharmacy Mas under Tina Pharmaceutical company in Johor runs 24 hours a day. (This pharmacy does NOT even exist)
• Watsons
• Guardian

México

• Farmacias Benavides
  Farmacias Benavides
  Farmacias Benavides S.A. de C.V. is a Mexican drugstore chain.It was founded in 1917 in Monterrey, Mexico, and has been partly owned since December 2002 by the Chilean pharmacy company Farmacias Ahumada...
  
  
• Farmacia Guadalajara
  Farmacia Guadalajara
  Farmacia Guadalajara is a Mexican drugstore chain, that was founded in 1942 in Guadalajara, Jalisco. In 1992 it opened the location outside Guadalajara in Aguascalientes City, and currently has more than 700 drugstores in 19 States....
  
  
• Farmacias del Ahorro
• Farmacias Similares

New Zealand

• Amcal
• Care Chemist
• Life Pharmacy (see Beauty Direct)
• Radius Pharmacy (part of the Radius Health Group)(Recently bought by Pharmacy Brands)
• Unichem

The majority of the above pharmacies are franchises. New foreign groups are beginning to enter the New Zealand market. Independent pharmacies are also common in New Zealand.

Recent legislation has opened pharmacy ownership in New Zealand to individuals and companies other than pharmacists. However, in order to retain professionalism, pharmacists must still own a significant percentage of the pharmacy. New Zealand also has active Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (Inc) and Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand (Inc) membership organisations.

Norway

• Apotek 1
  Apotek 1
  Apotek 1 is the largest pharmacy chain in Norway, owned by Apokjeden with more than 240 outlets in 2009. The chain was first established in 1999, but has since the deregulation in 2001 expanded massively and now has a 40% market share....
  
  
• Vitusapotek
  Vitusapotek
  Vitusapotek is a chain of 140 pharmacies in Norway owned and run by Norsk Medisinaldepot, a subsidiary of the German company Celesio AG. The chain is based in Oslo, and is the second largest in Norway, after Apotek1....
  
  
• Alliance Apotek
  Alliance Apotek
  Alliance Apotek is a pharmacy chain in Norway owned by Alliance Boots that operates 140 outlets throughout the country. The chain was established in 2001 after the deregulation of the pharmacy market in Norway. Alliance is the smallest of the three pharmacy wholesalers in Norway.Today the majority...
  
  
• Alliance Boots
  Alliance Boots
  Alliance Boots GmbH is a leading international, pharmacy-led health and beauty group. It has two core business activities - pharmacy-led health and beauty retailing, and pharmaceutical wholesaling and distribution - and has a presence in more than 25 countries...
  
   (Opened in 2008 under the name Boots Apotek, using the same logos and products as in the UK)
• Ditt Apotek
  Ditt Apotek
  Ditt Apotek is a chain of 80 pharmacies owned and run by independent pharmacists on franchise from Norsk Medisinaldepot, a subsidiary of Celesio. The chain is the fourth largest, and thus smallest, in Norway. The chain was established in 2001 after the deregulation of the pharmacy market in Norway...
  
  
• Southern and Eastern Norway Pharmaceutical Trust
  Southern and Eastern Norway Pharmaceutical Trust
  Southern and Eastern Norway Pharmaceutical Trust is a health trust owned by Southern and Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority that operates nineteen hospital pharmacies...
  
  
• Western Norway Pharmaceutical Trust
  Western Norway Pharmaceutical Trust
  Western Norway Pharmaceutical Trust is a health trust owned by Western Norway Regional Health Authority that operates four hospital pharmacies at Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Stavanger Hospital, Haugesund Hospital and Førde Hospital. The pharmacies are part of the Ditt Apotek chain and...
  
  
• Central Norway Pharmaceutical Trust
  Central Norway Pharmaceutical Trust
  Central Norway Pharmaceutical Trust is a health trust owned by Central Norway Regional Health Authority that operates four hospital pharmacies at St. Olavs Hospital in Trondheim, Kristiansund Hospital, Molde Hospital and Ålesund Hospital. The pharmacies are part of the Ditt Apotek chain and use...
  
  
• Northern Norway Pharmaceutical Trust
  Northern Norway Pharmaceutical Trust
  Hospital Pharmacy of North Norway Trust is a health trust owned by Northern Norway Regional Health Authority that operates six hospital pharmacies...
  
  

Philippines

• Family Friendly Pharmacy
• Mercury Drug
  Mercury Drug
  Mercury Drug is the leading chain of drugstores in the Philippines.- History :The company began in 1945 with a single store owned by Mariano Que. He named it after Mercury, the messenger of the gods in Roman mythology and whose staff, the caduceus, is sometimes used as a symbol of medicine.In 1945,...
  
  
• Acme Drugstore & Minimart
• Farmacia ni Dok (Retail Pharmacy + Distribution Center)
• South Star Drug
  South Star Drug
  South Star Drug is a chain of drugstores in the Philippines. It was established in 1937 as a small business venture engaged in the retail of Chinese herbal medicines, located in Naga City, Philippines....
  
  
• Watsons
• Metro Pharmacy
• Genetics Pharmacy
• Rose Pharmacy
• Manson Drug
• Dalph
• MedExpress
• Megalife Drugstore
• Princess Au Pharmacy
• Z.C. United Pharmacy
• 360 Pharmacy

Specialty Pharmacies:

• General Nutrition Centers (GNC)
• Healthy Options

Sri Lanka  

• Central Pharmacy & Stores - Borella
• MEDIGIRL
• Harcourts (Pvt) Ltd
• Kandy Medicals - Kandy
• Mediccom Superdrugs- The 24 hours Pharmacy- Colombo 7www.mymediccom.com

Sweden

• Apoteket AB (state-owned)
• Apoteksgruppen (state-owned)
• Apotek Hjärtat
• Cura apoteket (shop-in-shop at ICA)
• DocMorris
• Kronans Droghandel
• Medstop
• Vårdapoteket

Thailand

• Alliance Boots
  Alliance Boots
  Alliance Boots GmbH is a leading international, pharmacy-led health and beauty group. It has two core business activities - pharmacy-led health and beauty retailing, and pharmaceutical wholesaling and distribution - and has a presence in more than 25 countries...
  
   - 160 stores
• Watsons - 180 stores
• GNC
  General Nutrition Centers
  General Nutrition Centers is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based American commercial enterprise focused on the retail sale of health and nutrition related products, including vitamins, supplements, minerals, herbs, sports nutrition, diet & energy products.-History:In 1935, David Shakarian opened a...
  
   - 30 stores

Pharmacy-led chains

• Alliance Boots
  Alliance Boots
  Alliance Boots GmbH is a leading international, pharmacy-led health and beauty group. It has two core business activities - pharmacy-led health and beauty retailing, and pharmaceutical wholesaling and distribution - and has a presence in more than 25 countries...
  
   — has over 2,500 stores:
  • Boots the Chemists
  • Alliance Unichem — merged on 31 July 2006 with Boots the Chemists, to form Alliance Boots - had just under 1,000 stores
    • Moss Pharmacy — acquired by Alliance UniChem in 2005 and rebranded to "Alliance Pharmacy"
• Co-op Pharmacy — has more than 800 branches in the UK .
• Lloydspharmacy
  Lloydspharmacy
  Lloyds Pharmacy is the largest community pharmacy operator in the United Kingdom. It operates over 1,700 pharmacies, located primarily within local communities and health centres...
  
   — owned by Celesio
  Celesio
  Celesio AG is a German healthcare and pharmaceutical company, represented in 14 countries, with a revenue of 21.5 billion euro and more than 46,000 employees...
  
   (until 2003 named GEHE), has over 1,600 pharmacies in the UK
• Numark
  Numark (pharmacy)
  Numark Ltd is a chain of independent pharmacies in the UK. With over 2,500 outlets throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, they are the largest such chain in the UK....
  
   — chain of independent pharmacies with over 2,000 outlets in the UK
• Rowlands Pharmacy - chain of over 500 branches throughout the UK
• Superdrug
  Superdrug
  Superdrug Stores PLC is Britain's second-largest beauty and health retailer behind Boots. Superdrug - part of the AS Watson Group which in turn is part of the Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa - is a UK based company with over 890 stores, which since 2006, includes the Republic of Ireland...
  
   — has over 225 in-store pharmacies in the UK

Supermarket chains

• Asda
  Asda
  Asda Stores Ltd is a British supermarket chain which retails food, clothing, general merchandise, toys and financial services. It also has a mobile telephone network, , Asda Mobile...
  
   — has more than 100 in-store pharmacies in the UK
• Sainsbury's - Hundreds of stores have in-store pharmacies, including consulting rooms. Sainsbury's is the first supermarket in the UK to start having GP's working in their pharmacies as part of smaller doctor surgeries.
• Tesco
  Tesco
  Tesco plc is a global grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues and the second-largest measured by profits...
  
  
• Morrisons
  Morrisons
  Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The company is usually referred to and is branded as Morrisons formerly Morrison's, and it is part of the FTSE 100 Index of companies...
  
  

Pharmacy chains

The table below shows the Top 25 Pharmacy chains in the United States per state ranked by the number of pharmacists in each location, according to the National Pharmacy Market Summary done by SK&A 2010

Top 25 Pharmacy chains ranked by the number of pharmacists

Rank	Pharmacy Chains	City	State	Pharmacists	Stores
1	Walgreens Corporate Office	Deerfield	IL	10,578	5,274
2	CVS 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 Corp	Minneapolis	MN	1,436	1,011
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	Supervalu Pharmacies	United States		900
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	Wdm	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	>Quincy	MA	303	235
21	>Carlisle	PA	297	204
22	>Green Bay	WI	288	131
23	>Portland	OR	276	127
24	>Salt Lake Cty	UT	268	132
25	>Florida	NY	236	153

Pharmacy chains=

• Arbor Drugs
  Arbor Drugs
  Arbor Drugs was a chain of drug stores based in Troy, Michigan.It was founded by Eugene Applebaum and Bruno Manni in 1974, when they merged five stores and incorporated the chain under the Arbor name. In 1986, the chain went public, opening on NASDAQ under the stock symbol ARBR...
  
   (acquired by CVS
  CVS Corporation
  CVS Pharmacy, or simply CVS, is the second largest pharmacy chain in the United States , with over 7,000 stores in 41 states and Puerto Rico...
  
   in 1998)
• Bartell Drugs
  Bartell Drugs
  Bartell Drugs is a chain of pharmacies in the Puget Sound area of the U.S. state of Washington. Currently, they primarily serve the Seattle and King County area but have been slowly expanding into Snohomish and Pierce Counties to the North and South, respectively. George D. Bartell, grandson of the...
  
  
• Brooks Pharmacy
  Brooks Pharmacy
  Brooks Pharmacy was a chain of more than 330 pharmacies located throughout New England and New York and has been a well-recognized name in the New England pharmacy industry for several decades. The corporate headquarters were located in Warwick, Rhode Island...
  
   (acquired by Rite Aid
  Rite Aid
  Rite Aid is a drugstore chain in the United States and a Fortune 500 company headquartered in East Pennsboro Township, Pennsylvania, near Camp Hill. Rite Aid is the largest drugstore chain on the East Coast and the third largest drugstore chain in the U.S....
  
   in 2007)
• CVS/pharmacy
• Dakota Drug
  Dakota Drug
  Dakota Drug is a health care products supplier to independent pharmacies in the Upper Midwest. It also provides marketing and promotional materials. The company was founded in 1948....
  
  
• Discount Drug Mart
  Discount Drug Mart
  - Overview :Discount Drug Mart, Inc., is an Ohio-based drug store chain that opened its first store in Elyria, Ohio in 1969. It now operates over 67 stores in more than 20 of Ohio’s 88 counties, with its corporate headquarters and warehouse based in Medina, Ohio. The store prides itself on its...
  
  
• Duane Reade
  Duane Reade
  Duane Reade Inc., a subsidiary of the Walgreen Company, is a chain of pharmacy and convenience stores, primarily located in New York City, known for its high volume small store layouts in densely populated Manhattan locations...
  
   (subsidiary of Walgreens
  Walgreens
  Walgreen Co. , doing business as Walgreens , is the largest drugstore chain in the United States of America. As of August 31st, the company operates 8,210 locations across all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1901, and has since expanded...
  
   since 2010)
• Eaton Apothecary
• Eckerd (acquired by Rite Aid
  Rite Aid
  Rite Aid is a drugstore chain in the United States and a Fortune 500 company headquartered in East Pennsboro Township, Pennsylvania, near Camp Hill. Rite Aid is the largest drugstore chain on the East Coast and the third largest drugstore chain in the U.S....
  
   in 2007)
• Fagen Pharmacy
• Farmacias El Amal
  Farmacias El Amal
  Farmacias El Amal, is regional pharmacy chain operating throughout Puerto Rico. It operates more than 40 pharmacies across Puerto Rico. The chain is privately held and was founded in 1973....
  
  
• Family Pharmacy
  Family Pharmacy
  Family Pharmacy is a network of 2,100 independently owned and operated pharmacies. The servicemark Family Pharmacy is owned by AmerisourceBergen. AmerisourceBergen also supplies Good Neighbor Pharmacy, a similar but distinct network. It can be considered a retailers' cooperative....
  
  
• Fruth Pharmacy
  Fruth Pharmacy
  Fruth Pharmacy is an American chain of 25 drug stores located in western West Virginia and southern Ohio. Its headquarters is located in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. The company was founded by Jack E. Furth in 1952....
  
  
• Good Neighbor Pharmacy
  Good Neighbor Pharmacy
  Good Neighbor Pharmacy is an American retailers' cooperative network of over 3,700 independently owned and operated pharmacies. It has a business affiliation with AmerisourceBergen, which sponsors the network and owns the name "Good Neighbor Pharmacy". Good Neighbor Pharmacy received the highest...
  
  
• Health Mart
  Health Mart
  Health Mart is a network of more than 2,500 independently owned and operated pharmacies. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of McKesson Pharmaceuticals, which owns the name "Health Mart."...
  
  
• IDL Drug Stores
  IDL Drug Stores
  IDL Drug Stores or the Independent Drugstores League was a cooperative of independent drugstores that disbanded in the late 1960s. Several drugstores retain the IDL name, including Seebers IDL in Newport, Washington and Schneiders IDL in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Among their promotional items were...
  
  
• Kerr Drug
  Kerr Drug
  Kerr Drug is an American chain of 76 drug stores throughout North Carolina. Its headquarters is located in Raleigh, North Carolina.The company was founded in Raleigh by Banks Kerr in 1951. The chain was operating 97 stores when it was acquired in 1995 by JCPenney...
  
  
• Jean Coutu
  Jean Coutu Group
  The Jean Coutu Group Inc. is a Canadian drugstore chain headquartered in Longueuil, Quebec. It has more than 360 franchised locations in New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec under the PJC Jean Coutu, PJC Clinique and PJC Santé Beauté banners...
  
  
• Jim Cash Pharmacy
• Kinney Drugs
  Kinney Drugs
  Kinney Drugs is a chain of over 90 drug stores and pharmacies throughout Central and Northern New York, as well as Vermont. Its headquarters is located in Gouverneur.The company was founded in 1903 by Burt Orrin Kinney, a native of Gouverneur...
  
  
• Leader Drug Stores
  Leader Drug Stores
  Leader Drug Stores is a network of over 3,100 independently owned and operated pharmacies. It has a business affiliation with Cardinal Health, which sponsors the network and owns the name "Leader Drug Stores". Cardinal Health also owns the franchise chain The Medicine Shoppe. It operates like a...
  
  
• Longs Drug Stores (subsidiary of CVS since 2008)
• Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy
• Navarro Discount Pharmacies
  Navarro Discount Pharmacies
  Navarro Discount Pharmacies, Inc., frequently referred to as Navarro is the largest Hispanic-owned pharmacy chain, photo service, and pharmacy benefit manager in the United States. The company is headquartered in Miami, Florida. The company mainly operates in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties and...
  
  
• Osco Drug
  Osco Drug
  Osco Drug is a chain of pharmacy stores which today operate as in-store pharmacies under SuperValu Pharmacies. Osco Pharmacy is found in Jewel-Osco, Albertsons, Shaw's and Star Market, while Sav-on Pharmacy is found in Acme and Albertsons. Since 2006, Osco is a wholly owned subsidiary of...
  
   (freestanding stores acquired by and converted to CVS
  CVS Corporation
  CVS Pharmacy, or simply CVS, is the second largest pharmacy chain in the United States , with over 7,000 stores in 41 states and Puerto Rico...
  
   in 2006)
• Rexall
  Rexall
  Rexall was a chain of North American drugstores, and the name of their store-branded products. The stores, having roots in the federation of United Drug Stores starting in 1902, licensed the Rexall brand name to as many as 12,000 drug stores across the United States from 1920 to 1977...
  
  
• Rite Aid
  Rite Aid
  Rite Aid is a drugstore chain in the United States and a Fortune 500 company headquartered in East Pennsboro Township, Pennsylvania, near Camp Hill. Rite Aid is the largest drugstore chain on the East Coast and the third largest drugstore chain in the U.S....
  
  
• Sav-on (freestanding stores acquired by and converted to CVS
  CVS Corporation
  CVS Pharmacy, or simply CVS, is the second largest pharmacy chain in the United States , with over 7,000 stores in 41 states and Puerto Rico...
  
   in 2006)
• Snyder Drug
• United Drugs
• Valu-Rite
  Valu-Rite
  Valu-Rite is a network of over 4,000 independently owned and operated pharmacies established in 1979. It has a business affiliation with McKesson Pharmaceuticals, which sponsors the network and owns the name "Valu-Rite"...
  
  
• Walgreens
  Walgreens
  Walgreen Co. , doing business as Walgreens , is the largest drugstore chain in the United States of America. As of August 31st, the company operates 8,210 locations across all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1901, and has since expanded...
  
  

Pharmacies in other stores

Target

Target Corporation

Target Corporation, doing business as Target, is an American retailing company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the second-largest discount retailer in the United States, behind Walmart. The company is ranked at number 33 on the Fortune 500 and is a component of the Standard & Poor's...

 and Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000...

 feature pharmacies in nearly all of their stores.

In addition, in many areas supermarkets have pharmacies. Some of these include:

• Publix
  Publix
  Publix Super Markets, Inc. is an American supermarket chain based in Lakeland, Florida.Founded in 1930 by George W. Jenkins, it is an employee-owned, privately held corporation. Publix is currently ranked No. 86 on Fortune magazine's list of 100 Best Companies to Work For 2010 and was ranked No...
  
  
• Kmart
  Kmart
  Kmart, sometimes styled as "K-Mart," is a chain of discount department stores. The chain acquired Sears in 2005, forming a new corporation under the name Sears Holdings Corporation. The company was founded in 1962 and is the third largest discount store chain in the world, behind Wal-Mart and...
  
  
• Meijer
  Meijer
  Meijer, Inc. is a regional American hypermarket chain based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Founded in 1934 as a supermarket chain, Meijer is credited with pioneering the modern supercenter concept in 1962. About half of the company's 196 stores are located in Michigan, with additional locations in...
  
  
• Giant Food of Landover, Maryland
  Giant Food of Landover, Maryland
  Giant Food LLC is a supermarket chain with 202 stores in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.. It is headquartered in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, near Landover. Giant often is known as Giant-Landover to avoid confusion with sibling company Giant-Carlisle...
  
  
• Kroger
  Kroger
  The Kroger Co. is an American supermarket chain founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It reported US$ 76.7 billion in sales during fiscal year 2009. It is the country's largest grocery store chain and its second-largest grocery retailer by volume and second-place general retailer...
  
  
• Safeway Inc.
  Safeway Inc.
  Safeway Inc. , a Fortune 500 company, is North America's second largest supermarket chain after The Kroger Co., with, as of December 2010, 1,694 stores located throughout the western and central United States and western Canada. It also operates some stores in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Eastern...
  
  
• Wegmans
• Winn-Dixie
• Shop Rite

Venezuela

• Farmatodo
• Locatel
• Farmahorro
• Farmaofertas
• Ecofarma
• Pharmastat