Drug Stores & Pharmacies Industry Competitors

Alliance Boots (formerly Boots Group) makes an even bigger footprint in Europe's retail pharmacy market now that the UK's #1 drugstore chain, Boots the Chemists (BTC), has combined its operations with drug wholesaler and retailer Alliance Unichem. Formed by the 2006 merger of the two firms, the pharmacy-led health and beauty group operates about 2,550 drugstores in the UK and another 500 pharmacies in another five European countries and Thailand....

The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) is one of Canada's leading drugstore chains with a network of more than 325 PJC Jean Coutu, PJC Clinique, and PJC Santé Beauté outlets in New Brunswick, Ontario, and Québec. The company dominates the Québec market but trails rivals Shoppers Drug Mart and Katz Group in overall store count....

Family-owned-and-operated Davila Pharmacy operates a single drugstore in San Antonio, Texas. Prescription medications account for about 40% of sales. Davila Pharmacy also offers durable medical equipment, ostomy, diabetic, nutritional and incontinent supplies....

After visiting the doc, customers in northeastern Illinois can fill their prescriptions at Doc's Drugs. The regional drugstore chain operates about 15 pharmacies under the Doc's Discount Drugs banner. In addition to dispensing prescription medications, Doc's Drugs sells medical equipment, collectibles, electronics, and toys, as well as offering film development....

It's all in the family at Fagen Pharmacy. The company operates about two dozen drugstores in small towns and midsize cities throughout northwest Indiana and Illinois. Its store formats vary and include full-line drugstores, pharmacies within supermarkets, and one pharmacy that supplies assisted living facilities with pharmaceuticals....

The largest drugstore chain south of the border, Farmacias Benavides fills prescriptions, sells over-the-counter medications, and offers a wide variety of personal care products through stores in about 130 Mexican cities. The chain's more than 600 stores are primarily located across Northern Mexico....

Fruth Pharmacy operates about 25 drugstores in southern Ohio and West Virginia. While prescriptions account for the majority of sales, Fruth pharmacies also sell gift items and computer supplies, and have floral departments and digital printing. The regional drugstore chain competes by constantly trying new things, such as participating in the Face2Face diabetes program and testing in-store dollar departments....

Happy Harry's is grinning ear-to-ear over its chain of discount drugstores. Founded in 1962 by Harry Levin as Discount Center, the company took the name Happy Harry's after customers nicknamed its owner "Happy" to reflect his personality. The company prided itself on keeping a small-town, corner store atmosphere even as, under Levin's son Alan, it grew to become the largest drugstore chain in Delaware....

Getting up there in years counts for something. Hartig Drug operates a chain of about 16 pharmacies throughout Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin. The 102-year-old drugstore chain was founded by A. J. Hartig and today is owned and operated by his grandson, CEO Richard "Dick" Hartig....

You can't "biggie-size" this combo. Hi-School Pharmacy operates about a dozen drugstores, 10 hardware stores, and several combination hardware/drugstores in Oregon, southwestern Washington, and California. The company also operates a single managed care pharmacy....

Holland & Barrett Holdings wants its customers to feel good about everything they put into and rub onto their bodies. A subsidiary of US-based NBTY, it's the holding company for NBTY's retail operations in Europe, including about 550 Holland & Barrett Retail, GNC (UK), and Nature's Way stores throughout the UK and Ireland....

Holland & Barrett Retail sees wealth in health. The firm is a leading retailer of more than 1,000 vitamins, minerals, and nutritional and herbal supplements sourced worldwide. It was acquired by NBTY in 1997. The retailer conducts extensive staff-training programs to ensure that products are used safely and prudently....

Founded by Burt Orrin Kinney, who opened the company's first drugstore in 1903, Kinney Drugs has grown to number about 90 stores in central and northern New York and Vermont. Most of Kinney's stores are freestanding units, some of which offer drive-through pharmacy and one-hour photo developing services, as well as expanded selections of convenience foods....

Rx marks the spot for Lawton's Drug Stores. The company operates about 65 pharmacies throughout Atlantic Canada. About half of the company's stores are in Nova Scotia, but it also has outlets in three other provinces, including nearly 20 stores in Newfoundland....

Shoppers in Western Canada in search of everything from cough syrup to computers shop London Drugs. The company is one of Canada's leading pharmacy chains with some 65 shops in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. London Drugs sells a mix of traditional drugstore products, as well as general merchandise, and computer and home entertainment equipment from large stores (average size 34,000 sq....

Medicap Pharmacies operates more than 180 community pharmacies in about three dozen US states. The drugstore chain franchises independent community pharmacies under the Medicap Pharmacy name. The company provides its franchisees with managed care expertise and help securing prescription contracts, among other services....

Navarro Discount Pharmacies operates about 30 drugstores in South Florida. The regional drugstore chain caters to Miami's Cuban population with low prices and beauty products and fragrances for Latin women. The stores, which average about 25,000 sq. ft., also feature large, well-stocked baby departments and offer food items and Hispanic favorites....

Nyer Medical Group wants to be top dog in the Boston pharmacy market. The group's pharmacy subsidiary, D.A.W., which does business as Eaton Apothecary, operates about a dozen pharmacies located in the greater Boston area. D.A.W. is the preferred drug provider of Sunrise Senior Living, which runs 16 assisted living facilities in Massachusetts....

Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy wants to offer far more than the prescriptions, over-the-counter aids, and greeting cards peddled by those other pharmacies. The company operates about two dozen retail pharmacy and health stores in California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington....

Pharmacy Won (formerly Hy & Zel's) operates a chain of about 10 drug and food stores in southern Ontario under the Pharmacy1 banner. Each store contains a pharmacy, household items, and convenience food products. The company was founded in 1980 by two brothers-in-law; later, in 2003, it was taken private by co-founder and CEO Zelick Goldstein....