List of pharmacies

This is a list of major pharmacies (also known as chemists and drugstores).

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), Sigma Company, and Symbion Health. A minority of pharmacies are owned by friendly societies, particularly in Victoria and South Australia.

API brands

• API Health Care Pharmacy
• Chemworld
• Pharmacist Advice
• Priceline Pharmacy
• Soul Pattinson — formerly owned by Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd

Sigma brands

• Amcal — formerly the Allied Master Chemists of Australia Limited
• Amcal Max
• Guardian

Symbion brands

• Chemmart
• Terry White Chemists

Friendly societies

• National Pharmacies

Canada

• Abbott Pharmacy - online branch of a small Vancouver based pharmacy chain
• Axis Drugs - small chain in Ontario
• Guardian
• Herbie's for Drug and Food
• I.D.A.
• Jean Coutu - Quebec
• Lawtons, based in Atlantic Canada
• London Drugs - mainly British Columbia
• Medicine Shoppe
• Payless for Drug and Food
• Pharma Plus
• Pharmacie Brunet - Quebec
• Pharmaprix
• Pharmasave
• Proxim (merger of Essaim and Santé Services)
• Rexall
• Shoppers Drug Mart
• Universal Drugstore

Defunct pharmacy chains

• Cunningham Drug Stores Ltd.
• United Pharmacy (merged into Pharmasave)
• Western Drug Mart (merged into Pharmasave)

France

• Drugstore Publicis

Hong Kong

• Watson's
• Manning's

Japan

• Matsumotokiyoshi

Malaysia

• Guardians
• Watsons

New Zealand

• Amcal
• Unichem
• Life Pharmacy (see Beauty Direct)
• Care Chemist
• Dispensary First
• Pharmacy Direct (primarily an online operation)
• Radius Pharmacy (new independent group)

The majority of the above pharmacies are franchises. However, recent legislation has opened pharmacy ownership in New Zealand to individuals and companies other than pharmacists. New foreign groups are beginning to enter the market. The most established new group is Radius Pharmacy, part of the Radius Health Group. However, in order to retain 'professionalism', pharmacists must still own a fraction of the store. Indepandant pharmacies are also common in New Zealand. New Zealand has active pharmacy guild and pharmaceutical society membership.

Sweden

In Sweden, the state-owned Apoteket is the only pharmacy.

United Kingdom

• Alliance Unichem
• Boots
• Celesio
• Superdrug
• Pharmacy2U
• United Chemists (unichem)
• Lloyd's Pharmacy
• Co-op Pharmacy and Chemists
• Moss Chemists
• Maskeen-Shah

United States

• CVS
• Dakota Drug
• Duane Reade
• Eckerd
• Family Pharmacy
• Good Neighbor Pharmacy
• IDL Drug Stores
• Jean Coutu
• Leader Drug Stores
• Longs Drug Stores
• Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy
• Online Internet USA Pharmacies
• Rexall
• Ridgeway Mail Order Pharmacy
• Rite Aid
• Sav-on
• Snyder Drug
• United Drugs
• Valu-Rite
• Walgreens
• Winn-Dixie

In addition, Wal-Mart features pharmacies in nearly all of its stores, and in many areas supermarkets have pharmacies as well.