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Top 25 Chain drug stores based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 976 chain drug stores headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 205,861 professional contacts across them, including 23,363 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers chain drug stores headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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The 25 largest chain drug stores based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 976 chain drug stores based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to chain drug stores: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceDeerfield, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+71,634 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 1901, Walgreens has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Indirect evidenceWoonsocket, RI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+46,719 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“CVS Pharmacy is a leading U.S.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Indirect evidencePhiladelphia, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+26,033 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Rite Aid is a full-service pharmacy committed to improving health outcomes.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Strong evidenceBoise, ID, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+19,954 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Albertsons Companies is one of the largest food and drug retailers in the United States, with over 2,200 stores in 34 states and the District of Columbia.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Indirect evidenceCranberry Township, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+11,265 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Giant Eagle, we believe in nourishing life’s moments, big and small, because they matter.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Indirect evidenceDeerfield, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+10,550 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) is an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader serving millions of customers and patients every day, with a 170-year heritage of…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Indirect evidenceLakeland, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+3,831 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Publix proudly launched its first pharmacy in 1986.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Partial evidenceMedina, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,224 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Our first store opened in Elyria, OH in 1969.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Partial evidenceGouverneur, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000895 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Kinney Drugs, we strive to provide the highest quality pharmacy, health, and retail services at fair and competitive prices in our communities; to serve and satisfy the needs…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Indirect evidenceBentonville, AR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+715 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Walmart is on a mission to transform the cost and convenience of healthcare in the communities we serve, by ensuring everyone has access to quality, affordable and convenient care.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Partial evidenceCastle Rock, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200329 contacts →

Partial evidence

“CVS Health Corporation is an American healthcare company that owns CVS Pharmacy, a retail pharmacy chain; CVS Caremark, a pharmacy benefits manager; and Aetna, a health insurance…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Indirect evidenceEast Syracuse, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000224 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Partial evidenceTampa, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000184 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Benzer Pharmacy is a chain of independent retail pharmacies that exists to improve the health of communities through the pharmacies and healthcare providers that serve them.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Indirect evidencePt Pleasant, WV, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000174 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Fruth Pharmacy first opened for business in 1952.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Indirect evidenceCanton, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200171 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our full-service pharmacies in Canton, Louisville, Minerva and New Philadelphia carry home medical equipment, diabetic supplies, vitamins, ostomy supplies, first aid, canes…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Indirect evidenceVidor, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a163 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We have been providing independent retail pharmacy services in Southeast Texas since 1979.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Indirect evidenceWindom, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-50146 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Indirect evidenceMilwaukee, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200123 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Hayat Pharmacy empowers people to live their best lives through quality, compassionate, solution-driven healthcare.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Indirect evidenceConrad, IA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500118 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our goal is to deliver the best pharmacy value without sacrificing the quality of care prized by our patients.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Partial evidenceDubuque, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500116 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Throughout our 100 plus year history, Hartig Drug has played a key role in progressive retail practices.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Partial evidenceDayton, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20075 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Guardian Drug Company was founded in 1984 by Dr.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22Indirect evidenceAlexandria, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a74 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Expert Care & Affordable Pharmacy Services for You!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23Indirect evidenceMooresville, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20073 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Cannon Pharmacy was established in 2002 and is locally owned and operated.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Indirect evidenceLoveland, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20071 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are a proudly independent Colorado-based company, operating ten retail pharmacies along with a dedicated specialty pharmacy that caters to assisted living, long-term care…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Indirect evidenceLittle Rock, AR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50070 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Express Rx, we want to be more than just another pharmacy in your community.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Chain drug stores based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
11.3%Verified-email coverage
210.9Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
3.1%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
523
11-50
356
51-200
55
201-500
14
501-1,000
4
1,001-5,000
4
5,001-10,000
2
10001+
11

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 976 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among chain drug stores, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “chain drug stores”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names chain drug stores), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among chain drug stores, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 23,363 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Chain drug stores by metro

  • Chain drug stores in New York30

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names chain drug stores, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many chain drug stores are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 976 chain drug stores headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Walgreens, headquartered in Deerfield, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most chain drug stores?

New York leads with 30 headquartered companies, followed by Houston (8) and Los Angeles (7).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 23,363 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 976 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.