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Top 25 Pharmaceutical companies based in the United States

Name: Pharmaceutical companies based in the United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 6, 2026 828 companies tracked

As of September 2026, this directory lists 828 pharmaceutical companies based in the United States, with 586,499 contacts and 204,334 email addresses. New York is the single most-represented city among the companies on this list.

Pharmaceutical companies research, develop, manufacture, or market medicines and other regulated drug products for human or veterinary use. This list covers companies whose primary business involves pharmaceutical research, drug development, pharmaceutical manufacturing, or the marketing of pharmaceutical products. Ranked by team size, largest first. Data current as of September 6, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 6, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

828Companies

586,499Contacts tracked

204,334Verified emails

144,944Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest pharmaceutical companies based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 828 pharmaceutical companies based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 6, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to pharmaceutical companies: 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Abbott	Indirect evidence	Abbott Park, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	10001+	123,815 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
2	Pfizer	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	10001+	88,560 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We’re celebrating over 175 years of daring scientific innovation-and we’re not done yet.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
3	Abbvie	Indirect evidence	North Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	10001+	50,568 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on creating medicines and solutions that put impact first, for patients, communities, and our world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
4	ELI Lilly And Company	Indirect evidence	Indianapolis, IN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	10001+	49,409 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We're a medicine company turning science into healing to make life better for people around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
5	MERCK	Indirect evidence	Rahway, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	10001+	38,156 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, we are unified around our purpose: We use the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
6	AMGEN	Indirect evidence	Thousand Oaks, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	10001+	33,433 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world’s toughest diseases, and make people’s lives easier, fuller and longer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
7	Cardinal Health	Strong evidence	Dublin, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	10001+	29,843 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Cardinal Health is a distributor of pharmaceuticals and specialty products; a supplier of home-health and direct-to-patient products and services; an operator of nuclear…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
8	MSD	Indirect evidence	Rahway, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	10001+	23,184 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At MSD, known as Merck & Co, Inc, Rahway, NJ, USA in the United States and Canada, we are unified around our purpose: We use the power of leading-edge science to save and improve…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
9	Kenvue	Indirect evidence	Summit, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	10001+	15,626 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Kenvue is the world’s largest pure-play consumer health company by revenue.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
10	MYLAN	Indirect evidence	Canonsburg, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	10001+	14,484 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We have combined with Upjohn, a legacy division of Pfizer, and are now Viatris.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
11	Organon	Indirect evidence	Jersey City, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	10001+	6,646 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Organon is a global healthcare company with a portfolio of therapies and products in women’s health, biosimilars, and established medicines across a wide array of conditions and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
12	Amneal Pharmaceuticals	Strong evidence	Bridgewater, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	5,001-10,000	6,073 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(NASDAQ: AMRX) is guided by a simple belief: essential medicines should be accessible to everyone.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
13	Lupin Pharmaceuticals	Strong evidence	Somerset, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	n/a	4,649 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
14	Daiichi Sankyo US	Indirect evidence	Basking Ridge, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	10001+	3,973 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Daiichi Sankyo, we create essential medicine for longer, better lives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
15	Hospira	Indirect evidence	Lake Forest, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	10001+	3,881 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hospira is now part of Pfizer Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
16	Eisai US	Indirect evidence	Nutley, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,570 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Eisai Inc, human health care (hhc) is our goal.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
17	Celgene	Indirect evidence	Summit, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	5,001-10,000	2,098 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We have merged with Bristol Myers Squibb creating a leading biopharma company, ideally positioned to discover, develop and deliver innovative medicines for patients fighting…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
18	EMD Serono, INC	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,578 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We aspire to create, improve and prolong life for people living with difficult-to-treat conditions like infertility, multiple sclerosis and cancer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
19	Torrent Pharma INC	Strong evidence	Basking Ridge, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	n/a	1,187 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Torrent Pharma Inc.(TPI) is the 100% US subsidiary of Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd, a leading pharmaceuticals company in India with a growing presence in the global generics market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
20	Valeant Pharmaceuticals	Indirect evidence	Bridgewater, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	10001+	1,121 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
21	Medimmune	Indirect evidence	Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1,001-5,000	886 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “MedImmune is the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
22	Purdue Pharma L.P	Indirect evidence	Stamford, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	501-1,000	885 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Purdue and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market medications to meet the evolving needs of healthcare professionals, patients, and caregivers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
23	Azurity Pharmaceuticals	Strong evidence	Woburn, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	501-1,000	790 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Azurity Pharmaceuticals is a privately held global pharmaceutical company dedicated to redefining medicine for the real world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
24	Cencora Pharma Solutions	Indirect evidence	Conshohocken, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	10001+	771 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Cencora, we are investing and innovating alongside our pharma customers to unlock their product’s potential.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
25	Akorn Pharmaceuticals	Strong evidence	Lake Forest, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1,001-5,000	616 contacts →
	Strong evidence “At Akorn, we develop, manufacture and market specialty pharmaceuticals, including prescription, consumer health and animal health products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: pharmaceutical companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names pharmaceutical companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of pharmaceutical companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name pharmaceutical companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Pharmaceutical companies based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 6, 2026

34.8%Verified-email coverage

24.7%Mobile-number coverage

708.3Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

2.5%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 6, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

274

11-50

273

51-200

142

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Freshness & accuracy

How recently the business emails on this list were verified

Email last verified

186,6520–30

12,53431–60

15761–90

5890–180

4,933180+

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 pharmaceutical companies, 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 “pharmaceutical companies”. 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 pharmaceutical companies), 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 pharmaceutical companies, 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, 204,334 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 6, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

How many pharmaceutical companies are listed based in the United States?

The directory lists 828 pharmaceutical companies based in the United States as of September 2026.

Which city has the most pharmaceutical companies on the list?

New York is the single most-represented city among the companies on the list.

How can I find contacts at pharmaceutical companies?

The directory includes 586,499 contacts and 204,334 email addresses associated with the listed pharmaceutical companies.

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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.