Pharmacies in the United States - wikipedia Pharmacies in the United States There are approximately 67,000 pharmacies in the United States. Almost half ( 33,000 ) are located within drug stores, grocery stores, hospitals, department stores, medical clinics, surgery clinics, universities, nursing homes, prisons, and other facilities. The remaining pharmacies are considered to be independent or privately owned. The top 25 pharmacy chain stores represent about 28,000 pharmacy locations in the U.S. and employ about 46,000 on - staff pharmacists. California has 5,560 pharmacies, the most of any state. Texas, New York, Florida and Pennsylvania round out the top five states for pharmacy locations. Pharmacy chains The table below shows the top 25 pharmacy chains in the United States per state ranked by the number of pharmacist 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 Store ( s ) CVS Corporation Woonsocket RI 24,000 9,700 Walgreens Deerfield IL 10,578 8,232 Walmart Stores Inc Bentonville AR 6,358 3,646 Rite Aid Corporation Camp Hill PA 5,523 4,608 Kroger Company Cincinnati OH 1,866 1,156 6 Target Corporation now CVS Pharmacy Minneapolis MN 1,436 1,672 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 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 West Des Moines 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 HE Butt Drug Stores San Antonio TX 315 191 19 Fred 's Inc. Memphis TN 315 259 20 Stop & Shop Supermarket Co Quincy MA 303 235 21 Giant Food Stores Llc Carlisle PA 297 204 22 Shopko Stores Inc Green Bay WI 288 131 23 Fred Meyer Pharmacy Division Portland OR 276 127 24 Smith 's Food & Drug Centers Inc Salt Lake City UT 268 132 25 Shoprite Supermarkets Inc Keasbey NJ 236 153 References Jump up ^ National Pharmacy Market Summary SK&A ( March 2010 ) http://www.skainfo.com/index.php Jump up ^ National Pharmacy Market Summary SK&A ( March 2010 ) http://www.skainfo.com/index.php Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pharmacies_in_the_United_States&oldid=798061387 '' Categories : Pharmacies of the United States Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 30 August 2017, at 19 : 19. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: how many retail pharmacies are there in the us
Answer: about 28,000