Question: what is the largest drugstore chain in the us
Answer: 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 71