Data as of Oct 17, 2026Rebuilt every Monday
The Store Count
An independent count of America’s chain stores, sourced, dated and graded
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Pharmacies: store counts and closures

The 1 pharmacies chains we grade have 7,883 US locations between them as of Oct 17, 2026. Over the past 12 months, 0 of them grew and 1 shrank on their store locators. Walgreens is the largest, with about 7,880 stores. Rite Aid closed its last stores in October 2025.

How the pharmacies chains changed in the past year

Walgreens▼ 0.9%
12-month change on each chain’s store locator. Paler bars are estimates, not yet anchored to a company count.

Every pharmacies chain we track

ChainSectorUS count12 monthsPast yearGradeStatus
WalgreensPharmaciesabout 7,880▼ 0.9%
estimate		BShrinking
CVS PharmacyPharmacies9,000
company, Jun 30, 2026		–CShrinking

Counts as of each chain’s latest clean weekly run (up to Oct 17, 2026), rounded to three significant figures. Grey rows are estimates: the company’s own count, shown because its store locator isn’t reliable enough right now. “Estimate” changes aren’t anchored to a company count yet.

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