Trends · data through September 2026

Pharmacies in California

Iceflower tracks 2,938 stores from 704 pharmacy chains in California. Cheaper Cigarettes grew fastest over the last year, ahead of CVS Pharmacy and Walgreens.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
704
Tracked stores
2,938
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked pharmacy chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Cheaper Cigarettes and CVS Pharmacy sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Cheaper Cigarettes - +17.2%
2 C CVS Pharmacy logo CVS Pharmacy - +13.6%
3 W Walgreens logo Walgreens - +7.2%
4 A ABC Pharmacy - +6.3%
5 M Medicine Shoppe logo Medicine Shoppe - +3.3%
6 P Pioneer Drug Store - +0.5%
7 E Express Pharmacy - -5.9%
8 A AHF Pharmacy - -8.7%
9 K Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy logo Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy - -75.4%
  • CVS Pharmacy
  • Walgreens
  • Kaiser Permanente Distribution Center
  • Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy
  • Anza Valley Pharmacy
  • Alto Pharmacy
  • PIH Health
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

2,938 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • CVS Pharmacy (1,182)
  • Walgreens (598)
  • Kaiser Permanente Distribution Center (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy (19)
  • Anza Valley Pharmacy (1)
  • Alto Pharmacy (1)
  • PIH Health (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 C CVS Pharmacy logo CVS Pharmacy 1,182
  • 2 W Walgreens logo Walgreens 598
  • 3 K Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy logo Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy 19
  • 4 M Medicine Shoppe logo Medicine Shoppe 13
  • 5 9 986 Pharmacy 7
  • 6 A ABC Pharmacy 6
  • 7 E Express Pharmacy 4
  • 8 W West Coast 4
  • 9 A AHF Pharmacy 4
  • 10 B Burt's Pharmacy logo Burt's Pharmacy 3
  • 11 C Cheaper Cigarettes 3
  • 12 M Medical Arts Pharmacy 3
  • 13 P Pioneer Drug Store 3
  • 14 D Dokimos Pharmacy 2
  • 15 T Total Care Pharmacy 2
  • 16 B Best Care Pharmacy 2
  • 17 N New Pharmacy 2
  • 18 O OptumRx logo OptumRx 2
  • 19 C Central Drugs Compounding Pharmacy 2
  • 20 C Capitol Drugs 2
  • 21 Y Yolo Pharmacy 2
  • 22 G Genoa Healthcare logo Genoa Healthcare 2
  • 23 C Custom Care Compounding 2
  • 24 T Tower Pharmacy 2
  • 25 V Valley Pharmacy 2
  • 26 M Mercy Plaza Pharmacy 2
  • 27 Q Queens Pharmacy 2
  • 28 E el Tejon Pharmacy 2
  • 29 I Innovative Compounding Pharmacy 2
  • 30 M Moran's Pharmacy 1
  • 31 J John's Shop Rite Pharmacy 1
  • 32 M Ming & H Drugs 1
  • 33 O Oaks Community Pharmacy 1
  • 34 G Greenfield Compounding Pharmacy 1
  • 35 V Village Pharmacy 1
  • 36 A Apotheco Pharmacy Choice Bay Area logo Apotheco Pharmacy Choice Bay Area 1
  • 37 K King's Pharmacy & Compounding Center 1
  • 38 W Wellness Pharmacy 1
  • 39 V Vineyard Pharmacy & Gifts 1
  • 40 M Magnolia Pharmacy 1
  • 41 M Ming Plaza Pharmacy 1
  • 42 H Healthcare Pharmacy 1
  • 43 K Kaiser Permanente Distribution Center 1
  • 44 G Gold Country Compounding 1
  • 45 C Croal's Rexall Drugs 1
  • 46 Y Yucaipa Family Pharmacy 1
  • 47 R Remedy Holistic Pharmacy 1
  • 48 B Balboa Pharmacy 1
  • 49 V Value Rx Pharmacy 1
  • 50 R Regency Medical Pharmacy 1

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