Trends · data through July 2026

Pharmacies in Iowa

Iceflower tracks 152 stores from 30 pharmacies chains in Iowa. CVS Pharmacy grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Medicap Pharmacy and NuCara.

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
30
Tracked stores
152
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked pharmacies 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. CVS Pharmacy and Medicap Pharmacy sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C CVS Pharmacy logo CVS Pharmacy - +4.9%
2 M Medicap Pharmacy logo Medicap Pharmacy - +2.2%
3 N NuCara logo NuCara - +2.0%
4 H Hartig Drug - +1.6%
5 W Walgreens logo Walgreens - -2.1%
  • Walgreens
  • CVS Pharmacy
  • Hy-Vee Drugstore
  • Medicap Pharmacy
  • NuCara
  • Hartig Drug
  • Meyer Pharmacy
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

152 tracked store locations in Iowa. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Walgreens (67)
  • CVS Pharmacy (27)
  • Hy-Vee Drugstore (1)
  • Medicap Pharmacy (19)
  • NuCara (7)
  • Hartig Drug (6)
  • Meyer Pharmacy (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 W Walgreens logo Walgreens 67
  • 2 C CVS Pharmacy logo CVS Pharmacy 27
  • 3 M Medicap Pharmacy logo Medicap Pharmacy 19
  • 4 N NuCara logo NuCara 7
  • 5 H Hartig Drug 6
  • 6 L LaGrange Pharmacy 2
  • 7 R Right Dose 1
  • 8 S Sumpter Pharmacy 1
  • 9 C Clark's Pharmacy & Gifts 1
  • 10 C Clayton Drug 1
  • 11 S Spring City Pharmacy LLC 1
  • 12 D Dowd Drug 1
  • 13 B Bennett Health Mart Pharmacy 1
  • 14 B Brad's Corner Drug 1
  • 15 C Cornerstone Apothecary 1
  • 16 P Parkview Pharmacy 1
  • 17 T Towncrest Pharmacy 1
  • 18 P Prairie Parkway Pharmacy 1
  • 19 M Montross Pharmacy 1
  • 20 P Parkersburg Pharmacy 1
  • 21 R Reinbeck Pharmacy 1
  • 22 C Center Point Family Pharmacy 1
  • 23 R Ryan Pharmacy 1
  • 24 P Primary Health Care 1
  • 25 E Evans Crossing Pharmacy 1
  • 26 D Denver Drug 1
  • 27 C Central Iowa Compounding 1
  • 28 M Mahaska Drug 1
  • 29 M Meyer Pharmacy logo Meyer Pharmacy 1
  • 30 H Hy-Vee Drugstore logo Hy-Vee Drugstore 1

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