Trends · data through September 2026

Pharmacies in Iowa

Iceflower tracks 280 stores from 102 pharmacy chains in Iowa. Hy-Vee Drugstore grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Lewis Drug and CVS Pharmacy.

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
102
Tracked stores
280
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. Hy-Vee Drugstore and Lewis Drug sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Hy-Vee Drugstore logo Hy-Vee Drugstore - +13.7%
2 L Lewis Drug - +11.1%
3 C CVS Pharmacy logo CVS Pharmacy - +7.6%
4 N Nightingale Drug - +3.5%
5 T Thrifty White Pharmacy logo Thrifty White Pharmacy - +2.8%
6 M Medicap Pharmacy logo Medicap Pharmacy - +0.7%
7 H Hartig Drug - -0.9%
8 W Walgreens logo Walgreens - -2.9%
9 N NuCara logo NuCara - -22.6%
  • Walgreens
  • CVS Pharmacy
  • Hy-Vee Drugstore
  • Medicap Pharmacy
  • NuCara
  • Hartig Drug
  • Meyer Pharmacy
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Walgreens (73)
  • CVS Pharmacy (33)
  • Hy-Vee Drugstore (3)
  • Medicap Pharmacy (30)
  • NuCara (16)
  • Hartig Drug (10)
  • Meyer Pharmacy (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 W Walgreens logo Walgreens 73
  • 2 C CVS Pharmacy logo CVS Pharmacy 33
  • 3 M Medicap Pharmacy logo Medicap Pharmacy 30
  • 4 N NuCara logo NuCara 16
  • 5 H Hartig Drug 10
  • 6 T Thrifty White Pharmacy logo Thrifty White Pharmacy 8
  • 7 L Lewis Drug 5
  • 8 C Clayton Drug 3
  • 9 N Nightingale Drug 3
  • 10 H Hy-Vee Drugstore logo Hy-Vee Drugstore 3
  • 11 C Clinic Pharmacy 2
  • 12 H Hy-Vee Pharmacy logo Hy-Vee Pharmacy 2
  • 13 M Montross Pharmacy 2
  • 14 S Stoner Drug Co 2
  • 15 M Manning Pharmacy 1
  • 16 Y Your Neighborhood Pharmacy 1
  • 17 J Jacks Corner Drug 1
  • 18 H Heritage Family Pharmacy 1
  • 19 L Lewis Family Drug Spirit Lake 1
  • 20 P Pella Regional Health Center Pharmacy 1
  • 21 H Harlan Pharmacy 1
  • 22 N North Scott Pharmacy 1
  • 23 M Medical Associates Pharmacy 1
  • 24 C CR Care Pharmacy 1
  • 25 B Bean's Pharmacy 1
  • 26 D Daniel Pharmacy 1
  • 27 M MCMH Pharmacy 1
  • 28 N New Leaf Specialty Pharmacy 1
  • 29 O Oakland Pharmacy 1
  • 30 O Osterhaus Pharmacy 1
  • 31 C CHI Health Pharmacy logo CHI Health Pharmacy 1
  • 32 N NuCara Long Term Pharmacy Waterloo 1
  • 33 D Dutch Mill Pharmacy 1
  • 34 F Fifield Pharmacy 1
  • 35 F Fay Pharmacy 1
  • 36 E Eagle Grove Pharmacy 1
  • 37 C Cornerstone Apothecary 1
  • 38 C Corner Pharmacy 1
  • 39 B Bennett Health Mart Pharmacy 1
  • 40 A Allen Clinic Pharmacy 1
  • 41 E Elizabeth's Pharmacy on Main 1
  • 42 P Prairie Parkway Pharmacy 1
  • 43 H Heritage Park Pharmacy 1
  • 44 V Valley Drug Store 1
  • 45 P Pexton Pharmacy 1
  • 46 W Wester Drug 1
  • 47 P Penn Drug Co. 1
  • 48 A AmiCare Pharmacy 1
  • 49 W Wagner Pharmacy 1
  • 50 O One To One Pharmacy Kalona 1

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