Trends · data through September 2026

Pharmacies in North Carolina

Iceflower tracks 1,271 stores from 470 pharmacy chains in North Carolina. Drugco Discount Pharmacy grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Medicine Shoppe and Seashore Drugs.

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
470
Tracked stores
1,271
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. Drugco Discount Pharmacy and Medicine Shoppe sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 D Drugco Discount Pharmacy - +10.1%
2 M Medicine Shoppe logo Medicine Shoppe ▲1 +8.2%
3 S Seashore Drugs ▲1 +5.3%
4 M Medical Arts Pharmacy - +4.3%
5 C CVS Pharmacy logo CVS Pharmacy - +2.3%
6 H HealthSmart Pharmacy - +0.3%
7 W Walgreens logo Walgreens - -1.7%
8 G Genoa Healthcare logo Genoa Healthcare - -1.7%
9 M Medical Center Pharmacy ▼1 -15.5%
10 V Village Pharmacy - -18.0%
11 T The Drug Store ▼1 -24.9%
12 R Realo Discount Drugs logo Realo Discount Drugs - -29.7%
  • Walgreens
  • CVS Pharmacy
  • Realo Discount Drugs
  • Drugco Discount Pharmacy
  • Cannon Pharmacy
  • Fayetteville Drugs
  • Realo Drugs
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,271 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Walgreens (344)
  • CVS Pharmacy (382)
  • Realo Discount Drugs (12)
  • Drugco Discount Pharmacy (5)
  • Cannon Pharmacy (4)
  • Fayetteville Drugs (1)
  • Realo Drugs (4)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 C CVS Pharmacy logo CVS Pharmacy 382
  • 2 W Walgreens logo Walgreens 344
  • 3 R Realo Discount Drugs logo Realo Discount Drugs 12
  • 4 A Atrium Health Pharmacy 7
  • 5 D Drugco Discount Pharmacy 5
  • 6 M Moose Pharmacy 5
  • 7 H HealthSmart Pharmacy 5
  • 8 G Genoa Healthcare logo Genoa Healthcare 5
  • 9 C Cannon Pharmacy 4
  • 10 R Realo Drugs 4
  • 11 M Medicine Shoppe logo Medicine Shoppe 4
  • 12 V Village Pharmacy 4
  • 13 M Medical Center Pharmacy 4
  • 14 M Medical Arts Pharmacy 3
  • 15 T The Drug Store 3
  • 16 C Carolina Pharmacy 3
  • 17 S Seashore Drugs 3
  • 18 V Value Rx Pharmacy 2
  • 19 Q Quality Care Pharmacy 2
  • 20 D Deep River Drug 2
  • 21 I Island Pharmacy 2
  • 22 P Price Pharmacy 2
  • 23 C Clinic Pharmacy 2
  • 24 C Carolina Home Medical 2
  • 25 H Health Innovations Pharmacy 2
  • 26 C Cape Fear Discount Drug 2
  • 27 C Crossroads Pharmacy 2
  • 28 T Thomas Drug Store 2
  • 29 O O'Neal's Drug Store 2
  • 30 F Futrell Pharmacy 2
  • 31 T Tas Drug 2
  • 32 K King's Pharmacy 2
  • 33 M Medicap Pharmacy logo Medicap Pharmacy 2
  • 34 P Prescription Pad 2
  • 35 W Wake Forest Drug 1
  • 36 A Anderson Drug Store 1
  • 37 G Gordon Family Pharmacy 1
  • 38 C Cramerton Drug Co 1
  • 39 F Fuquay Pharmacy logo Fuquay Pharmacy 1
  • 40 S Southeastern Pharmacy 1
  • 41 E Economy Drugs 1
  • 42 D Denver Pharmacy 1
  • 43 R Rosewood Pharmacy 1
  • 44 H Harrisburg's Hometown Pharmacy 1
  • 45 L Lowry Drug Advanced Health and Wellness Center 1
  • 46 W Winter Park Discount Drugs 1
  • 47 H Howell Drug Co Inc 1
  • 48 H Hayes Barton Pharmacy 1
  • 49 M Marion Pharmacy 1
  • 50 C Carolina Apothecary 1

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