Trends · data through August 2026

Pharmacies in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

Iceflower tracks 391 stores from 11 pharmacies chains in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. CVS Pharmacy grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Walgreens and Rite Aid.

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
11
Tracked stores
391
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 Walgreens sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C CVS Pharmacy logo CVS Pharmacy - +0.2%
2 W Walgreens logo Walgreens - +0.2%
3 R Rite Aid logo Rite Aid - -61.2%
  • CVS Pharmacy
  • Walgreens
  • Beth Israel Lahey Health Pharmacy
  • Rite Aid
  • Johnson Compounding and Wellness
  • The Herbal Path
  • Theater Pharmacy
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

391 tracked store locations in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • CVS Pharmacy (266)
  • Walgreens (110)
  • Beth Israel Lahey Health Pharmacy (1)
  • Rite Aid (7)
  • Johnson Compounding and Wellness (1)
  • The Herbal Path (1)
  • Theater Pharmacy (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 C CVS Pharmacy logo CVS Pharmacy 266
  • 2 W Walgreens logo Walgreens 110
  • 3 R Rite Aid logo Rite Aid 7
  • 4 B Beth Israel Lahey Health Pharmacy 1
  • 5 J Johnson Compounding and Wellness 1
  • 6 T The Herbal Path 1
  • 7 T Theater Pharmacy 1
  • 8 A Acton Pharmacy 1
  • 9 B Brighton Pharmacy 1
  • 10 W West Concord Pharmacy 1
  • 11 S Sudbury Pharmacy 1

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