Trends · data through June 2026

Pharmacies in California

Iceflower tracks 1,731 stores from 71 pharmacies chains in California. UCLA Health grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Walgreens 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
71
Tracked stores
1,731
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. UCLA Health and Walgreens sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 U UCLA Health logo UCLA Health +19.8%
2 W Walgreens logo Walgreens +12.5%
3 C CVS Pharmacy logo CVS Pharmacy +8.8%
4 K Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy logo Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy -6.0%
5 R Rite Aid logo Rite Aid -60.7%
  • CVS Pharmacy
  • Walgreens
  • Rite Aid
  • Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy
  • UCLA Health
  • Anza Valley Pharmacy
  • Kaiser Permanente Distribution Center
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,731 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • CVS Pharmacy (992)
  • Walgreens (487)
  • Rite Aid (164)
  • Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy (15)
  • UCLA Health (4)
  • Anza Valley Pharmacy (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Distribution Center (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 C CVS Pharmacy logo CVS Pharmacy 992
  • 2 W Walgreens logo Walgreens 487
  • 3 R Rite Aid logo Rite Aid 164
  • 4 K Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy logo Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy 15
  • 5 U UCLA Health logo UCLA Health 4
  • 6 D Dokimos Pharmacy 2
  • 7 C Central Drugs Compounding Pharmacy 2
  • 8 9 986 Pharmacy 2
  • 9 W West Coast 1
  • 10 A ABC Pharmacy 1
  • 11 C CarePharm Pharmacy 1
  • 12 P Pharmacy - Surgical Services 1
  • 13 V Vineyard Pharmacy & Gifts 1
  • 14 L Leo's Lakeside Pharmacy 1
  • 15 H Hendricks Pharmacy 1
  • 16 S SD Best Meds 1
  • 17 B Balboa Pharmacy 1
  • 18 P Pearsons Medical Group Pharmacy 1
  • 19 P Pax Pharmacy 1
  • 20 C Carmel Drug Store 1
  • 21 K Komoto Medical Pharmacy 1
  • 22 V Villa Park Pharmacy 1
  • 23 A AHF Pharmacy 1
  • 24 A Anza Valley Pharmacy 1
  • 25 K Knollwood Pharmacy 1
  • 26 F Family Pharmacy Center 1
  • 27 G Grossmont Pharmacy 1
  • 28 D Discount Drug Mart logo Discount Drug Mart 1
  • 29 N North Chester Pharmacy 1
  • 30 S San Joaquin Drug 1
  • 31 H Hot Springs Pharmacy 1
  • 32 C Cambria Drug & Gifts 1
  • 33 M Medical Arts Pharmacy 1
  • 34 A Avalon Pharmacy 1
  • 35 A Atlantic Drugs 1
  • 36 S Sierra San Antonio Pharmacy 1
  • 37 K Kaiser Pharmacy logo Kaiser Pharmacy 1
  • 38 M Ming Plaza Pharmacy 1
  • 39 B Bright La Mirada Pharmacy 1
  • 40 M Medex Pharmacy 1
  • 41 K Kaiser Permanente Distribution Center 1
  • 42 K Kaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center 1
  • 43 R RMC Pharmacy Brockton 1
  • 44 I Idyllwild Pharmacy 1
  • 45 U University Compounding Pharmacy 1
  • 46 P People's Pharmacy logo People's Pharmacy 1
  • 47 I Innovative Compounding Pharmacy 1
  • 48 F Fireside Pharmacy 1
  • 49 E Eastland Pharmacy 1
  • 50 E el Tejon Pharmacy 1

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