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. Medicine Mart and CVS Pharmacy sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medicine Mart | - | +11.5% |
| 2 | CVS Pharmacy | - | +4.4% |
| 3 | Walgreens | - | -1.9% |
| 4 | Hawthorne Pharmacy | - | -22.5% |
- CVS Pharmacy
- Walgreens
- Hawthorne Pharmacy
- South Lake Drug
- My Pharmacy & Optical
- Lake Murray Drug Company
- Hawthorne Pharmacy & Med Equipment
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
99 tracked store locations in Columbia, SC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 68 of the 99 stores (69%); 32 of the 36 tracked chains have a single store here. 9% of the tracked health & beauty stores here are pharmacies, the same share as across South Carolina.
- CVS Pharmacy (35)
- Walgreens (26)
- Hawthorne Pharmacy (3)
- South Lake Drug (1)
- My Pharmacy & Optical (1)
- Lake Murray Drug Company (1)
- Hawthorne Pharmacy & Med Equipment (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 CVS Pharmacy 35
- 2 Walgreens 26
- 3 Hawthorne Pharmacy 3
- 4 Medicine Mart 3
- 5 Intramed Plus 1
- 6 Banks Drugs 1
- 7 St. Matthews Pharmacy 1
- 8 True Pharmacy 1
- 9 Avita Pharmacy 1
- 10 Pets First Choice 1
- 11 Prosperity Drug of Batesburg-Leesville 1
- 12 Sunset Pharmacy 1
- 13 Vistara Pharmacy Columbia 1
- 14 True Compounding 1
- 15 Medi-Save Pharmacies 1
- 16 Vistara Pharmacy 1
- 17 Triangle Pharmacy & Home Medical Equipment 1
- 18 Hawthorne Winnsboro Pharmacy 1
- 19 Morgan's Pharmacy 1
- 20 Prisma Health Pharmacy 1
- 21 Hawthorne Laurel Pharmacy 1
- 22 Gaston Family Pharmacy 1
- 23 Pine Ridge Pharmacy 1
- 24 Hawthorne Lugoff Pharmacy 1
- 25 Irmo Drug 1
- 26 Elgin Pharmacy 1
- 27 Landy's Pharmacy 1
- 28 Chapin Pharmacy 1
- 29 Affordable Medical Equipment 1
- 30 Discount Drugs of Swansea 1
- 31 Rileys Drugs Inc 1
- 32 Blythewood Pharmacy 1
- 33 Hawthorne Pharmacy & Med Equipment 1
- 34 Lake Murray Drug Company 1
- 35 My Pharmacy & Optical 1
- 36 South Lake Drug 1
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