Metro by metro
The leading pharmacy chains in every Connecticut metro area
Tracked pharmacy chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. CVS Pharmacy leads in all 5 metro areas. Against their share in Connecticut as a whole, Walgreens stands out in 3 metro areas, CVS Pharmacy in 2 metro areas.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Walgreens
Relative #1 in 3 metro areas
Hartford, CT 1× · New Haven, CT 1.1× · Norwich, CT 1.2×
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CVS Pharmacy
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Bridgeport, CT 1.1× · Waterbury-Shelton, CT 1.2×
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CVS Pharmacy
#1 in all 5 metro areas
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked pharmacy chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Connecticut compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Connecticut as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Connecticut and the chains that lead a metro area by spend, wherever a chain has at least 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's metropolitan statistical areas; the rest of Connecticut is light gray. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
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. Beacon Prescriptions and CVS Pharmacy sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beacon Prescriptions | ▲1 | +5.1% |
| 2 | CVS Pharmacy | - | +3.5% |
| 3 | Genoa Healthcare | ▲1 | +1.8% |
| 4 | Walgreens | - | -5.1% |
| 5 | Rite Aid | ▼2 | -100.0% |
- CVS Pharmacy
- Walgreens
- Nutmeg Pharmacy Moodus
- Beacon Prescriptions
- Medical Pharmacy
- Greenwich Pharmacy
- Pequot Pharmaceutical Network
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
397 tracked store locations in Connecticut. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 320 of the 397 stores (81%); 67 of the 76 tracked chains have a single store here. 9% of the tracked health & beauty stores here are pharmacies, the same share as across the United States.
- CVS Pharmacy (183)
- Walgreens (112)
- Nutmeg Pharmacy Moodus (4)
- Beacon Prescriptions (4)
- Medical Pharmacy (1)
- Greenwich Pharmacy (1)
- Pequot Pharmaceutical Network (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 CVS Pharmacy 183
- 2 Walgreens 112
- 3 Rite Aid 16
- 4 Genoa Healthcare 5
- 5 Nutmeg Pharmacy Moodus 4
- 6 Beacon Prescriptions 4
- 7 Main Street Pharmacy 2
- 8 Hancock Pharmacy 2
- 9 The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy 2
- 10 Bunker Hill Pharmacy 1
- 11 Bristol Health Retail Pharmacy 1
- 12 Medicine Shoppe 1
- 13 Liberty Pharmacy & Food Store 1
- 14 Canfield Corner Pharmacy 1
- 15 Manchester Pharmacy 1
- 16 Greenville Drug Store 1
- 17 Petricone's New Hartford Apothecary 1
- 18 Walgreens Specialty 1
- 19 Kent Station Pharmacy 1
- 20 Candlewood Drugs 1
- 21 Nostrum Pharmacy 1
- 22 Loft Chemists 1
- 23 Sharon Pharmacy 1
- 24 Wolcott Pharmacy 1
- 25 Seybridge Pharmacy Jewelry & Gifts 1
- 26 Oronoque Pharmacy 1
- 27 Beacon Prescriptions Terryville 1
- 28 Health Complex Pharmacy 1
- 29 Nutmeg Pharmacy Taftville 1
- 30 Arrow Prescription Center #15 1
- 31 Chapel Street Pharmacy 1
- 32 Rotary Drug 1
- 33 Della Pietra Pharmacy 1
- 34 Danielson Pharmacy 1
- 35 CT Medical Group 1
- 36 Petricone's Torrington Pharmacy 1
- 37 Slavins Hancock Pharmacy 1
- 38 Beacon Prescription 1
- 39 Bissell Pharmacy 1
- 40 Graeber's HealthMart 1
- 41 CX Pharmacy 1
- 42 Pague Menos 1
- 43 Achorn's Pharmacy 1
- 44 Simsbury Pharmacy 1
- 45 Naugatuck Pharmacy 1
- 46 Salem Health Mart Pharmacy 1
- 47 Black Rock Pharmacy 1
- 48 Valley Pharmacy 1
- 49 Westport Apothecary 1
- 50 New Canaan Pharmacy 1
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