Metro by metro
The leading pharmacy chains in every Louisiana metro area
Tracked pharmacy chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Walgreens leads in all 10 metro areas. Against their share in Louisiana as a whole, Walgreens stands out in 6 metro areas, CVS Pharmacy in 4 metro areas.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Walgreens
Relative #1 in 6 metro areas
New Orleans-Metairie, LA 1.1× · Baton Rouge, LA 1× · Lake Charles, LA 1× · Monroe, LA 1× · Hammond, LA 1.1× · Alexandria, LA 1.1×
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CVS Pharmacy
Relative #1 in 4 metro areas
Lafayette, LA 1× · Slidell, LA 1.1× · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 1.2× · Houma, LA 1.4×
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Walgreens
#1 in all 10 metro areas
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked pharmacy chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Louisiana compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Louisiana as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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. CVS Pharmacy and Walgreens sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CVS Pharmacy | - | -1.4% |
| 2 | Walgreens | - | -1.8% |
| 3 | Thrifty Way Pharmacy | - | -9.8% |
- Walgreens
- CVS Pharmacy
- Thrifty Way Pharmacy
- Mansfield Drug
- Nola Discount Pharmacy
- Willow Pharmacy
- Neighbors Pharmacy
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
505 tracked store locations in Louisiana. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 336 of the 505 stores (67%); 161 of the 170 tracked chains have a single store here. 18% of the tracked health & beauty stores here are pharmacies, against 9% across the United States.
- Walgreens (187)
- CVS Pharmacy (142)
- Thrifty Way Pharmacy (3)
- Mansfield Drug (1)
- Nola Discount Pharmacy (1)
- Willow Pharmacy (1)
- Neighbors Pharmacy (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Walgreens 187
- 2 CVS Pharmacy 142
- 3 Thrifty Way Pharmacy 3
- 4 Genoa Healthcare 2
- 5 Gem Drugs 2
- 6 Scott's Pharmacy 2
- 7 Medicine Shoppe 2
- 8 C & C Drugs 2
- 9 Family Drug Mart 2
- 10 McDonald Pharmacy 1
- 11 Don Chaucer's Pharmacy 1
- 12 Layton Family Pharmacy 1
- 13 Toledo Pharmacy 1
- 14 Elliott Pharmacy 1
- 15 Thrift-Town HealthMart Pharmacy 1
- 16 Caldwell Drug 1
- 17 Rocky's Med Shoppe 1
- 18 Gordons Drug Store 1
- 19 Greensburg Family Pharmacy 1
- 20 Hollier's Family Pharmacy 1
- 21 Lil Daves 1
- 22 Westcare Pharmacy 1
- 23 Pharmacy Services of Winnfield 1
- 24 St. Amant Pharmacy 1
- 25 Pete's Family Pharmacy 1
- 26 Jefferson Family Pharmacy 1
- 27 Maple Avenue Pharmacy 1
- 28 Michoud Pharmacy 1
- 29 Mansfield Drug 1
- 30 Hometown Pharmacy 1
- 31 Ken's Thrifty Way Pharmacy 1
- 32 Palmetto Drug 1
- 33 All Saints Pharmacy 1
- 34 Crossroads Pharmacy 1
- 35 M & M Pharmacy 1
- 36 Pitre's Pharmacy 1
- 37 Forshag's Drug Store 1
- 38 Norris Ferry Drug 1
- 39 General Meyer Pharmacy 1
- 40 The King's Care Pharmacy 1
- 41 Lacombe Family Pharmacy 1
- 42 Cashway Pharmacy 1
- 43 Delcambre Pharmacy 1
- 44 Towne Pharmacy 1
- 45 Schaff's Family Pharmacy 1
- 46 Oakdale Drug Company 1
- 47 Ideal Health Mart 1
- 48 Carmichael's Pharmacy 1
- 49 Broad Avenue Pharmacy 1
- 50 Breaux's Pharmacy 1
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