Metro by metro
The leading pharmacy chains in every Maryland metro area
Tracked pharmacy chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. CVS Pharmacy leads in 5 metro areas, Walgreens in 1 metro area. Against their share in Maryland as a whole, Walgreens stands out in 4 metro areas, CVS Pharmacy in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Walgreens
Relative #1 in 4 metro areas
Baltimore, MD 1.3× · Lexington Park, MD 1.2× · Hagerstown, MD (MD part) 1.2× · Philadelphia, PA (MD part) 2.3×
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CVS Pharmacy
Relative #1 in Washington, DC (MD part), 1.2× its share in Maryland
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Salisbury, MD
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CVS Pharmacy
#1 in 5 metro areas
Baltimore, MD · Washington, DC (MD part) · Lexington Park, MD · Hagerstown, MD (MD part) · Salisbury, MD
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked pharmacy chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Maryland compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Maryland as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Maryland 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 Maryland is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in Maryland. 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. UMMC Pharmacy at Weinberg and Medicine Shoppe sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
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| 1 | UMMC Pharmacy at Weinberg | ▲1 | +18.8% |
| 2 | Medicine Shoppe | - | +15.0% |
| 3 | CVS Pharmacy | - | +2.5% |
| 4 | Walgreens | - | +1.6% |
| 5 | Ultra Care Pharmacy | ▼1 | -16.5% |
- CVS Pharmacy
- Walgreens
- Maryland
- Greenbelt Co-op Supermarket & Pharmacy
- Drug City Pharmacy
- Kaiser Permanente Camp Springs Medical Center
- Walkersville Pharmacy
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
648 tracked store locations in Maryland. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 388 of the 648 stores (60%); 228 of the 237 tracked chains have a single store here. 7% of the tracked health & beauty stores here are pharmacies, against 9% across the United States.
- CVS Pharmacy (232)
- Walgreens (145)
- Maryland (3)
- Greenbelt Co-op Supermarket & Pharmacy (1)
- Drug City Pharmacy (1)
- Kaiser Permanente Camp Springs Medical Center (1)
- Walkersville Pharmacy (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 CVS Pharmacy 232
- 2 Walgreens 145
- 3 PharmaCare 4
- 4 Medicine Shoppe 4
- 5 Maryland 3
- 6 Ultra Care Pharmacy 3
- 7 UMMC Pharmacy at Weinberg 3
- 8 Karemore Pharmacy 2
- 9 Lorven Pharmacy 1
- 10 New Era Care Pharmacy 1
- 11 Catonsville Pharmacy 1
- 12 Frederick Community Pharmacy 1
- 13 Hillcrest Pharmacy and Compounding 1
- 14 Choice Pharmacy 1
- 15 Arundel Pharmacy 1
- 16 Allentown Discount Pharmacy 1
- 17 Johns Hopkins Pharmaquip 1
- 18 The Drug Store 1
- 19 Crowns Pharmacy and Clinic 1
- 20 Friendship Pharmacy 1
- 21 Nature Care Pharmacy 1
- 22 AME Pharmacy 1
- 23 Deep Creek Pharmacy 1
- 24 Steve's Pharmacy 1
- 25 Healthwise Pharmacy 1
- 26 Gregg's Pharmacy 1
- 27 Potomac Care Pharmacy 1
- 28 Parkville Pharmacy 1
- 29 Lex Pharmacy 1
- 30 MedPlus Pharmacy 1
- 31 Voshell's 1
- 32 Professional Pharmacy 1
- 33 Urbana Pharmacy 1
- 34 Coastal Drugs 1
- 35 Quarterfield Pharmacy 1
- 36 Pittsville Pharmacy 1
- 37 Finksburg Pharmacy 1
- 38 Joppa Road Pharmacy 1
- 39 Allswell Pharmacy 1
- 40 Gera Variety Store 1
- 41 Community Pharmacy 1
- 42 Clear Spring Pharmacy 1
- 43 TRU Health Pharmacy 1
- 44 White Marsh Pharmacy 1
- 45 Welcare Pharmacy 1
- 46 Jai Pharmacy 1
- 47 Cecil Community Pharmacy 1
- 48 Feldman's Medical Center Pharmacy 1
- 49 Lutherville Pharmacy 1
- 50 Daily Care Pharmacy 1
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