Metro by metro
The leading pharmacy chains in every New Jersey metro area
Tracked pharmacy chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. CVS Pharmacy leads in all 6 metro areas. Against their share in New Jersey as a whole, CVS Pharmacy stands out in 3 metro areas, Walgreens in 3 metro areas.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
-
CVS Pharmacy
Relative #1 in 3 metro areas
Philadelphia, PA (NJ part) 1.3× · Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 1.2× · Allentown, PA (NJ part) 1.6×
-
Walgreens
Relative #1 in 3 metro areas
New York, NY (NJ part) 1.2× · Trenton-Princeton, NJ 1× · Vineland, NJ 1.2×
-
CVS Pharmacy
#1 in all 6 metro areas
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked pharmacy chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to New Jersey compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in New Jersey as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in New Jersey 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 New Jersey is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in New Jersey. 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 | - | +6.4% |
| 2 | Walgreens | - | +2.8% |
| 3 | Future Pharmacy | - | +2.5% |
| 4 | Boyd's Pharmacy | - | +1.5% |
| 5 | Ultra Care Pharmacy | - | -7.6% |
| 6 | Genoa Healthcare | - | -31.5% |
- CVS Pharmacy
- Walgreens
- Alexander's Twin Pharmacy
- Hopewell Pharmacy
- Boyd's Pharmacy
- Schraft's 2.0
- Harry's Pharmacy
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
1,240 tracked store locations in New Jersey. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 639 of the 1,240 stores (52%); 488 of the 514 tracked chains have a single store here. 11% of the tracked health & beauty stores here are pharmacies, against 9% across the United States.
- CVS Pharmacy (354)
- Walgreens (273)
- Alexander's Twin Pharmacy (1)
- Hopewell Pharmacy (1)
- Boyd's Pharmacy (3)
- Schraft's 2.0 (1)
- Harry's Pharmacy (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 CVS Pharmacy 354
- 2 Walgreens 273
- 3 Future Pharmacy 4
- 4 Medicine Shoppe 4
- 5 Genoa Healthcare 4
- 6 Ultra Care Pharmacy 3
- 7 Super Health Pharmacy 3
- 8 Boyd's Pharmacy 3
- 9 Tony's Pharmacy 2
- 10 MedLife Pharmacy 2
- 11 Texas Road Pharmacy 2
- 12 Hometown Pharmacy 2
- 13 Devine's Pharmacy 2
- 14 Medicap Pharmacy 2
- 15 Bell Pharmacy 2
- 16 Better Life Pharmacy 2
- 17 Garden Pharmacy 2
- 18 Center Pharmacy 2
- 19 Madison Pharmacy 2
- 20 Invictus Pharmacy 2
- 21 Newark Pharmacy 1
- 22 Ewing Pharmacy 1
- 23 Georgies Outpatient Pharmacy 1
- 24 Leonia Pharmacy 1
- 25 Newport Pharmacy 1
- 26 Valley Pharmacy 1
- 27 West Milford Pharmacy 1
- 28 Olden Pharmacy 1
- 29 Anthony's Pharmacy 1
- 30 Jerry's Drug And Surgical Supply 1
- 31 CureRx Pharmacy 1
- 32 Farmacia del Pueblo II 1
- 33 Palisade Drugs 1
- 34 Alexander's Twin Pharmacy 1
- 35 Rock Ridge Pharmacy 1
- 36 Franklin Pharmacy 1
- 37 Parlin Pharmacy 1
- 38 Morris Plains Pharmacy 1
- 39 Galaxy Drug Store 1
- 40 Medplus Drugs & Surgicals 1
- 41 Cornerstone Pharmacy 1
- 42 Scott Drugs 1
- 43 Wedgewood Pharmacy 1
- 44 Robinson Wellness Pharmacy 1
- 45 Parentgiving 1
- 46 Main Street Pharmacy 1
- 47 Wood Lane Pharmacy 1
- 48 Briarmill Pharmacy 1
- 49 Good Health Pharmacy 1
- 50 Dayton Park Pharmacy 1
More trends