Trends · data through September 2026

Pharmacies in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

Iceflower tracks 233 stores from 62 pharmacy chains in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. Walgreens grew fastest over the last year, ahead of CVS Pharmacy and Rite Aid.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
62
Tracked stores
233
Consumer panel
130M+

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. Walgreens and CVS Pharmacy sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Walgreens - +15.3%
2 CVS Pharmacy - +13.2%
3 Rite Aid - -100.0%
  • CVS Pharmacy
  • Walgreens
  • Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy
  • San Ysidro Health
  • Paradise Hills Pharmacy
  • West Coast
  • University Compounding Pharmacy
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

233 tracked store locations in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 176 of the 233 stores (76%); 59 of the 62 tracked chains have a single store here. 6% of the tracked health & beauty stores here are pharmacies, against 10% across California.

  • CVS Pharmacy (109)
  • Walgreens (33)
  • Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy (1)
  • San Ysidro Health (1)
  • Paradise Hills Pharmacy (1)
  • West Coast (1)
  • University Compounding Pharmacy (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 CVS Pharmacy 109
  • 2 Walgreens 33
  • 3 Rite Aid 32
  • 4 WeCARE Medical Pharmacy 1
  • 5 Paradise Pharmacy 1
  • 6 Lyons Pharmacy 1
  • 7 Family Pharmacy Center 1
  • 8 Santee Community Pharmacy 1
  • 9 Allen Pharmacy 1
  • 10 Cure Stat Rx 1
  • 11 Alvarado Community Pharmacy 1
  • 12 Medcare Pharmacy 1
  • 13 Imperial Pharmacy 1
  • 14 Plaza Pharmacy 1
  • 15 World Pharmacy 1
  • 16 Carlsbad Neighborhood Pharmacy 1
  • 17 Mercy Care Pharmacy 1
  • 18 Suitecare Pharmacy 1
  • 19 Ivy Pharmacy 1
  • 20 Express Pharmacy 1
  • 21 South Bay Pharmacy 1
  • 22 DMK Pharmacy 1
  • 23 Pride Pharmacy 1
  • 24 PalmCare Pharmacy 1
  • 25 San Marcos Pharmacy 1
  • 26 Grossmont Pharmacy 1
  • 27 Beyer Pharmacy 1
  • 28 Alvarado Pharmacy 1
  • 29 Village Rose Pharmacy 1
  • 30 AllCare Pharmacy 1
  • 31 Arcana Empothecary 1
  • 32 Strive Compounding Pharmacy 1
  • 33 Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy 1
  • 34 San Ysidro Health 1
  • 35 Paradise Hills Pharmacy 1
  • 36 West Coast 1
  • 37 University Compounding Pharmacy 1
  • 38 Sharp Coronado Community Pharmacy 1
  • 39 Best Care Pharmacy 1
  • 40 Carlsbad Village Pharmacy 1
  • 41 Genoa Healthcare 1
  • 42 Greenfield Compounding Pharmacy 1
  • 43 Leo's Lakeside Pharmacy 1
  • 44 Carmel Valley Pharmacy 1
  • 45 Village Pharmacy 1
  • 46 Remedy Holistic Pharmacy 1
  • 47 San Diego Orthopedic Supplies 1
  • 48 Vinh Hoa Hong 1
  • 49 Chula Vista Pharmacy 1
  • 50 Nordahl Pharmacy 1

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