Metro by metro
The leading pharmacy chains in every South Carolina metro area
Tracked pharmacy chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. CVS Pharmacy leads in 7 metro areas, Walgreens in 3 metro areas. Against their share in South Carolina 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
Columbia, SC 1.1× · Charleston, SC 1.1× · Charlotte, NC (SC part) 1.3× · Spartanburg, SC 1× · Hilton Head Island, SC 1.3× · Sumter, SC 1.5×
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CVS Pharmacy
Relative #1 in 4 metro areas
Greenville, SC 1.1× · Myrtle Beach, SC 1.1× · Florence, SC 1× · Augusta, GA (SC part) 1×
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CVS Pharmacy
#1 in 7 metro areas
Greenville, SC · Columbia, SC · Charleston, SC · Myrtle Beach, SC · Spartanburg, SC · Florence, SC · Augusta, GA (SC part)
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Walgreens
#1 in 3 metro areas
Charlotte, NC (SC part) · Hilton Head Island, SC · Sumter, SC
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked pharmacy chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to South Carolina compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in South Carolina as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in South Carolina 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 South Carolina is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in South Carolina. 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. Medicine Mart and CVS Pharmacy sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medicine Mart | - | +17.8% |
| 2 | CVS Pharmacy | - | +3.9% |
| 3 | Walgreens | - | -2.8% |
| 4 | Delta Pharmacy | - | -8.5% |
| 5 | Hawthorne Pharmacy | - | -15.0% |
- CVS Pharmacy
- Walgreens
- Hawthorne Pharmacy
- Family Pharmacy South Aiken
- Langley Drug
- The Pharmacy
- Delta Pharmacy
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
618 tracked store locations in South Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 378 of the 618 stores (61%); 211 of the 229 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 (224)
- Walgreens (139)
- Hawthorne Pharmacy (4)
- Family Pharmacy South Aiken (1)
- Langley Drug (1)
- The Pharmacy (2)
- Delta Pharmacy (5)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 CVS Pharmacy 224
- 2 Walgreens 139
- 3 Medicine Mart 6
- 4 Delta Pharmacy 5
- 5 Hawthorne Pharmacy 4
- 6 Vistara Pharmacy 3
- 7 Harness Health Pharmacy 2
- 8 True Pharmacy 2
- 9 Fleetwood Pharmacy 2
- 10 Howard's Pharmacy 2
- 11 Associate Family Pharmacy 2
- 12 Wannamaker Drug 2
- 13 Professional Pharmacy 2
- 14 Medicine Shoppe 2
- 15 CSC Community Pharmacy 2
- 16 The Pharmacy 2
- 17 Stone Plaza Pharmacy 1
- 18 Smith's Drug Store 1
- 19 Estill Community Pharmacy 1
- 20 Deborah Bowers 1
- 21 Oaks Pharmacy 1
- 22 Pets First Choice 1
- 23 Kash & Karry Pharmacy 1
- 24 Prosperity Drug of Batesburg-Leesville 1
- 25 Roche Pharmacy 1
- 26 Hub City Pharmacy 1
- 27 Westbury Pharmacy 1
- 28 Life Pharmacy & Wellness 1
- 29 Sunset Pharmacy 1
- 30 Vistara Pharmacy Columbia 1
- 31 Hiotts Pharmacy 1
- 32 True Compounding 1
- 33 Medi-Save Pharmacies 1
- 34 Buy Low Pharmacy 1
- 35 Leake Family Pharmacy 1
- 36 Hawthorne Laurel Pharmacy 1
- 37 Powdersville Family Pharmacy 1
- 38 Intramed Plus 1
- 39 Banks Drugs 1
- 40 Golden Town Pharmacy 1
- 41 Parker Rd Drug Store 1
- 42 CareSC Pharmacy LLC 1
- 43 Charlie's Hometown Pharmacy 1
- 44 U Save It Pharmacy 1
- 45 Holly Hill Pharmacy 1
- 46 Black's Drug Store 1
- 47 St. Matthews Pharmacy 1
- 48 Good Pharmacy 1
- 49 Ken's Thriftee Pharmacy 1
- 50 Piedmont Family Pharmacy 1
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