Metro by metro
The leading pharmacy chains in every West Virginia metro area
Tracked pharmacy chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. CVS Pharmacy leads in 6 metro areas, Walgreens in 1 metro area. Against their share in West Virginia as a whole, CVS Pharmacy stands out in 6 metro areas, Walgreens in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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CVS Pharmacy
Relative #1 in 6 metro areas
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH (WV part) 1.4× · Beckley, WV 1.2× · Morgantown, WV 1.5× · Parkersburg-Vienna, WV 1.1× · Hagerstown, MD (WV part) 1.2× · Wheeling, WV-OH (WV part) 1.3×
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Walgreens
Relative #1 in Charleston, WV, 1.5× its share in West Virginia
Not enough tracked stores: Washington, DC (WV part) · Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH (WV part) · Winchester, VA-WV (WV part)
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CVS Pharmacy
#1 in 6 metro areas
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH (WV part) · Beckley, WV · Morgantown, WV · Parkersburg-Vienna, WV · Hagerstown, MD (WV part) · Wheeling, WV-OH (WV part)
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Walgreens
#1 in Charleston, WV
Not enough tracked stores: Washington, DC (WV part) · Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH (WV part) · Winchester, VA-WV (WV part)
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked pharmacy chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to West Virginia compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in West Virginia as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in West Virginia 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 West Virginia is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in West Virginia. 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 |
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| 1 | CVS Pharmacy | ▲1 | +6.2% |
| 2 | Walgreens | ▼1 | -3.7% |
| 3 | Greenbrier Medical Arts Pharmacy | - | -18.3% |
| 4 | Fruth Pharmacy | - | -76.4% |
- CVS Pharmacy
- Walgreens
- Kroger Pharmacy
- White Hall Pharmacy
- Reed's Pharmacy
- Trinity Infusion
- Marshall
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
293 tracked store locations in West Virginia. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 162 of the 293 stores (55%); 123 of the 132 tracked chains have a single store here. 16% of the tracked health & beauty stores here are pharmacies, against 9% across the United States.
- CVS Pharmacy (56)
- Walgreens (82)
- Kroger Pharmacy (1)
- White Hall Pharmacy (1)
- Reed's Pharmacy (1)
- Trinity Infusion (1)
- Marshall (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Walgreens 82
- 2 CVS Pharmacy 56
- 3 Fruth Pharmacy 19
- 4 Greenbrier Medical Arts Pharmacy 3
- 5 Genoa Healthcare 2
- 6 Mace's Pharmacy 2
- 7 Mountaineer Drug 2
- 8 Cox Family Pharmacy 2
- 9 Davis Brothers Pharmacy 2
- 10 Big Four Drug Store 1
- 11 Staats Pharmacy 1
- 12 Doug's Drugs 1
- 13 Williamson Pharmacy 1
- 14 Bradshaw Economy Drug 1
- 15 PMH Pharmacy 1
- 16 NuCare Medical Equipment, LLP 1
- 17 Man Pharmacy 1
- 18 Medical Arts Pharmacy 1
- 19 Gulf Family Practice Pharmacy 1
- 20 Freedom Pharmacy 1
- 21 Shady Spring Pharmacy 1
- 22 Medicap Pharmacy 1
- 23 Hometown Rx Pharmacy 1
- 24 Premier Pharmacy & Wellness 1
- 25 Kingwood Pharmacy 1
- 26 Town Pharmacy Care 1
- 27 Med-A-Save Pharmacy 1
- 28 Gil-Co Faith Pharmacy 1
- 29 Hurley Drug Company Inc 1
- 30 Judy's Drug Store 1
- 31 Union Pharmacy 1
- 32 Victory Pharmacy 1
- 33 Byard-Mercer Pharmacy 1
- 34 Griffith & Feil Drug 1
- 35 Preston Family Pharmacy 1
- 36 Michel's Pharmacy 1
- 37 Reed's Drug Store 1
- 38 Beckley Pharmacy 1
- 39 Wardensville Pharmacy 1
- 40 Cardinal Pharmacy 1
- 41 Penn-Way Pharmacy 1
- 42 Moore's Pharmacy 1
- 43 Medical Park Pharmacy 1
- 44 Med-Mart Pharmacy 1
- 45 Cornerstone Family Pharmacy 1
- 46 Adkins Pharmacy 1
- 47 Clark's Family Pharmacy 1
- 48 Valley Health Care Pharmacy 1
- 49 Carl Walker Drug Store 1
- 50 Bypass Pharmacy #4 1
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