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Ranking68 chainsPharmacyUpdated November 7, 2026

Pharmacies: the largest chains in Switzerland

The largest chains in the “Pharmacy” category in Switzerland by number of active locations in the category. In total 2,605 pharmacies, 39% of them belong to chains; number one is Amavita with 193 locations (7% of the category). The ranking lists all 68 chains with two or more locations in the category.

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68 chains in the ranking·Switzerland · Pharmacy·Chain — two or more active locations in the category
1–68 of 68
RankChainLocationsCantonsMarket shareAddresses
01
AmavitaVaud, Bern and others
193 21
7.4%
02
Coop VitalityZurich, Bern and others
91 18
3.5%
03
TopPharmAargau, Zurich and others
90 14
3.5%
04
Sun StoreVaud, Valais and others
88 12
3.4%
05
pharmacieplusVaud, Neuchâtel and others
68 6
2.6%
06
BENUFribourg, Vaud and others
66 16
2.5%
07
Medbase ApothekeZurich, St. Gallen and others
51 11
2.0%
08
DROPAZurich, Bern and others
39 12
1.5%
09 25 1
1.0%
10
PrevCheckZurich, St. Gallen and others
24 7
0.9%
11
FarmaciaTicino, Uri and others
19 3
0.7%
12
LindenapothekeAargau, Basel-Landschaft and others
17 4
0.7%
13
PillZurich, Grisons and others
15 5
0.6%
14
PP
11 2
0.4%
15
PH
PharmacieVaud, Ticino and others
7 4
0.3%
16 7 1
0.3%
17
Apotheke Dr. KunzZurich, Aargau
6 2
0.2%
18
AP
APODROZurich
6 1
0.2%
19
Pharmacie MedbaseVaud, Fribourg and others
6 3
0.2%
20
Saner ApothekeBasel-Stadt, Solothurn
5 2
0.2%
21
FA
FarmaciaTicino
5 1
0.2%
22
VO
VolksapothekeSchaffhausen
5 1
0.2%
23 4 1
0.2%
24
Bahnhof ApothekeBern, Zurich and others
4 3
0.2%
25
Pharmacie MartiNeuchâtel
4 1
0.2%
26
DX
Dolor-xGeneva
3 1
0.1%
27
AP
3 1
0.1%
28 3 1
0.1%
29 3 1
0.1%
30
PH
PharmacieGeneva
3 1
0.1%
31
FA
FarmadomoTicino
3 1
0.1%
32 3 1
0.1%
33 3 1
0.1%
34 3 1
0.1%
35
GE
GENOBern
3 1
0.1%
36 3 1
0.1%
37
ME
2 1
0.1%
38
PH
pharmaSuisseTicino, Vaud
2 2
0.1%
39
SU
2 1
0.1%
40
AS
AsthefisVaud, Geneva
2 2
0.1%
41
PH
PharmacieValais
2 1
0.1%
42 2 1
0.1%
43
CD
2 2
0.1%
44 2 1
0.1%
45
RD
2 2
0.1%
46 2 1
0.1%
47
AP
ApothekeAargau
2 1
0.1%
48
MA
2 1
0.1%
49
SA
SanofiZug, Geneva
2 2
0.1%
50 2 1
0.1%
51
PH
2 1
0.1%
52
RO
RogenmoserSt. Gallen
2 1
0.1%
53
PC
2 1
0.1%
54 2 1
0.1%
55 2 1
0.1%
56 2 1
0.1%
57
CF
2 2
0.1%
58
AZ
Apotheke zumSchaffhausen
2 1
0.1%
59
AG
2 1
0.1%
60
VI
VitalisZurich, Lucerne
2 2
0.1%
61
NF
2 1
0.1%
62
FA
FarmaciaTicino
2 1
0.1%
63 2 1
0.1%
64 2 1
0.1%
65 2 1
0.1%
66
DH
2 1
0.1%
67
AD
2 1
0.1%
68
PharmacieGeneva
2 1
0.1%
Share — of all pharmacies in Switzerland; under the chain — the cantons with most of its locations in the category2,605 in the category
Chains and independent companies
In chains1,012 · 39%
Independent1,593 · 61%

The five largest chains account for 20.3% of all pharmacies in Switzerland.

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Pharmacies in one file

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How we count

Rank — by number of active locations of the chain in the “Pharmacy” category in all of Switzerland; share — of all pharmacies. A chain has at least two locations; the chain affiliation comes from the source. Closed locations are not counted.

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