Industry · NAICS 44611

Pharmacies and drug stores

The United States has 41,792 employer establishments in pharmacies and drug stores (1.2 per 10,000 residents), employing 691,152 people at an average annual pay of $44,477, plus 9,970 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments: 41,792; 9,970 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 1.2
Paid employees: 691,152
Average annual pay: $44,477

Places ranked by residents per establishment

Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.

Places

State

Size

Pharmacies and drug stores by residents per establishment
#	Place					vs US
1	Anchorage, AK	401,959	16	25,122	0.4	0.32×	341	$41,047	5
2	Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	124,716	5	24,943	0.4	0.32×	91	$41,297	5
3	Killeen-Temple, TX	502,497	22	22,841	0.4	0.35×	441	$44,209	4
4	Logan, UT-ID	158,554	7	22,651	0.4	0.36×	125	$35,864	6
5	Greeley, CO	360,971	16	22,561	0.4	0.36×	318	$42,104	5
6	Show Low, AZ	109,197	5	21,839	0.5	0.37×	80	$48,638	4
7	Idaho Falls, ID	168,554	8	21,069	0.5	0.38×	180	$37,483	—
8	Bozeman, MT	125,952	6	20,992	0.5	0.38×	73	$46,575	4
9	Rochester, MN	229,143	11	20,831	0.5	0.39×	304	$24,984	—
10	Colorado Springs, CO	770,497	37	20,824	0.5	0.39×	847	$39,606	17
11	Flagstaff, AZ	144,554	7	20,651	0.5	0.39×	107	$43,907	—
12	Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	739,116	36	20,531	0.5	0.39×	707	$37,335	18
13	Cheyenne, WY	100,995	5	20,199	0.5	0.40×	98	$38,418	7
14	Farmington, NM	120,754	6	20,126	0.5	0.40×	143	$40,252	—
15	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	3,031,278	157	19,308	0.5	0.42×	3,838	$42,648	64
16	Vallejo, CA	451,377	24	18,807	0.5	0.43×	644	$63,113	7
17	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	277,358	15	18,491	0.5	0.44×	245	$46,184	3
18	Yuma, AZ	214,228	12	17,852	0.6	0.45×	191	$47,707	5
19	Grand Junction, CO	159,794	9	17,755	0.6	0.45×	157	$42,955	—
20	Mankato, MN	104,349	6	17,392	0.6	0.46×	186	$45,430	—
21	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	2,519,045	145	17,373	0.6	0.46×	2,861	$43,843	38
22	Yakima, WA	257,314	15	17,154	0.6	0.47×	266	$49,962	4
23	Ogden, UT	660,366	39	16,932	0.6	0.48×	620	$41,205	14
24	Columbia, MO	216,584	13	16,660	0.6	0.48×	353	$36,598	4
25	Boise City, ID	827,672	50	16,553	0.6	0.49×	947	$42,114	22

1–25 of 397 places

Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).

Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.

Federal contracts in this industry

No federal contract obligations under NAICS 45611, 44611 in fiscal year 2026.