About
Data from the counter,
shared back with the field.
Pharmacy Forum is a research project focused on independent community pharmacy. We survey pharmacy owners and pharmacists-in-charge about how they run their stores: the services they offer, the technology they use, and what they plan next. Then we publish the results in aggregate.
Between surveys, we publish short data briefs on the questions independent operators ask most often, such as reimbursement, store counts, clinical services and the rules that shape them. Every brief lists its sources so you can check the numbers yourself.
If you work in independent pharmacy, your answers help decide what gets measured. Participation is always voluntary.
- Independent U.S. pharmacies, 2026 (NCPA)
- 18,988
- Share of U.S. retail pharmacies that are independent
- ~37%
- Avg. prescriptions per independent store, 2025
- 65,795