DRUG STORE PERFORMANCE 2009
Sales and earnings
| Chain drug store volume: |
$238.31 billion |
| Change vs. 2009 |
+5.4% |
| Same-store sales increase: |
+2.6% |
| Chain drug share of total sales: |
75.1% |
| Average volume per chain drug store: |
$7.7 million |
| Average chain drug sales per sq. ft.: |
$801 |
| Chain drug net earnings: |
$3.34 billion |
| Chain net-to-sales ratio: |
1.4% |
| Independent drug store volume: |
$79.0 billion |
| Change vs. 2009: |
+4.8% |
Stores
| Number of chain drug stores: |
24,581 |
| Net change in number for chain drug stores vs. 2009 |
+21 (+0.009%) |
| Chain drug share of total drug stores: |
55.5% |
| Average chain drug store size (selling): |
11,125 sq. ft. |
| Total number of square feet (selling): |
273.5 million |
| Number of independent drug stores: |
19,709 |
| Net change in number of independent drug stores vs. 2009 |
-143 (-0.7%) |
Source: Racher Press research.
