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As of 4 November 2026, 3,239 pharmacies companies are based in United Kingdom; 15 are hiring right now and London has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 3,239
- Hiring now
- 15 · 7 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Community pharmacies · 2,365
- Top city
- London · 80
- Parent market
- Health care · 90,545
Pharmacies in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Community pharmacies | 2,365 | 73% |
| Online pharmacy shops | 1,124 | 35% |
| Grey market online pharmacies | 278 | 9% |
| Travel medicine & vaccination clinics | 70 | 2% |
| Medical weight loss clinics | 49 | 2% |
| Other pharmacies | 37 | 1% |
| Pharmaceutical wholesale | 27 | 1% |
| General practice primary care | 23 | 1% |
| Aesthetic medicine clinics | 5 | 0% |
| Ent practice | 4 | 0% |
| Gynecology obstetrics practice | 4 | 0% |
| Lab & test instrument distributors | 4 | 0% |
| Heilpraktiker practices | 3 | 0% |
| Medical equipment distributors | 3 | 0% |
| Other primary medical & veterinary practices | 3 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 52 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 2,865 · 3 |
| 11-50 employees | 245 · 2 |
| 51-200 employees | 51 · 3 |
| 201-500 employees | 15 · 2 |
| 501-1000 employees | 5 · 2 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 5 · 3 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 80 | 2% |
| Birmingham | 41 | 1% |
| Glasgow | 33 | 1% |
| Manchester | 27 | 1% |
| Bradford | 26 | 1% |
| Leicester | 24 | 1% |
| Liverpool | 23 | 1% |
| Edinburgh | 19 | 1% |
| Sheffield | 19 | 1% |
| Croydon | 16 | 0% |
| Nottingham | 16 | 0% |
| Leeds | 15 | 0% |
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The stack of pharmacies in United Kingdom
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3,239 pharmacies companies are based in United Kingdom; 15 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/health_care/united-kingdom/pharmacies)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Pharmacies in United Kingdom: questions
How many pharmacies companies are there in United Kingdom?
3,239 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Health care → Pharmacies → leaf niches such as community pharmacies, online pharmacy shops, grey market online pharmacies. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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