Pharmacies and Drug Stores
OVERVIEW
This industry comprises establishments, known as pharmacies and drug stores, primarily engaged in retailing prescription or non-prescription drugs and medicines. These establishments also typically retail snacks, cosmetics, personal hygiene products, greeting cards and stationery, and health aids, and may also retail confectionery, tobacco products, novelties and giftware, and cameras and photographic supplies.
Example Activities:
Apothecaries, retail
Dispensary, retail
Drug store
Drug sundries, retail
Patent medicines, retail
Pharmaceuticals, retail
Pharmacies, retail
Proprietary medicines, retail
The information on the number, size and location of establishments can be used to assess the existing level of competition within the industry in your province/territory.
The table below shows the breakdown between employer and non-employer or indeterminate establishments for each province and territory as well as at the national level. For this industry, 5 of establishments are non-employers or indeterminate and 11 have one or more employees.
Businesses
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Establishments 11,709 only |
<99 Employee 99.5% only |
Financial performance
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Revenue $1.4 million
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Profitability 82.1% are profitable |
Trade
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Exports Sorry!!
No info available |
Import Sorry!! |
Salaries and wages
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Sorry! No information available at this moment. |
