Cash flow
$150,000
Revenue
$600,000
Down
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Posting: 271516 | Available | 12/22/21
Beautiful Retail Pharmacy located in the area of Pasadena/Altadena of Los Angeles County. Established in 2018, conveniently located near 210 highway in a busy Auto and Pedestrian traffic area. Averages 500 retail scripts a month. Spacious front end with variety of OTC products. Open 6 days a week.
Asking Price
$240,000
Cash flow
$85,000
Revenue
$600,000
Down
Negotiable
Posting: 271229 | Available | 12/5/21
Great opportunity to invest and operate well established retail pharmacy located in the area of Woodland Hills, Tarzana of Los Angeles County. Established in 2016, located inside busy Medical Building. Conveniently located near 101 Highway. Averages 30 scripts a day, no compounding.
Asking Price
$249,500
Cash flow
$370,000
Revenue
$2,400,000
Down
Call / Email
Posting: 267159 | Available | 3/31/21
Profitable Retail Pharmacy in Chino, San Bernardino County. Established in 2018. Absentee sellers are retiring. Located in shopping plaza with heavy traffic. Annual Gross 2,389,652. SDE [Including PIC's Salary] 368,950. Lease $3,782. 4 Employees. 70-80 RX per Day plus substantial OTC.
Asking Price
$395,000
Cash flow
$150,000
Revenue
$600,000
Down
Call / Email
Posting: 271516 | Available | 12/22/21
Beautiful Retail Pharmacy located in the area of Pasadena/Altadena of Los Angeles County. Established in 2018, conveniently located near 210 highway in a busy Auto and Pedestrian traffic area. Averages 500 retail scripts a month. Spacious front end with variety of OTC products. Open 6 days a week.
Asking Price
$240,000
Cash flow
Call/Email
Revenue
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Posting: 278506 | In Escrow | 4/25/23
For sale is a retail pharmacy that is suitable and ideal for relocation and change of ownership (CHOW), and has all major insurances including Medi-Cal and Medi-Care. CHOW can be 45 to 90 days pending temporary license approval from the Board of Pharmacy, making it a quick acquisition.
Asking Price
$200,000
Cash flow
$87,652
Revenue
$1,003,565
Down
$200,000
Posting: 280675 | Available | 9/9/23
Lake Tahoe is calling you! This is a rare opportunity to invest in a pharmacy established in 1952! The current owner bought it in 1982. Retail Pharmacy is located in beautiful Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, far away from the heat zone! It is located on well-traveled Lake Tahoe Blvd.
Asking Price
275,600 + inventory
Cash flow
$325,305
Revenue
$977,742
Down
Call/Email
Posting: 284878 | Available | 1/27/24
This company is a licensed, retail pharmacy located in town with a population of 4,200. The town is the county seat, and the county has a population of 16,800. The company is one of three pharmacies located in the town. The company offers a full array of pharmaceutical services to all customers.
Asking Price
$1,379,000
Cash flow
Call/Email
Revenue
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Posting: 285445 | Available | 3/1/24
A well-established pharmacy, operating profitably since 1984, presents a prime opportunity for acquisition. Situated on the first floor of a 7-story medical building adjacent to a regional hospital, the pharmacy boasts excellent visibility with prominent signage visible.
Asking Price
$1,950,000
Cash flow
$370,000
Revenue
$2,400,000
Down
Call / Email
Posting: 267159 | Available | 3/31/21
Profitable Retail Pharmacy in Chino, San Bernardino County. Established in 2018. Absentee sellers are retiring. Located in shopping plaza with heavy traffic. Annual Gross 2,389,652. SDE [Including PIC's Salary] 368,950. Lease $3,782. 4 Employees. 70-80 RX per Day plus substantial OTC.
Asking Price
$395,000
Cash flow
$685,960
Revenue
$2,572,680
Down
$500,000
Posting: 285082 | Available | 2/9/24
This is a great opportunity to invest and operate a well-established retail pharmacy located near Downtown Los Angeles in the general area of Huntington Park, South Gate, Vernon, and South Central of Los Angeles County. Established in 1958, conveniently located near 110 and 10 highways.
Asking Price
$948,800
Cash flow
Call/Email
Revenue
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Posting: 276217 | In Escrow | 4/25/23
This is an asset sale for a retail pharmacy in OC, located inside a medical building. It is ideal for a change of ownership and relocation or to stay and build up additional revenue via marketing. Rent is $5k/month +/-. It accepts medical, medicare, and major PBMs. In Escrow / Back Up Offer
Asking Price
$275,000
Cash flow
$85,000
Revenue
$600,000
Down
Negotiable
Posting: 271229 | Available | 12/5/21
Great opportunity to invest and operate well established retail pharmacy located in the area of Woodland Hills, Tarzana of Los Angeles County. Established in 2016, located inside busy Medical Building. Conveniently located near 101 Highway. Averages 30 scripts a day, no compounding.
Asking Price
$249,500
Cash flow
$346,286
Revenue
$1,645,220
Down
$346,286
Posting: 280664 | Available | 5/11/23
Very profitable and well-established Pharmacy in the Miami area. Established for 15 years. Open Monday through Friday from 8: AM to 5 PM. Excellent opportunity for entrepreneurial Pharmacists or investor groups wanting to enter the South Florida market.
Asking Price
$550,000
Cash flow
$32,550
Revenue
$1,203,560
Down
$265,880
Posting: 283155 | Available | 10/1/23
Welcome to the Orange County, California! This is a great opportunity to invest in a retail pharmacy located in a large medical building located in Laguna Hills/Aliso Viejo, surrounded by many medical buildings, including Regional Medical Center. This is a well-established retail pharmacy.
Asking Price
$265,880
Cash flow
$100,000
Revenue
$265,452
Down
$235,000
Posting: 285614 | Available | 3/12/24
This recently established retail pharmacy is located in one of the largest medical centers of Burbank, Los Angeles County, California. It is located near 134/101 highways, not far from the Burbank airport. It averages 30-35 retail scripts a day and have 25-30 prescribing doctors.
Asking Price
$235,000
Cash flow
$100,000
Revenue
$100,000
Down
$225,000
Posting: 284794 | Available | 1/23/24
This is a retail pharmacy located in a busy shopping center in the Encino/Tarzana area of Los Angeles County. Established in 2023, conveniently located near 101 highway in a busy traffic area. At present, there is one PharmD/PIC keeps it open. Most of major insurances are accepted.
Asking Price
$225,000
Cash flow
Call/Email
Revenue
$30,000,000
Down
Call/Email
Posting: 281484 | Available | 3/1/24
For sale is a highly specialized and niche pharmacy located in the Orange County area. They serve oncology, RA, and dermatology. They accept Medical, Medicare, and major PBMs + insurance. The seller operates in a semi-absentee mode. The seller is one of 3 pharmacists on staff.
Asking Price
$15,000,000
Cash flow
$235,000
Revenue
$1,350,000
Down
Negotiable
Posting: 270881 | Available | 2/16/24
This is a great opportunity to invest in and/or own and operate an exclusively located Retail Pharmacy that was established over 120 years ago! Located near a few medical offices. The pharmacy is located in the area of Ventura/Ojai/Carpinteria of Ventura County [far away from the heat zone].
Asking Price
$419,500
Cash flow
N/A
Revenue
N/A
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N/A
Posting: 280594 | In Escrow | 5/5/23
Retail Pharmacy - Suitable for Relocation, Accepts Medical, Medicare - Major PMBs - In good standing with BOP and insurance payers. Change of Ownership and Relocation can be 45 to 90 days, pending temporary license approval. In Escrow accepting Back Up Offer -
Asking Price
$195,000
Cash flow
$100,000
Revenue
$100,000
Down
$195,000
Posting: 286181 | Available | 4/18/24
This retail pharmacy is located in the USC Hospital area [90033] of Los Angeles County. All major PBMs except Medical. Buyer to apply for their own Medi-Cal contract. It is located near the 10 highway and was established in 2020. All patients' files are to be relocated to another pharmacy.
Asking Price
$195,000
Cash flow
Call/Email
Revenue
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Posting: 283281 | Available | 3/1/24
For sale is a retail pharmacy - ideal for relocation or can stay at the existing Location - near Staples Center / Crypto.com Arena. It accepts Medical, Medicare, and other major PBMS. The seller is retiring.
Asking Price
$175,000
Cash flow
$100,000
Revenue
$100,000
Down
$149,000
Posting: 280291 | Available | 3/26/24
New opportunity to move your existing patient base into a State-of-the-Art, turn-key, USP-800 compliant retail pharmacy in the South Bay, approx. 3 miles from two major hospitals and situated on lush grounds with waterfalls, on the ground-floor, in a bustling, Class A medical area.
Asking Price
$149,000
Cash flow
Call/Email
Revenue
$1,700,000
Down
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Posting: 281445 | Available | 3/1/24
For sale is a turnkey retail pharmacy with 2 clean rooms (non-sterile and sterile compounding room). They have a large front end and storage facility. They have 16,000+ RX annual prescriptions and 10,000+ Medical Rx. 50% of the RX Counts are medical prescriptions.
Asking Price
$379,000
Cash flow
$195,500
Revenue
$2,156,785
Down
Negotiable
Posting: 265743 | Available | 10/9/23
Retail Pharmacy inside a Medical Building in Long Beach. All major PBMs, Medicare, Medical. The pharma is doing about 50-60 scripts a day. Medicare/Medi-Cal/Cigna, Express Scripts, CVS/Caremark, OptumRX and many others. Monthly rent $5,200. Inventory 100,000. Furniture, Fixtures, Equipment $150,000.
Asking Price
$315,000
Cash flow
$1,400,000
Revenue
$8,015,000
Down
$6,500,000
Posting: 280550 | Available | 5/3/23
Very profitable Retail and Non-Sterile Compounding Pharmacy in Palm Beach County. In business for approximately 15 years. Profit Margins 32%. Full DEA License. Top upper-income location. All insurance plans are in place. Can increase volume with local and online marketing.
Asking Price
$6,500,000
Cash flow
Call/Email
Revenue
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Posting: 273164 | Available | 4/22/24
This well-established liquor store is located in prime location of town in San Francisco County, CA on a 2300 sq. ft. Seller claims average annual gross sales liquor store sales are $720,000 at 35% margin. Pharmacy Sales $2,300,000.
Asking Price
$390,000
Cash flow
$276,820
Revenue
$1,992,196
Down
$525,000
Posting: 283599 | Available | 10/30/23
This is a great opportunity for growth! For sale is a well-established independent pharmacy for fourteen years in Broward County. It has all PBM contracts including CVS/ Caremark, Optum and Express Scripts. They have a full DEA license C2-C5. There are no audits or problems with the Pharmacy Board.
Asking Price
$525,000
Cash flow
Call/Email
Revenue
$145,000
Down
$195,500
Posting: 276961 | Available | 10/6/23
For sale is a newly established Retail Pharmacy [opened in 2021] located in the area of Westminster, Garden Grove, Anaheim of Orange County. Most major insurances are accepted. Medicare/DEA/ Medical. The pharmacy is relocatable if needed to be relocated.
Asking Price
$195,500
Cash flow
Call/Email
Revenue
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Posting: 284156 | Available | 3/1/24
Established in the 1980s, the same location of this retail pharmacy serves the mature community of Linda Vista, SD. This is an opportunity for a pharmacist owner-operator to take over the location and or to relocate. The seller is 90 years young and is retiring!
Asking Price
$225,000
Cash flow
$886,580
Revenue
$2,785,635
Down
Call/Email
Posting: 284770 | Available | 1/20/24
This retail pharmacy is located in the heavily populated South Los Angeles/Florence/Huntington Park neighborhoods of Los Angeles County, California! It is excellent cash flow with a high-profit margin. It has a large MediCal patient base and is located near 110/10 highways.
Asking Price
$599,880
Cash flow
$135,652
Revenue
$1,156,325
Down
Call/Email
Posting: 280676 | Available | 5/11/23
Retail Pharmacy in Westwood, near UCLA. Established in 1989. All major insurance contracts. Steady Revenue, the seller is retiring and motivated.
Asking Price
$385,000
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