3.0× The typical pharmacy for sale in the US asks 3.0 times its yearly cash flow.
We read 133 pharmacies listed for sale on a major online marketplace and compared each asking price with the cash flow its seller reported.
The findings in eight sentences.
- The middle half of pharmacies ask between 2.2 and 4.8 times their yearly cash flow.
- Pharmacies ask more than the typical business for sale, which asks 2.6 times.
- The typical asking price for a pharmacy is $613,000.
- Measured against revenue, the typical pharmacy asks 0.4 times its yearly sales.
- 20% of pharmacies for sale offer seller financing, against 22% overall.
- 44% of owners who say why they're selling are moving on to other businesses or interests, and 34% are retiring.
- 17% of pharmacies for sale show no revenue, cash flow or EBITDA, against 18% overall.
- 32% of the pharmacies for sale are listed in California, 14% in Texas and 13% in New York.
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Of the health, beauty and fitness industries, pharmacies tie for the most, at 3.0 times.
Assisted living and care homes ask the least, 1.4 times their yearly cash flow.
- Home health and senior care agencies: median 3.0×, middle half from 2.0× to 4.0×
- Pharmacies: median 3.0×, middle half from 2.2× to 4.8×
- Gyms, fitness studios and spas: median 2.7×, middle half from 2.0× to 3.5×
- Medical practices: median 2.6×, middle half from 1.9× to 3.6×
- Hair salons and barbershops: median 2.0×, middle half from 1.4× to 3.0×
- Chiropractic practices: median 1.8×, middle half from 1.6× to 2.6×
- Nail salons and beauty studios: median 1.8×, middle half from 1.1× to 2.7×
- Assisted living and care homes: median 1.4×, middle half from 1.0× to 2.8×
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57% of pharmacies ask between two and four times their yearly cash flow.
28% ask more than four, and 15% less than two.
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What pharmacies for sale say they run on.
25% of pharmacies for sale say what they run on, and 84% of those name scheduling, dispatch or industry software. 2% of pharmacies for sale pitch technology as a way to grow.
- Scheduling, dispatch or industry software: 84%
- Point-of-sale or payment system: 26%
- Online booking, ordering or store: 7%
- Accounting or payroll software: 4%
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Each bar is a share of the listings that say what they run on. A listing can name several.
What a pharmacy like yours would ask.
The middle half of similar listings ask
$539,000 to $1,180,000
The typical one asks $744,000, 3.0× its yearly cash flow.
Based on pharmacies of every size. Too few this size are listed. These are asking prices, not sale prices or appraisals.
After the close.
We write the software a newly bought business runs on, one process at a time, such as quoting, scheduling or billing, and the new owner keeps the code. How we work with buyers and operating partners.
The data.
We read the listings on September 24, 2026, and their full details from September 25 to 30, 2026.
Questions
What multiple of cash flow do pharmacies sell for?
Pharmacies listed for sale in the US ask a median 3.0 times their yearly cash flow (seller's discretionary earnings), and the middle half ask between 2.2 and 4.8 times. Sale prices usually come in lower.
How much does it cost to buy a pharmacy?
The typical pharmacy for sale asks $613,000, and the middle half ask between $297,000 and $1,488,000. Sale prices usually come in lower.
How many pharmacies for sale offer seller financing?
20% of pharmacies for sale offer seller financing, against 22% overall.
What multiple of revenue do pharmacies ask?
The typical pharmacy for sale asks 0.4 times its yearly sales, and the middle half ask between 0.3 and 0.7 times.
What software do pharmacies use?
25% of pharmacies for sale say in their listing what they run on. Of those, 84% name scheduling, dispatch or industry software, 26% a point-of-sale or payment system, 7% online booking, ordering or an online store and 4% accounting or payroll software.
Why are pharmacies for sale?
44% of owners who give a reason are moving on to other businesses or interests. 34% are retiring, and 10% are relocating.
How we did it
We read every listing on a major US online marketplace for businesses for sale on September 24, 2026, and went back to each one from September 25 to 30, 2026 for its full details. This page covers the 133 established pharmacies among them. 78 show both an asking price and a cash flow, and 74 of those are left after the exclusions below.
Older listings use a flat list of named categories, and newer ones a two-level list whose subcategories have no names. A listing without its own photo shows its category's default photo. Each default photo almost always shows up in a single newer subcategory, so each named category joins the subcategory where its photo appears.
A multiple is the asking price divided by the seller's discretionary earnings the listing reports. We left out multiples below 0.3 or above 20, and listings whose price includes the property. Prices and cash flows on this page come from the listings with a multiple. These are asking prices, and a business usually sells for less than it asks. The full method.
The section on what pharmacies run on counts what listings say. A page has it when at least 30 of its listings say what they run on.
Cite this page
Fulkerson Advisors (2026). What pharmacies for sale ask. From What Small Businesses for Sale Ask: 39,587 US Listings, September 2026. https://www.fulkersonadvisors.com/research/small-business-multiples/pharmacies
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