RANKING OF TOP PHARMACY CHAINS OF UKRAINE BY REVENUE
The sales of all categories of pharmacy basket products according to the results of 9 months of 2017 amounted to 51.4 billion UAH and 1.2 billion of packages. As compared with the same period in 2016 Ukrainians increased the consumption of pharmaceutical products. Sales volume in monetary terms increased by 23,1% in monetary terms and by 7,5% in kind.
The trend of increased sales persists from year to year. Market-share gain was attributable mainly to the increase of sales volume in packages and to consumption redistribution towards more expensive medicines. In addition a large number of medicines in Ukraine are sold without provision of prescription from a doctor.
There are more than 22 K of pharmacies and pharmacy sale points operating in Ukraine. In average the number of pharmacies grows every year by thousand points of sale.
The ranking of pharmacy chains of Ukraine by revenue according to the results of 2016 is provided below. Apteka Nizkih Cen became a leader according to analysts’ estimate. Cash receipts from sales of this pharmacy chain amounted to 2.9 billion UAH in 2016. Pharmplanet that achieved index of 2.9 billion UAH ranked the second place. The third place was taken by Gamma-55 (Apteka 9-1-1) which revenue amounted to 1.3 billion UAH. The fourth and fifth places were hold by Volynpharm (900 billion UAH) and Med-Service (850 billion UAH) correspondently.