Our Business
WBA brings together some of the best and most recognized brands in healthcare, retail and beauty, with a purpose to enable more joyful lives through better health.
Walgreens Boots Alliance is one of the largest drugstore chains in the U.S. and has strong market positions in Europe and Latin America.
Our company's three segments are U.S. Retail Pharmacy, International and U.S. Healthcare.
In order to best leverage the size, scale and expertise of our large company, we operate a number of global, cross-divisional functions.
Our U.S. Retail Pharmacy segment is made up of our brands – Walgreens and Duane Reade, which together form one of the largest drugstore chains in the U.S. – as well as specialty and home delivery pharmacy, AllianceRx Walgreens Pharmacy, and our majority investment in iA, provider of software enabled pharmacy automation solutions.
Our International segment has pharmacy-led health and beauty retail businesses in five countries, including our principal brands of Boots in the UK, Thailand and the Republic of Ireland, Boots Opticians and Benavides in Mexico, as well as WBA’s pharmaceutical wholesale operation in Germany.
The U.S. Healthcare segment offers a technology-enabled care model powered by a nationally scaled, locally delivered healthcare platform, organically developed clinical programs and strategic collaboration with WBA's majority-owned businesses, including VillageMD, Shields Health Solutions and CareCentrix.
Our company has a portfolio of highly regarded beauty brands available online and in more than 22,000 retail outlets in 29 markets worldwide.
WBA is an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader serving millions of customers and patients every day, with a 170-year heritage of caring for communities.
A trusted, global innovator in retail pharmacy with more than 12,500 locations across the U.S., Europe and Latin America, WBA plays a critical role in the healthcare ecosystem. The company is reimagining local healthcare and well-being for all as part of its purpose – to create more joyful lives through better health.
Explore the map to see the global reach of our owned businesses, equity method investments and franchise-owned Boots locations.
