Euroapotheca
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| Company type | Retail |
|---|---|
| Industry | Pharmacy retail |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Asta Juodeškaitė, Acting CEO |
| Revenue | €740 million[1] |
| €17.8 million[1] | |
Number of employees | 3.8 thousand (2018) |
| Parent | Vilniaus prekyba |
| Website | www.euroapotheca.lt |
Euroapotheca UAB is a pharmacy retail company headquartered in Lithuania. The company operates 916 pharmacies in Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden and is owned by Vilniaus prekyba.[2]
History
[edit]Euroapotheca was founded in 2007 as holding company for its existing pharmacies.[3]
In 2018, Euroapotheca purchased the state owned franchise pharmacy chain Apoteksgruppen in Sweden which provided services to 186 pharmacies and owning three pharmacies of its own.[4] The same year the 13 pharmacies Ülikooli Apteek and Medapta was purchased from Finnish Yliopiston Apteekki.[5] Euroapotheca left the Ukrainian market in 2018.[6]
In 2022, Euroapotheca and Finnish owned Oriola created a 50/50 joint venture by merging the Swedish pharmacy chains Apoteksgruppen and Kronans Apotek.[7]
Current markets
[edit]As of 2017, the group has stores in 5 European countries:
- Lithuania: Eurovaistinė, 277 branches
- Sweden: 50% owner of Apoteksgruppen and Kronans Apotek, 192 branches
- Poland: Euro-Apteka, 72 branches
- Latvia: Euroaptieka, 55 branches
- Estonia: Euroapteek, 76 branches
Former stores
[edit]- Czech Republic: Eurolekarna, 18 branches
- Slovakia: Eurolekaren, 10 branches
- Ukraine: Euroapteka, 4 branches
References
[edit]- ^ a b ""Eurovaistinės" pardavimai augo 5%".
- ^ "Euroapotheca". Euroapotheca, UAB. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
- ^ "Euroapotheca celebrates 12th aniversary". Euroapotheca, UAB. 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
- ^ "Lithuanian Euroapotheca cleared to buy Swedish pharmacy chain". Strategeast. 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
- ^ "Euroapotheca buys Ulikooli Apteek". The Baltic Course. 2018-03-15. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
- ^ "Financial results of Euroapotheca Group of 2018: the year of a historic breakthrough". Euroapotheca. 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
- ^ "Oriola and Euroapotheca have finalized the combining of Kronans Apotek and Apoteksgruppen into a new company". www.oriola.com. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
