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]

UAB Euroapotheca
Company typeRetail
IndustryPharmacy retail
Founded2007
Headquarters,
Key people
Asta Juodeškaitė, Acting CEO
Revenue740 million[1]
17.8 million[1]
Number of employees
3.8 thousand (2018)
ParentVilniaus prekyba
Websitewww.euroapotheca.lt

History

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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

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As of 2017, the group has stores in 5 European countries:

Former stores

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References

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  1. ^ a b ""Eurovaistinės" pardavimai augo 5%".
  2. ^ "Euroapotheca". Euroapotheca, UAB. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
  3. ^ "Euroapotheca celebrates 12th aniversary". Euroapotheca, UAB. 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
  4. ^ "Lithuanian Euroapotheca cleared to buy Swedish pharmacy chain". Strategeast. 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
  5. ^ "Euroapotheca buys Ulikooli Apteek". The Baltic Course. 2018-03-15. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
  6. ^ "Financial results of Euroapotheca Group of 2018: the year of a historic breakthrough". Euroapotheca. 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
  7. ^ "Oriola and Euroapotheca have finalized the combining of Kronans Apotek and Apoteksgruppen into a new company". www.oriola.com. Retrieved 2023-08-06.