Reach 18,900 Community Pharmacies and 235,000 Pharmacy Professionals with National Community Pharmacists Association

Members include the owners and registered pharmacists who operate 18,900 independently owned pharmacies—about 235,000 professionals representing roughly 90% of the independent pharmacy market—along with the managers, staff pharmacists, technicians, and students who support them. They typically work in locally owned community and long-term-care pharmacies, making them a concentrated audience of hands-on healthcare providers and small-business operators embedded in neighborhoods nationwide. National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) is the national association representing independent community pharmacists — including owners, managers, staff pharmacists and technicians — across the United States, drawing its membership from roughly 18,900 independent pharmacies. Founded in 1898, NCPA serves as the unified voice advocating for these pharmacies at the federal and state levels and provides business‑growth resources, training, and networking opportunities. For media buyers and advertisers, NCPA delivers access to a broad, engaged, and professionally aligned audience of independent pharmacy owners and operators — a group with strong purchasing power and influence in local health‑care markets, ideal for targeted sponsorship or advertising campaigns.