National Pharmacy to Close Locations in Iowa and Illinois
A national pharmacy has announced that they will be closing over a couple hundred locations nationwide. The justification behind the store closings is due to the company's ongoing restructuring efforts that are meant to "streamline operations" and loan themselves to helping adapt to consumer needs, per Newsweek.
As I've written about practically two dozen times myself over the last six months, a bevy of once-ubiquitous chains are shuttering locations at a rapid rate. The landscape for mid-level chain restaurants has been looking especially bleak and brutal as of late. This year, Hooters has filed for bankruptcy, and Red Robin is also planning to close 70 locations too. Recently, TGI Fridays was confirmed to be down to just 85 locations, with only a combined four remaining in Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin (none of which in Iowa).
READ MORE: Fast Casual Chain Could Close Nearly Two Dozen Locations in 2025
CVS is the Latest Company Making Some Grave Decisions:
Now, CVS will be closing an additional 271 retail locations this year. This follows the closure of around 900 CVS locations between 2022 and 2024. A CVS spokesperson told Newsweek that the imminent closures will "enable the company to optimize its existing stores and pharmacies."
The following factors were taken into consideration when deciding whether or not a specific pharmacy location would be closed, per Newsweek, including:
- Population shifts
- Consumer buying patterns
- Store and pharmacy density
- Pharmacy care access
- Community health needs
One Source Discovered Many of the Locations That Will Close:
While CVS has not released a list of locations that will close, the consumer-focused website The Krazy Coupon Lady combed through a barrage of local news sources to find that a few dozen CVS locations have either already closed or announced they will be shuttering later in 2025.
On the homefront, while it looks like zero Wisconsin CVS locations will close at this time, three stores will close in Iowa and two will close in Illinois:
Illinois:
- 8639 S. Cicero Ave., Chicago
- 401 W. Armitage Ave., Chicago
- 2000 Skokie Valley Rd., Highland Park
Iowa:
- 2420 Lincoln Way, Ames
- 215 Euclid Ave., Des Moines
Other CVS Locations That Have Closed/Will Close:
The Krazy Coupon Lady also sourced these CVS locations, which have closed or will close very soon, per Newsweek:
Alabama:
- 2901 Morgan Rd., Bessemer
- 3303 Clairmont Ave., Birmingham
California:
- 499 Haight St., San Francisco
- 1701 K St., Sacramento
Florida:
- 3090 S. Monroe St., Tallahassee
- 13300 E. Colonial Dr., Orlando
- 2201 Edgewater Dr., Orlando
Georgia:
- 439 Highland Blvd., Atlanta
Indiana:
- 9550 Allisonville Rd., Indianapolis
Maryland:
- 1000 S. Charles St., Federal Hill, Baltimore
- 7235 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda
- 34 N. Cannon Ave., Hagerstown, closing June 26, per The Herald-Mail
Massachusetts:
- 55 Summer St., Boston
Michigan:
- 28774 Gratiot Ave., Roseville
- 27700 Harper Ave., St. Clair Shores
Missouri:
- 2435 Independence Ave., Kansas City
- 9433 Manchester Rd., Saint Louis
- 4531 Troost Ave., Kansas City
New York:
- 955 Payne Ave., North Tonawanda
- 153 Central Ave., Albany
- 1026 Madison Ave., Albany
- 1241 Lexington Ave., New York
- 1654 Richmond Ave., Staten Island
North Carolina:
- 201 W. 4th St., Winston-Salem
Ohio:
- 10825 Kinsman Rd., Cleveland
Pennsylvania:
- 125 E. Main St., Plymouth
Texas:
- 3890 Phelan Blvd., Beaumont, per The Beaumont Enterprise
Virginia:
- 10390 Willard Way, Fairfax
Washington, D.C.:
- 1117 10th St. NW
- 1100 4th St. SW
- 400 Massachusetts Ave. NW
- 1515 New York Ave. NE
- 4500 Wisconsin Ave. NW
- 7828 Georgia Ave. NW
What These Closures Do to Pharmacy Access:
A CVS spokesperson told Newsweek that even post-realignment, "85% of the people in the US still live within 10 miles of a CVS Pharmacy." That's how ubiquitous they are:
Store closure decisions are based on several factors, including population shifts, consumer buying patterns, store and pharmacy density, pharmacy care access, and community health needs. We're focused on ensuring we have the right kinds of stores and the right number of stores in the right locations. We're closing locations strategically to better meet consumers' health, wellness and pharmacy care needs – as announced more than three years ago – not in reaction to industry pressures - a CVS spokesperson, per Newsweek
Read more about the imminent closure of a couple hundred CVS Pharmacy locations on Newsweek's website.