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💊Opening a Pharmacy in Portland: a location research guide

Portland — A Pacific Northwest small-business stronghold where independent retail and food carts shape the streetscape. If you're thinking about opening a pharmacy here, the difference between the right block and the wrong block is often a 30% revenue swing in the first year. This guide walks through what to look at on the map before you sign a lease.

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What to look at on the map

For a pharmacy, the location factors that matter most are different from a generic retail store. When you scan Portland on the interactive map, focus on these:

  • 🏠Residential density (500m)

    Residents within 800m walk.

  • 🤝Complementary businesses

    Adjacent clinic / hospital = referral flow.

  • ⚔️Direct competitors (1km)

    Other pharmacies within 500m split the market.

Where to look in Portland

Portland has several commercial districts where pharmacy businesses tend to cluster — useful both as starting points and as references for what "busy" looks like:

  • Pearl District
  • Mississippi Avenue
  • Alberta Arts
  • Hawthorne
  • Division

30 pharmacys mapped in Portland

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  • WalgreensUnclaimed
    45.5624, -122.6303
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  • Fairley'sUnclaimed
    7206 Northeast Sandy Boulevard Portland·site
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  • Fred Meyer PharmacyUnclaimed
    7555 Southwest Barbur Boulevard Portland·site
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  • SafewayUnclaimed
    8145 Southwest Barbur Boulevard Portland·site
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  • SafewayUnclaimed
    1010 Southwest Jefferson Street Portland·site
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  • WalgreensUnclaimed
    7280 Southwest Beaverton Hillsdale Highway Portland·site
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  • SafewayUnclaimed
    2800 Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard Portland·site
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  • SafewayUnclaimed
    5920 Northeast Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard Portland·site
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  • WalgreensUnclaimed
    6116 Northeast Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard Portland·site
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  • Fred Meyer PharmacyUnclaimed
    3030 Northeast Weidler Street Portland
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  • Fred Meyer PharmacyUnclaimed
    7700 Southwest Beaverton Hillsdale Highway Portland·site
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  • SafewayUnclaimed
    1303 Northwest Lovejoy Street Portland·site
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  • SafewayUnclaimed
    3940 Southeast Powell Boulevard Portland·site
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  • Fred Meyer PharmacyUnclaimed
    100 Northwest 20th Place Portland·site
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  • WalgreensUnclaimed
    2103 West Burnside Street Portland·site
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+ 15 more — see them all on the interactive map

Investment outlook

Before you commit, here's the real-world cost picture for a pharmacy:

¥30-100万 incl. regulated inventory.

Common rookie mistakes

The mistakes that sink first-time pharmacy owners aren't the ones you read about in startup blogs. The recurring ones are:

  • ⚠Licensing + pharmacist staffing requirements vary by country

Open the interactive map

Ready to scan Portland block by block? Open the interactive map below — every hexagon is clickable for a per-block research breakdown.

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