About us


Alliance Boots is a leading international pharmacy-led health and beauty group offering a wide range of products and services to our customers working in close partnership with manufacturers and pharmacists. Our two core businesses are pharmacy-led health and beauty retailing and pharmaceutical wholesaling.

Through our daily actions and operations, our teams play a significant role in contributing to the overall improvement of healthcare in the communities we serve. We are proud to work within such a unique sector, helping millions of consumers and patients look and feel their best.

Alliance Boots is privately-owned and employs over 110,000* people. Its wholesale and distribution network serves over 135,000* pharmacies, doctors, health centres and hospitals from over 370* pharmaceutical wholesale depots in 15* countries. We operate more than 3,200* health and beauty retail outlets in nine* countries, of which over 2,900* have a pharmacy.

* Figures stated are as at 31 March 2008, are approximate and include associates and joint ventures.

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