Chemist Warehouse
Retailers
Online retailers
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🇦🇺 Australia
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Est. 2000
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20,000 employees
Chemist Warehouse is an Australian pharmacy retail chain headquartered in Preston, Victoria. It was founded in 2000 when Jack Gance and Mario Verrocchi opened the first store in Melbourne, and it sells medicines, vitamins, supplements, cosmetics, skin care and personal care products in stores and online, including brands such as Maybelline, Garnier, Rimmel, Veet and L'Oréal. The group had more than 540 stores in Australia and New Zealand in 2023 and 16 in Ireland in 2025, and employs about 20,000 people. Since a merger in February 2025 it has been part of the ASX-listed Sigma Healthcare.
Address
Preston
Website
www.chemistwarehouse.com.auCountries of operation
🇦🇺 Australia, 🇳🇿 New Zealand, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇨🇳 China, 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
Ownership
Subsidiary
Parent company
Sigma Healthcare
Product Types
Related Brands
Quick facts
- Type
- Retailers, Online retailers
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Employees
- 20,000
- Founded
- 2000