Largest Pharmaceutical Distributor in Germany: PHOENIX Pharmahandel GmbH & Co KG

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With sales of 25.8 billion euros (2018/19), PHOENIX Pharma SE in Mannheim is Germany’s largest pharmaceutical distributor and is also a force to be reckoned with internationally. PHOENIX employs around 36,000 people and is active in 27 countries. Approximately 56,000 pharmacies are supplied. In Germany, the business is managed under the umbrella of PHOENIX Pharmahandel GmbH & Co KG, a subsidiary of PHOENIX Pharma SE. With sales of 8.7 billion euros (2018/19), the German PHOENIX represents a good third of PHOENIX’s sales. The German market share is around 28 percent. PHOENIX SE is not only a pharmaceutical distributor, but also operates its own pharmacies in several countries through several chains – a total of 2,500 pharmacies, making it Europe’s largest pharmacy operator. This article is based on the unique List of the 400 largest German trading companies.

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Part of the Merckle group of companies

The PHOENIX Group in its current form has been in existence since 1994, when the entrepreneur Adolf Merckle took over several pharmaceutical distributors in the early 1990s. These were brought together under the umbrella of PHOENIX. PHOENIX is still part of the Merckle group of companies – a conglomerate that is active not only in pharmaceutical production and trade but also in mechanical engineering, the building materials and cement industry and other areas. The core of the group is the pharmaceutical manufacturer Merckle GmbH. Important participations exist in Kässbohrer Geländefahrzeug AG, the Zollern Group and HeidelbergCement.

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