CVS Health

CVS Health Corporation
Formerly
  • CVS Corporation (1996–2007)
  • CVS Caremark Corporation (2007–2014)
Company typePublic
Industry
PredecessorMelville Corporation
Founded1963 (1963) in Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.
Founders
Headquarters,
U.S.
Number of locations
9,135 (2024)
Area served
United States
Key people
David Joyner (president and CEO)
ServicesHealth care provider
Pharmacy benefit manager
RevenueIncrease US$372.8 billion (2024)
Decrease US$8.516 billion (2024)
Decrease US$4.614 billion (2024)
Total assetsIncrease US$253.2 billion (2024)
Total equityDecrease US$75.73 billion (2024)
Number of employees
c. 300,000 (2024)
Subsidiaries[1]
Websitecvshealth.com Edit this at Wikidata
Footnotes / references
[2]

CVS Health Corporation is an American healthcare company that owns CVS Pharmacy, a retail pharmacy chain; CVS Caremark, a pharmacy benefits manager; and Aetna, a health insurance provider, among many other brands. The company is the world's second largest healthcare company, behind UnitedHealth Group. In 2023, the company was ranked 64th in the Forbes Global 2000.[3][4] CVS started in Lowell, Massachusetts by brothers Stanley and Sidney Goldstein and their partner Ralph Hoagland.[5] The name stood for Consumer Value Stores.[6]

  1. ^ "CVS Health Subsidiaries". Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). December 31, 2018.
  2. ^ "CVS Health Corp 2024 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 12, 2025. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  3. ^ "The Global 2000 2023". Forbes. Archived from the original on January 29, 2024. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
  4. ^ SCHIFRIN", "ANDREA MURPHY"," MATT. "Forbes 2024 Global 2000 List - The World's Largest Companies Ranked". Forbes. Retrieved June 18, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Our History". cvshealth.com. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  6. ^ Berlinski, Peter (January–February 2006). "Ryan Preaches PL to CVS Team". Private Label Magazine. Archived from the original on February 25, 2008. Retrieved March 3, 2008.

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