In 2016, the group’s units reached sales of nearly RON220 million, similar with the level reached in 2015.
Belladonna has recently reached 100 pharmacies on the Romanian market, after opening three new units outside capital Bucharest, namely, in Constanta, Galati and Targoviste, which are the first units opened outside Bucharest.
On the Romanian market, the ranking of the largest players in the pharmaceutical retail sector is dominated by Catena, a pharmacy chain controlled by female entrepreneur Anca Vlad, which posted a turnover of RON2.6 billion (EUR572 million) in 2016, with 620 pharmacies. Sensiblu comes second and is followed by Dona, Help Net and Ropharma. Overall, the top five players hold 20% of the market. The total number of drugstores reached nearly 7,750 units, according to the latest data released by the country’s statistics board.