Fleming

What Fleming does

Farmácias Fleming is a privately held regional pharmacy chain founded in 1964 by Leonardo Glapinski in Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil. The company operates over 20 physical pharmacy storefronts across the Campos Gerais region, spanning Ponta Grossa and surrounding cities including Carambeí, Castro, Telêmaco Borba, Imbituva, and Ortigueira. Its flagship is the Mega Fleming Drugstore (inaugurated in 2003), claimed to be the largest and most complete pharmacy in the interior of Paraná state. The network includes a 24-hour pharmacy and a dedicated compounding laboratory (Fleming Manipulação, est. 1998) that produces over 200 magistral formulas daily with a team of 25 technicians and 3 specialist pharmacists operating under full ANVISA compliance with certified raw material suppliers.

The company serves general consumers seeking pharmaceutical products, health monitoring services (blood glucose testing, blood pressure measurement, injectable administration), ear piercing, and custom-compounded medications. Distribution combines a physical-store retail network with an e-commerce platform (loja.fleming.com.br), WhatsApp-based televendas, and a corporate health-insurance portal (Web Convênio). Revenue is generated through direct retail transactions across medications, health and beauty products, compounding pharmacy services, ancillary health services, and health-insurance processing — none publicly disclosed in value terms. No external funding, institutional investors, or public-market activity is evidenced; the company remains under founder/family ownership and is governed by a stated mission to deliver humanized, qualified healthcare service across the region.

Name

Fleming

Legal name

Farmácias Fleming

Website

https://fleming.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Farmácias Fleming is a privately held regional pharmacy chain founded in 1964 in Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil, operating over 20 storefronts across the Campos Gerais region with a flagship Mega Fleming Drugstore, a dedicated compounding pharmacy producing 200+ daily formulas, e-commerce, and WhatsApp-based home delivery serving general consumers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Retail Pharmacy

NAICS

Pharmacies and Drug Retailers (456110), Health and Personal Care Retailers (456), Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing (325412)

SIC

Retail-Drug Stores And Proprietary Stores (5912), Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations (2844)

akta.pro primary industry

Retail & Community Pharmacies (Chain/Independent) (HLAFALAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Compounding Pharmacies (Sterile/Non-Sterile) (HLAFALAE)

Keywords

• Retail pharmacy services
• Compounding medications
• Pharmaceutical retail
• Drugstore chain
• Health monitoring services

Headquarters

HQ city

Ponta Grossa

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Retail Pharmacy Sales: Sale of pharmaceutical medications, health products, beauty and perfumery items, and personal hygiene products through physical pharmacy storefronts. Revenue from over-the-counter and prescription medications.
2. Compounding Pharmacy Services: Production and sale of magistral formulas (custom-compounded medications) through their specialized compounding laboratory. The facility produces over 200 formulas daily with specialized equipment and certified raw materials.
3. Health Services: Revenue from health services including blood glucose testing, blood pressure monitoring, injectable medication administration, and ear piercing services.
4. Health Insurance (Convênio): Partnership with health insurance providers through their Web Convênio system for processing insured customer purchases.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Fleming operates a regional pharmacy chain dispensing prescription and over-the-counter medications, health and beauty products, and personal hygiene items across more than 20 physical storefronts in the Campos Gerais region of Paraná, Brazil. The offering is supplemented by a compounding pharmacy (Fleming Manipulação) that produces magistral formulas, an online store with home delivery, telephone and WhatsApp ordering, and in-store health services such as blood glucose testing, blood pressure monitoring, and injectable medication administration.

Product overview

Fleming operates as a regional pharmacy chain network (Rede de Farmácias Fleming) in the Campos Gerais region of Paraná, Brazil. The offering consists of the core pharmacy retail network supplemented by an e-commerce platform (Loja Online Fleming), a compounding pharmacy division (Fleming Manipulação), and various in-store health/beauty services. The company also provides a corporate health plan portal (Web Convênio) and telephone/WhatsApp ordering service (Televendas). The network has expanded since 1964 to over 20+ locations across multiple cities including Ponta Grossa, Carambeí, Castro, Telêmaco Borba, and Imbituva.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Farmácias Fleming (Rede de Farmácias)
• Fleming Manipulação (Compounding Pharmacy)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 200 formulas produced daily at the compounding facility
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves13 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Febrafar (Associação Brasileira de Redes de Farmácias e Drogarias): Industry association and purchasing cooperative for Brazilian pharmacy chains, including Fleming as a member (referenced in Fleming's privacy/compliance portal URLs). Comparable as an ecosystem enabler for Brazilian pharmacy chains, providing shared services, procurement, and policy advocacy rather than direct retail competition.

Broad incumbents

• Panvel Farmácias: Regional pharmacy chain headquartered in Rio Grande do Sul with growing presence in Paraná and Santa Catarina. Comparable as a multi-store retail pharmacy offering prescription/OTC dispensing plus personal care and beauty lines, with similar regional strategy and operating footprint philosophy as Fleming.
• RD Saúde (Drogasil + Raia): Brazil's largest pharmacy chain operator (Drogasil and Raia banners), serving customers across all Brazilian states including Paraná. Comparable because it operates retail pharmacy storefronts dispensing prescription/OTC medications plus health and beauty products, but with vastly larger scale, omnichannel digital capabilities, and a national footprint that overshadows regional players like Fleming.
• Extrafarma: Brazilian pharmacy chain acquired by Pague Menos, operating stores across multiple Brazilian regions. Comparable as a multi-format retail pharmacy dispensing prescription/OTC medications, health and beauty products, and providing health services similar to Fleming's offering.
• Pague Menos: Major Brazilian pharmacy chain with strong presence in the North, Northeast, and growing operations in the South including Paraná. Directly comparable as a multi-format retail pharmacy chain dispensing medications and personal care products, though at significantly greater national scale than Fleming.

Direct peers

• Drogaria Catarinense: Regional Brazilian pharmacy chain with a strong presence in Santa Catarina and Paraná states. Comparable as a regional retail pharmacy chain serving the same South Brazilian market as Fleming, with similar storefront-based dispensing and personal care product mix.
• Drogaria Pacheco: Brazilian pharmacy chain operating across multiple states with storefronts dispensing medications and personal care products. Comparable as a mid-to-large Brazilian retail pharmacy chain, though with broader geographic reach than Fleming's regional Paraná concentration.
• Farmácia Preço Popular: Brazilian pharmacy chain focused on affordable medication dispensing with locations across multiple states. Comparable as a Brazilian retail pharmacy competitor operating in similar end markets to Fleming, though competing primarily on price rather than service breadth.
• São Braz Farmácias: Brazilian pharmacy chain operating in the South region with a multi-store retail model dispensing medications and health products. Comparable as a regional Brazilian pharmacy chain with similar scale and storefront model, directly competing for similar consumer segments in southern Brazilian markets.

Emerging players

• Essentia Pharma (Manipulação): Brazilian specialty pharmacy focused on compounding/manipulação services. Comparable to Fleming Manipulação's specialized compounding pharmacy division, though typically operating at smaller scale and without the integrated retail storefront network that Fleming provides.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInbr.linkedin.com/company/farm%C3%A1ciasfleming
• Facebookfacebook.com/farmaciasfleming

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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