Pasteur Pharmacy

What Pasteur Pharmacy does

Pasteur Pharmacy Inc is a privately held, independent New York City pharmacy and specialty retailer, founded in 1962 and headquartered at 53 East 34th Street, Manhattan. The company operates two physical storefronts in Manhattan (Midtown at 53 East 34th St and East Side at 806 Lexington Ave) and offers free same-day RX and OTC delivery throughout Manhattan. Its catalog spans prescription services alongside an unusually deep beauty, grooming, and wellness assortment, including shaving and traditional wet-shaving supplies, nail care, bath and body, fragrance, skincare (with premium brands such as SkinMedica, Alastin Skincare, Aveda, and La Prairie), makeup, haircare, vitamins and supplements, eyewear, and a proprietary Pasteur Branded Goods line of apparel and lifestyle merchandise. Selected orders are also fulfilled directly by partner vendors.

The company's technology stack consists of a Shopify-powered e-commerce storefront and the RxLocal platform, with the RxPasteur Local App serving as a mobile patient portal for prescription management, refills, and account servicing. Customer acquisition leverages a multi-channel marketing mix including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, email newsletters, and a content/blog presence. Revenue is generated through two streams: (1) prescription and OTC pharmacy services, including Manhattan delivery, and (2) one-time retail product sales across the health, beauty, and personal-care catalog, with pricing spanning mass-market drugstore items to premium SKUs above $650 and free U.S. shipping on orders over $50. International shipping is enabled through a partnership with Passport (DDP and DDU options). The customer base is consumer-facing, distributed across NYC metro residents plus U.S. and international online buyers; no named enterprise accounts or institutional customers are disclosed.

Pasteur Pharmacy is independently owned with no disclosed parent, no venture or private equity backing, no public listing, and no disclosed funding history or mergers or acquisitions. Management team, headcount, regulatory actions, and financial metrics are not publicly available in the source materials.

Name

Pasteur Pharmacy

Legal name

Pasteur Pharmacy Inc

Website

https://pasteurpharmacy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Pasteur Pharmacy is a privately held Manhattan-based independent pharmacy and beauty/wellness retailer, operating two storefronts since 1962, with free RX and OTC delivery in Manhattan and a national Shopify e-commerce catalog of skincare, shaving, grooming, and wellness products.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Retail Pharmacy & Beauty

NAICS

Pharmacies and Drug Retailers (456110), Pharmacies and Drug Retailers (45611)

SIC

Retail-Drug Stores And Proprietary Stores (5912)

akta.pro primary industry

Small-Format Urban/Neighborhood Drugstores (CRAEAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Mail-Order & Home Delivery Pharmacies (HLAFALAD)

Keywords

• Retail pharmacy services
• Prescription medications
• Wellness beauty products
• Shaving grooming supplies
• Skincare fragrances

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Retail Product Sales: Sale of wellness, beauty, and shaving products through both physical retail locations and e-commerce platform. Products include skincare, makeup, nail care, bath & body, perfume, hair care, vitamins, and shaving essentials.
2. Pharmacy Services: Prescription (RX) and over-the-counter (OTC) medication dispensing and delivery services primarily serving Manhattan residents.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Pasteur Pharmacy operates a hybrid retail and online pharmacy selling prescription (RX) and over-the-counter (OTC) medications alongside a curated catalog of wellness, beauty, shaving, grooming, skincare, and fragrance products. The business dispenses prescriptions with free delivery throughout Manhattan and runs two physical store locations, combining neighborhood pharmacy services with a Shopify-powered e-commerce storefront.

Product overview

Pasteur Pharmacy is a New York-based pharmacy and wellness retailer offering both prescription management services and a comprehensive e-commerce platform for health, beauty, and personal care products. The business operates as a unified retail platform combining (1) Prescription Management through their RxPasteur Local App and online portal, and (2) an extensive consumer product catalog organized into categories including Shaving & Grooming, Nail, Bath & Body, Perfume & Cologne, Skin Care, Makeup, Hair Care, Vitamins & Supplements, and Eyewear. The company also sells its own branded merchandise (Pasteur Branded Goods) alongside third-party professional and luxury brands such as Stirling Soap Co., HAGS, GOITEIA, SkinMedica, Alastin Skincare, Aveda, and La Prairie. Pasteur Pharmacy provides free RX and OTC delivery in Manhattan and operates two physical store locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pasteur Branded Goods: Company-branded merchandise including shave towels, polo shirts, ceramic mugs, and graphic t-shirts.

Products and services

• Prescription Management Digital prescription management and refill service for individual consumers, enabling online access to pharmacy operations.
• RX and OTC Delivery Free delivery of prescription and over-the-counter medications for Manhattan residents, supporting convenience and adherence.
• In-Store Pharmacy & Retail Walk-in pharmacy dispensing and retail shopping at two Manhattan locations offering wellness, beauty, and grooming products alongside prescription fulfillment.
• Shaving & Grooming Products Traditional wet shaving and grooming product assortment for individual consumers, available online and in-store.
• Skin Care Products Facial and skin care product assortment spanning cleansers, treatments, moisturizers, and sun care for individual consumers.
• Makeup Products Color cosmetics product assortment for individual consumers, available online and in-store.
• Bath & Body Products Bath and body care product assortment for individual consumers, available online and in-store.
• Perfume & Cologne Men's and women's fragrance assortment including perfumes, colognes, and gift sets for individual consumers.
• Nail Products Nail care and cosmetic product assortment for individual consumers, available online and in-store.
• Hair Care Products Hair care and styling product assortment for individual consumers, available online and in-store.
• Vitamins & Supplements Nutritional supplement and vitamin assortment for health and wellness consumers.
• Eyewear Eyewear and related accessory assortment for individual consumers.
• Pasteur Branded Goods Company-branded merchandise including apparel and lifestyle items sold through the e-commerce store.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ShopifycoreTechnology or IntegrationShopify powers the Pasteur Pharmacy e-commerce platform, providing the underlying technology for online store operations, customer accounts, payment processing, and order management. The platform also enables Shopify Audiences for personalized advertising.
• Various Vendors and ManufacturersminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPasteur Pharmacy partners with select vendors and manufacturers to efficiently process and fulfill certain orders. These partners ship some products directly to customers and may have their own shipping policies and fees.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Capsule: NYC-based digital-first pharmacy offering free same-day prescription delivery across Manhattan and beyond, with a consumer-facing app. Direct overlap with Pasteur's free Manhattan RX/OTC delivery proposition.
• Duane Reade: Iconic New York City drugstore chain (owned by Walgreens) with dozens of Manhattan locations offering prescription services plus a broad health, wellness, and beauty assortment. Most directly comparable competitor to Pasteur's pharmacy + neighborhood drugstore model in NYC.

Emerging players

• Medly Pharmacy: Brooklyn-based digital pharmacy offering free same-day prescription delivery in NYC. Competes with Pasteur specifically for Manhattan pharmacy share without physical retail footprint.
• Alto Pharmacy: Venture-backed digital pharmacy providing free medication delivery, in-app management, and pharmacist coordination. Comparable to Pasteur on prescription logistics and digital experience, though expanding into different geographies.

Broad incumbents

• Ulta Beauty: Largest US beauty specialty retailer with both prestige and mass beauty assortment, plus wellness categories that overlap with Pasteur's skincare, haircare, and makeup offering.
• CVS Pharmacy: National pharmacy and drugstore giant with significant Manhattan presence, dispensing prescriptions and stocking a comparable health, beauty, and wellness assortment. Competes with Pasteur on both RX volume and OTC/beauty retail.
• Bluemercury: US-based luxury beauty retailer/spa operator, owned by Macy's, focused on premium skincare and spa services. Overlaps with Pasteur's premium clinical-beauty positioning and luxury brand curation.
• Walgreens: National drugstore chain parent of Duane Reade that offers prescription services plus an expanded beauty and wellness assortment across the US. Sets the national benchmark against which any small-format drugstore is measured.
• Sephora: Global multi-brand beauty retailer carrying many of the same premium skincare, makeup, and fragrance brands that Pasteur stocks. Competes with the beauty/wellness half of Pasteur's assortment and exerts downward pricing pressure on authorized resellers.

Regional players

• Rituals: Premium bath, body, and home care brand retailer with strong European presence and growing US footprint. Comparable to the bath & body, perfume, and wellness subset of Pasteur's assortment, offering a direct premium retail competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtiktok.com/@pasteurpharmacy
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC3ocyBBxQGVoATKbAMWEiQw/featured
• Facebookfacebook.com/pasteurpharmacy
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pasteur-pharmacy
• Instagraminstagram.com/pasteurpharmacy
• TikToktiktok.com/@pasteurpharmacy

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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