The
Walgreen Company (
Walgreens, or sometimes archaically
Walgreen) is the largest
drug retailing chain in the United States. As of May 31, 2014, the company operated 8,217 stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It was founded in
Chicago,
Illinois, in 1901. The Walgreens headquarters office is in the
Chicago suburb of
Deerfield, Illinois.