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Number of parapharmacies in Italy from 2007 to 2023

Characteristic	Number of parapharmacies
2023	4,400
2022	4,028
2021	4,046
2020	4,053
2019	3,927
2018	4,163
2017	4,290
2016	4,307
2015	3,800
2014	3,156
2013	3,010
2012	2,706
2011	2,593
2010	2,512
2009	2,353
2008	2,234
2007	1,638

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2024

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Italy

Survey time period

2007 to 2023

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Data prior to 2008 from earlier publications by the source.

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The number of parapharmacies in Italy grew remarkably over time. In 2007, there were 1,638 parapharmacies in the country. Thereafter, the number grew steadily until 2016, before slightly decreasing between 2017 and 2019. In 2023, this figure amounted to 4,400. Parapharmacies are shops that sell pharmaceutical products for which a medical prescription is not required. These are commonly called non-prescription and over the counter (OTC) products.

 OTC market

Between 2017 and 2018, health supplements were the products generating the highest turnover among OTC products. Also, health supplements experienced the fastest growth between 2017 and 2018, as the revenues that these products generated had a year-on-year growth of 5.2 percent. Regarding the annual growth of new OTC products, personal care was the best-performing segment.  

Expenditure on OTC pharmaceuticals

The share of private retail pharmaceutical expenditure spent on OTC products increased from 11 percent in 2007 to 13.6 percent in 2021. Pertaining to the regional spending on OTC, the Autonomous Provinces of Bolzano and Trento allocated the greatest share of the private pharmaceutical product expenditure on OTC. By contrast, Sicily and Basilicata were the regions where people spent the lowest percentage of pharmaceutical expenditure on OTC.