Seventy-five years ago, pharmacist James M. Smith, Sr. founded Smith Drug Store, which grew to 16 successful Southeastern pharmacies.
In 1944, Smith established Smith Drug Company after divesting his interest in the pharmacies he had founded from 1925 through the late 1930s.

Jim Smith, Jr.’s passion for both pharmacy and technology led him to create several companies based on the pharmacy industry, including QS/1 Data Systems and Smith Data Processing. The family of products continues to grow under the umbrella of the J M Smith Corporation.

Today, the J M Smith Corporation is South Carolina’s 6th largest privately held company. Smith Drug Company serves over 1000 pharmacies in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, Lousiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky and Texas.

We planted our roots in community pharmacies to work for the pharmacies we serve.