--- title: "MinuteClinic: search popularity in the United States" description: "MinuteClinic is the walk-in clinic chain inside CVS stores. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/us/brands/minuteclinic" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # MinuteClinic: search popularity in the United States MinuteClinic is the walk-in clinic chain inside CVS stores. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time. ## Key facts - **Brand**: MinuteClinic - **Owned by**: CVS Health - **Market**: United States - **Measured month**: Sep 2026 - **Share of Search among urgent care chains**: 40.8% ## Where the brand sits | Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Urgent care chains | 1 | 40.8% | 165K | - [Urgent care chains in the US](/demand/us/categories/us-urgent-care-chains) ## Top urgent care chains in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and one Google AI Overview, MinuteClinic did not appear in any of the four answers. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | GoHealth Urgent Care | 1st | 2 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 2 of 4 | | AFC Urgent Care | 2nd | 1 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 1 of 4 | | CityMD | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 2 of 4 | | MinuteClinic | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 4 | ## Every AI answer about urgent care chains - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best urgent care chain in the US?": 1. AFC Urgent Care, 2. GoHealth Urgent Care, 3. CityMD - Asked ChatGPT "Which urgent care chain in the US has the shortest wait times?": named none of the brands we track - Asked ChatGPT "What are the biggest urgent care chains in the US?": 1. GoHealth Urgent Care, 2. CityMD - Searched Google, AI Overview "walk in clinic": named none of the brands we track Not named in any answer: MinuteClinic. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in United States on October 23, 2026. ## How has branded search demand for MinuteClinic changed in the United States over the last 12 months? - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for MinuteClinic in the United States fell from 201K to 165K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, MinuteClinic’s share of searches among urgent care chains in the United States decreased from 47.2% to 40.8%. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, MinuteClinic’s share of searches among urgent care chains in the United States peaked at 47.5% in February 2026 and was lowest at 37.8% in June 2026. ## How did search popularity change for United States urgent care chains in September 2026? - CityMD’s share of searches among urgent care chains in the United States has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 30.8% to 27.2% in September 2026. - Estimated monthly branded searches for AFC Urgent Care in the United States rose 21.5% over 12 measured months, from 90.5K to 110K in September 2026. - Estimated monthly branded searches for GoHealth Urgent Care in the United States fell 18.2% over 12 measured months, from 24.2K to 19.8K in September 2026. - Estimated monthly branded searches for MinuteClinic in the United States fell 17.9% over 12 measured months, from 201K to 165K in September 2026. ## Historical estimated branded-search demand | Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | Urgent care chains | 201K | 47.2% | 1 | | Nov 2025 | Urgent care chains | 201K | 44.3% | 1 | | Dec 2025 | Urgent care chains | 246K | 44.9% | 1 | | Jan 2026 | Urgent care chains | 201K | 42.7% | 1 | | Feb 2026 | Urgent care chains | 201K | 47.5% | 1 | | Mar 2026 | Urgent care chains | 201K | 42.9% | 1 | | Apr 2026 | Urgent care chains | 165K | 42.8% | 1 | | May 2026 | Urgent care chains | 165K | 40.8% | 1 | | Jun 2026 | Urgent care chains | 135K | 37.8% | 1 | | Jul 2026 | Urgent care chains | 165K | 42.8% | 1 | | Aug 2026 | Urgent care chains | 165K | 40.9% | 1 | | Sep 2026 | Urgent care chains | 165K | 40.8% | 1 | ## How are MinuteClinic’s branded searches counted? Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using MinuteClinic’s name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for this branded term can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading. - “minuteclinic” ## Which urgent care chains compete with MinuteClinic? - [AFC Urgent Care](/demand/us/brands/afc-urgent-care): Head-to-head: /demand/us/compare/afc-urgent-care-vs-minuteclinic - [CityMD](/demand/us/brands/citymd): Head-to-head: /demand/us/compare/citymd-vs-minuteclinic - [GoHealth Urgent Care](/demand/us/brands/gohealth-urgent-care): Head-to-head: /demand/us/compare/gohealth-urgent-care-vs-minuteclinic ## Who owns MinuteClinic? MinuteClinic is owned by CVS Health. Brandwave also tracks CVS Pharmacy, owned by the same company, in the United States. - [CVS Health](/demand/us/companies/cvs-health): Owns 2 tracked brands. ## Methodology - [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Who owns MinuteClinic? MinuteClinic is owned by CVS Health. Brandwave also tracks CVS Pharmacy, owned by the same company, in the United States. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "MinuteClinic: search popularity in the United States". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/us/brands/minuteclinic This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/us/brands/minuteclinic. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.