Navarro Discount Pharmacies has a 17% market share in South Florida, ahead of Walgreens and CVS/pharmacy.

The first store was located on Monte Street and had a large client base including the employees of the Power Company of Cuba.

[citation needed] After the political change in Cuba in 1961, the government confiscated the Navarro stores, forcing the family to flee to the United States.

Upon arriving in Miami, José Navarro, Sr. cashed an insurance policy and used the $4000 to open a pharmacy on S.W.

In 2007, the founding Navarro family ceded control of the company to investment firm MBF Healthcare Partners.