List of Contact Lenses Companies in the USA

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 1,622 contact lenses companies in the USA, one in every 39,377 US companies. Most of them are small: two in three have one to four people, and only 110 firms employ 50 people or more. One in thirteen contact lenses firms is based in New York, Brooklyn, Dallas, Los Angeles and Miami. Below you find the largest contact lenses firms in the USA, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our US company database or through the Company Data API.

1,622 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies1,6221 in39,377 US companiesCities881Largest cityNew York 32Sole traders6%Employees1-4 (65%)Revenue$100-500K (51%)Email33%Phone77%Website56%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	The Cooper Companies INC	USA	San Ramon	6101 Bollinger Canyon Rd Ste 500	Contra Costa	94583-5177	*****.com	1980	$4,092,400,000	15,000	Corporation	89	0888132
2	National Vision Holdings, INC.	USA	Duluth	2435 Commerce Ave Bldg 2200	Gwinnett	30096-4980	*****.com	1990	$1,987,488,000	13,138	Corporation	1627	5482154
3	Parker Warby INC	USA	New York	233 Spring St Rm 6e	New York	10013-1582	*****.com	2009	$871,905,000	4,036	Corporation	266	4684478
4	Bausch & Lomb Incorporated	USA	Bridgewater	400 Somerset Corporate Blvd	Somerset	08807-2867	*****.com	2013	$585,035,514	11,000	Corporation	218	28631
5	Bausch & Lomb Holdings Incorporated	USA	New York	450 Lexington Ave	New York	10017-3904	*****.com	2013	$585,035,514	7,336	Corporation	218	N/A
6	Fgx International Holdings LIMITED	USA	Smithfield	500 Washington Hwy	Providence	02917-1926	*****.com	2010	$499,348,211	3,000	Corporation	9051	4799388
7	Oakley, INC.	USA	Foothill Ranch	1 Icon	Orange	92610-3000	*****.com	1994	$483,189,169	3,400	Corporation	9051	601532452
8	1-800 Contacts, INC.	USA	Draper	261 W Data Dr Ste 200	Salt Lake	84020-2373	*****.com	2020	$443,580,425	1,135	Corporation	14	2816007
9	Aearo Intermediate LLC	USA	Indianapolis	7911 Zionsville Rd	Marion	46268-1650	N/A	2008	$429,819,237	1,660	Partnership of unknown type	733	N/A
10	Staar Surgical Company	USA	Lake Forest	25510 Commercentre Dr Ste 200	Orange	92630-8917	*****.com	1982	$239,442,000	957	Corporation	19	2087487
11	Essilor Of America Holding Company, INC.	USA	Wilmington Manor	1209 N Orange St	New Castle	19801-1120	N/A	1996	$146,950,052	1,289	Corporation	9051	2638493
12	Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, INC.	USA	Jacksonville	7500 Centurion Pkwy	Duval	32256-0517	*****.com	1962	$143,719,347	3,500	Corporation	1279	256675
13	Rxsight, INC.	USA	Aliso Viejo	100 Columbia Ste 100	Orange	92656	*****.com	1997	$134,479,000	461	Corporation	9	5865416
14	Aearo LLC	USA	Indianapolis	7911 Zionsville Rd	Marion	46268-1650	*****.com	2004	$134,195,480	1,650	Corporation	733	2487669
15	Coopervision, INC.	USA	Victor	209 High Point Dr Ste 100	Ontario	14564-1061	*****.com	1987	$100,321,910	660	Corporation	89	117415
16	Essilor Laboratories Of America Holding CO., INC.	USA	Dallas	13555 N Stemmons Fwy	Dallas	75234-5765	*****.com	1996	$71,864,524	1,075	Corporation	9051	P96000026082
17	Essilor Of America, INC.	USA	Dallas	13555 N Stemmons Fwy	Dallas	75234-5765	*****.com	1985	$65,229,210	10	Corporation	9051	2458795
18	Younger MFG. CO.	USA	Torrance	2925 California St	Los Angeles	90503-3914	*****.com	1955	$48,441,182	850	Corporation	5	0301302
19	Warby Parker Retail, INC.	USA	New York	161 Avenue of the Americas Fl 6	New York	10013-1205	*****.com	2011	$47,759,550	70	Corporation	266	4988589
20	Essilor Laboratories Of America, INC.	USA	Dallas	13515 N Stemmons Fwy	Dallas	75234	*****.com	1972	$45,680,470	969	Corporation	9051	0186434
21	Carl Zeiss Vision INC.	USA	Hebron	1050 Worldwide Blvd	Boone	41048-8632	*****.com	2005	$45,589,588	878	Corporation	592	2356638
22	Smith Sport Optics, INC.	USA	Portland	123 Ne 3rd Ave Ste 300	Multnomah	97232-2992	*****.com	1998	$43,598,733	238	Corporation	62	2203807
23	Zenni Optical, INC.	USA	Novato	448 Ignacio Blvd Ste 332	Marin	94949-6085	*****.com	2007	$40,928,624	1,200	Corporation	3	3432731
24	Zenni USA, INC.	USA	Columbus	4531 Industrial Center Dr	Franklin	43207-4589	N/A	2020	$30,740,192	100	Corporation	3	4538363
25	Coburn Technologies, INC.	USA	South Windsor	83 Gerber Rd W	Ct	06074-3230	*****.com	2022	$28,220,320	120	Corporation	322	4895754

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Where in the USA?

New York has the most contact lenses companies in the USA (32), ahead of Brooklyn (27), Dallas (23), Los Angeles (22) and Miami (20). Together the five hold one in thirteen of them.

Cities by number of firms

881 US cities have at least one contact lenses firm; 14 have ten or more; 602 have exactly one.

Contact lenses firms in New York

New York has 32 contact lenses companies and contact lenses firms, <0.1% of all 732,093 New York companies and 72% above the national share. Three in five New York firms have fewer than five people; 4 have 50 or more. 0 new firms were entered in 2026, 5 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 19 · 59%
5-9: 5 · 16%
10-19: 3 · 9%
20-49: 1 · 3%
50+: 4 · 13%

Legal form

Sole traders: 3 · 9%
Partnerships: 0 · 0%
Corporations and LLCs: 25 · 78%
Other or none: 4 · 13%

Of the US total: 2.0%
Of all New York companies: <0.1%
Against the national share: 1.7×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 0
Entered 2025: 2
Of USA's 2026 entries: 0.0%

Old

Before 1990: 5 · 16%
1990 or later: 27 · 84%
Of USA's pre-1990 firms: 1.6%

Reachable

Email: 13 · 41%
Phone: 21 · 66%
Website: 18 · 56%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 3 · 10%
$100K-$500K: 12 · 40%
$500K-$1M: 4 · 13%
$1M and more: 11 · 37%

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Firm sizes in the USA

Of the 1,619 US contact lenses firms with a known headcount, 1,050 (65%) have one to four people, 280 have five to nine, 179 have ten to 49 and 110 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (716, 51%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all US companies

Micro under 101,330 82%
Small 10 to 49179 11%
Medium 50 to 24998 6%
Large 250+12 0.7%

Grey line: the share among all US companies (96% have under ten staff).

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 41 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

How many contact lenses companies are there in the USA?

Contact lenses companies and contact lenses firms in the USA

1,622

21 October 2026

There are 1,622 contact lenses companies and contact lenses firms in the USA in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 39,377 US companies. About one new firm is entered in the register every month this year (11 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 1,281 79%
Head offices: 115
Branch offices: 226

Classification

Our platform filter is SIC 3851.

1,035 of the 1,622 are corporations and LLCs (64%); 104 are sole traders. They come from the state business registers and our US register data, through the Company Data API.

Largest contact lenses firms in the USA

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in New York. Click a name for the record.

The Cooper Companies is the largest contact lenses firm in the USA by headcount. 110 firms employ 50 people or more; 65 employ 100 or more.

1San Ramon15,000 staff
2Duluth13,138 staff
3Bridgewater11,000 staff
4New York4,036 staff
5Jacksonville3,500 staff
6Foothill Ranch3,400 staff
7Fort Worth2,820 staff
8Indianapolis1,660 staff
9Ramsey1,200 staff
10Novato1,200 staff

By employee size · 1,619 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	1,050	65%
5-9	280	17%
10-19	94	6%
20-49	85	5%
50-99	45	3%
100-199	24	1%
200-499	29	2%
500-999	3	0.2%
1,000+	9	0.6%

65% have 1 to 4 people; 85 have 20 to 49; 110 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	60	4%
$100K-$500K	716	51%
$500K-$1M	295	21%
$1M-$5M	246	18%
$5M-$10M	37	3%
$10M-$50M	24	2%
$50M-$100M	2	0.1%
$100M-$500M	10	0.7%
$500M+	5	0.4%

51% between $100,000 and $500,000; 246 between $1M and $5M; 78 above $5M.

The oldest firms in the USA

Our data holds 2 US contact lenses firms from before 1900, 22 from before 1950 and 308 from before 1990.

1853
1. Wilmington
1859
1. Saint Louis
1915
1. New York
1916
1. Altoona
1923
1. Port Chester
1928
1. New Carlisle

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308

US contact lenses firms date from before 1990

were entered in 1990

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 59 pharmacy companies for every contact lenses firm in the USA.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Pharmacy Companies	96,335	59%	64%
Hospitals	55,284	69%	43%
Nursing Homes	51,551	59%	50%
Medical Device Companies	10,237	55%	54%
Blood Banks	2,464	98%	62%
Contact Lenses Companies	1,622	56%	65%

In other countries

The USA has more contact lenses firms than Italy or Argentina.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The USA	1,622	0.0
Italy	1,311	0.2
Argentina	57	0.0

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How reachable are they?

Contact lenses firms are easier to reach than the average US company: 77% list a phone number and 56% a website.

Email531 33%
Phone1,249 77%
Website915 56%

Grey line: all US companies (email 15%, phone 42%, website 24%).

The full list with these fields is in our US company database.

Sole traders or corporations: how they are organised

One in sixteen US contact lenses firms work as sole traders, against 5% of all US companies. Two in three are corporations and LLCs.

Sole traders1046%
Partnerships272%
Corporations and LLCs1,03564%
No form on record or other45628%

Single-site: 79%
Head offices: 115
Branches: 226

All US companies: 5% sole traders, 1% partnerships, 68% corporations and LLCs.

Frequently asked questions

How many contact lenses companies are there in the USA?

There are 1,622 contact lenses companies and contact lenses firms in the USA in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 39,377 US companies.

Which is the largest contact lenses firm in the USA?

The Cooper Companies in San Ramon, with 15,000 staff.

Which US city has the most contact lenses companies?

New York, with 32, ahead of Brooklyn (27), Dallas (23), Los Angeles (22) and Miami (20).

How many contact lenses firms are there in New York?

32, which is <0.1% of all 732,093 New York companies and 72% above the national share.

How big is a typical contact lenses firm?

Small. 65% of the 1,619 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 110 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are US contact lenses companies sole traders or companies?

One in sixteen (104) are sole traders, 2% are partnerships and 64% (1,035) are corporations and LLCs.

How many contact lenses firms started in 2026?

11 were entered in the US register so far in 2026, after 27 in 2025. 10 of them are corporations and LLCs.

What is the oldest contact lenses firm in the USA?

Wilmington Partners LP in Wilmington, 1853, followed by Red Eye in Saint Louis (1859) and Hoagland, J S Guild Opticians in New York (1915). 2 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers contact lenses companies?

Our platform filters them on SIC 3851 (ophthalmic goods).

Can I download the full list?

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