List of Opticians in the USA

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 54,801 opticians in the USA, one in every 1,165 US companies. Most of them are small: four in five have one to four people, and only 64 firms employ 50 people or more. One in twenty-five optometry practices is based in Houston, Brooklyn, Miami, Los Angeles and San Antonio. Below you find the largest optometry practices 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.

54,801 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies54,8011 in1,165 US companiesCities5,977Largest cityHouston 718Sole traders12%Employees1-4 (79%)Revenue$100-500K (56%)Email42%Phone79%Website66%

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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	Eyecare Partners, LLC	USA	Ballwin	15933 Clayton Rd Ste 210	St. Louis County	63011-2172	eyecare-partners.*****	2020	$311,746,012	1,910	Corporation	296	431213749
2	G O D Light	USA	Beaverton	13787 Sw Farmington Rd Apt 270	Washington	97005-2662	N/A	2018	$171,030,135	810	Proprietorship	810	N/A
3	Opening Day Borrower 111 LLC	USA	Dallas	9330 Lyndon B Johnson Fwy Ste 900	Dallas	75243-3443	espmgmt.*****	2017	$103,794,998	5,214	Corporation	49	5520263
4	Cass County Health Network	USA	Atlantic	1408 E 10th St	Cass	50022-1934	casshealth.*****	1993	$80,386,353	9	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	N/A
5	UAB Callahan Eye Hospital	USA	Birmingham	1720 University Blvd	Jefferson	35233-1816	uabmedicine.*****	1966	$78,535,619	180	Corporation	N/A	630459034
6	Dean Mcgee A Eye Institute	USA	Oklahoma City	608 Stanton L Young Blvd 6th Fl	Oklahoma	73104-5065	dmei.*****	1973	$65,752,193	150	Corporation	5	736109395
7	Versant Health, INC.	USA	Linthicum Heights	881 Elkridge Landing Rd	Anne Arundel	21090-2902	versanthealth.*****	2020	$40,984,036	73	Corporation	1762	5881512
8	Njeye LLC	USA	New Providence	420 Mountain Ave Fl 4	Union	07974-2736	prismvisiongroup.*****	2025	$31,297,888	7	Corporation	916	600430123
9	Spectrum Vision Partners, LLC	USA	Garden City	825 E Gate Blvd Ste 111	Nassau	11530-2136	spectrumvisionpartners.*****	2017	$28,414,166	10	Corporation	N/A	6579506
10	Lighthouse Guild International, INC.	USA	New York	250 W 64th St	New York	10023-6402	lighthouse.*****	2013	$28,043,419	221	Corporation	N/A	4483779
11	Keplr Vision, LLC	USA	Bloomington	1705 Tullamore Ave Ste A	Mclean	61704-9600	keplrvision.*****	2019	$26,167,881	291	Corporation	N/A	7637170
12	Midwest Eye Consultants, P.C.	USA	Wabash	835 N Cass St	Wabash	46992-1613	midwesteyeconsultants.*****	1992	$24,470,500	270	Corporation	24	351845786
13	My Eye DR. Optometrists, LLC	USA	Vienna	8614 Westwood Center Dr Ste 900	Fairfax County	22182-2265	myeyedr.*****	1980	$24,254,092	3,155	Corporation	776	S0655805
14	Capital Vision Services, LP	USA	Vienna	1950 Old Gallows Rd Ste 520	Fairfax County	22182-3970	capitalvisionservices.*****	2001	$23,830,919	397	Partnership of unknown type	64	N/A
15	Grene Vision Group, L.L.C.	USA	Wichita	1851 N Webb Rd	Sedgwick	67206-3413	grenevisiongroup.*****	1996	$23,565,342	200	Corporation	16	2315240
16	Davis Vision, INC.	USA	Latham	711 Troy Schenectady Rd	Albany	12110-2488	davisvisioncontacts.*****	1964	$21,786,154	64	Corporation	1762	1511644
17	Mott Children's Health Center	USA	Flint	806 Tuuri Pl	Genesee	48503-2465	familyandcosmeticdentistry.*****	1940	$21,064,059	150	Corporation	2	800803106
18	Hoya Optical Labs Of America, INC.	USA	Lewisville	397 State Highway 121 Byp	Denton	75067-4051	hoyavision.*****	2003	$20,290,386	194	Corporation	246	3626705
19	O D Eyecarecenter P A	USA	Rocky Mount	2325 Sunset Ave	Nash	27804-2529	eyecarecenter.*****	1971	$19,861,572	265	Corporation	39	0108156
20	Santen Incorporated	USA	Emeryville	2100 Powell St Ste 800	Alameda	94608	santenusa.*****	1993	$19,271,800	100	Corporation	70	1850921
21	Dean Mcgee Eye Institute	USA	Oklahoma City	608 Stanton L Young Blvd	Oklahoma	73104-5065	dmei.*****	1973	$15,181,944	300	Corporation	N/A	2100259081
22	2020, INC.	USA	Everett	29 Garden St	Middlesex	02149-4510	2020onsite.*****	2013	$13,469,427	20	Corporation	N/A	N/A
23	The National Board Of Examiners In Optometery INC	USA	Charlotte	200 College St Ste 2010	Mecklenburg	28202	optometry.*****	2005	$10,894,624	30	Corporation	N/A	N/A
24	Eye Clinic Of Wisconsin, SC	USA	Wausau	800 N 1st St	Marathon	54403-4754	eyeclinicwi.*****	1965	$10,607,440	150	Corporation	7	391093716
25	Ciba Vision, LLC	USA	Duluth	11460 Johns Creek Pkwy	Gwinnett	30097-1556	alcon.*****	2018	$9,902,353	42	Corporation	245	7178804

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Optometry practices in Houston

Houston has 718 opticians and optometry practices, <0.1% of all 881,247 Houston companies and 5% below the national share. Four in five Houston firms have fewer than five people; 2 have 50 or more. 12 new firms were entered in 2026, 58 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 588 · 82%
5-9: 109 · 15%
10-19: 16 · 2%
20-49: 3 · 0.4%
50+: 2 · 0.3%

Legal form

Sole traders: 82 · 11%
Partnerships: 9 · 1%
Corporations and LLCs: 328 · 46%
Other or none: 299 · 42%

Of the US total: 1.3%
Of all Houston companies: <0.1%
Against the national share: 0.9×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 12
Entered 2025: 20
Of USA's 2026 entries: 1.4%

Old

Before 1990: 58 · 8%
1990 or later: 660 · 92%
Of USA's pre-1990 firms: 0.8%

Reachable

Email: 275 · 38%
Phone: 529 · 74%
Website: 440 · 61%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 189 · 29%
$100K-$500K: 362 · 55%
$500K-$1M: 64 · 10%
$1M and more: 47 · 7%

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Where in the USA?

Houston has the most opticians in the USA (718), ahead of Brooklyn (392), Miami (369), Los Angeles (345) and San Antonio (329). Together the five hold one in twenty-five of them. Relative to their size, Sugar Land, Wichita and San Jose have the most: 1.8 to 2.3 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

5,977 US cities have at least one optometry practice; 1,300 have ten or more; 1,632 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Optometry practices per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.09. Sugar Land has 2.3 times the national share.

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By county 1,580 counties

County	Firms	%
Los Angeles	1,806	3%
Orange	1,266	2%
Harris	972	2%
Maricopa	708	1%
San Diego	662	1%
Cook	625	1%
Dallas	618	1%
Miami-Dade	611	1%
Montgomery	604	1%
Ct	598	1%

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How many opticians are there in the USA?

Opticians and optometry practices in the USA

54,801

21 October 2026

There are 54,801 opticians and optometry practices in the USA in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 1,165 US companies. About 4 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (828 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 48,934 89%
Head offices: 1,679
Branch offices: 4,188

Classification

Our platform filter is SIC 8042.

24,686 of the 54,801 are corporations and LLCs (45%); 6,750 are sole traders. They come from the state business registers and our US register data, through the Company Data API.

Firm sizes in the USA

Of the 54,740 US optometry practices with a known headcount, 43,463 (79%) have one to four people, 9,425 have five to nine, 1,788 have ten to 49 and 64 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (28,255, 56%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all US companies

Micro under 1052,888 97%
Small 10 to 491,788 3%
Medium 50 to 24959 0.1%
Large 250+5 <0.1%

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

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 21 more than $10 million.

828

firms were entered in 2026.

Largest optometry practices in the USA

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Houston, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Opening Day Borrower 111 is the largest optometry practice in the USA by headcount. 64 firms employ 50 people or more; 29 employ 100 or more.

1Dallas5,211 staff
2Vienna3,154 staff
3Hampton752 staff
4Punta Gorda504 staff
5Phoenix430 staff
6Vienna397 staff
7Waterbury336 staff
8Oklahoma City300 staff
9Jeffersonville293 staff
10Bloomington291 staff

By employee size · 54,740 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	43,463	79%
5-9	9,425	17%
10-19	1,487	3%
20-49	301	0.5%
50-99	35	<0.1%
100-199	17	<0.1%
200-499	7	<0.1%
500-999	3	<0.1%
1,000+	2	<0.1%

79% have 1 to 4 people; 301 have 20 to 49; 64 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	15,636	31%
$100K-$500K	28,255	56%
$500K-$1M	3,962	8%
$1M-$5M	2,683	5%
$5M-$10M	27	<0.1%
$10M-$50M	15	<0.1%
$50M-$100M	3	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	3	<0.1%

56% between $100,000 and $500,000; 2,683 between $1M and $5M; 48 above $5M.

Newcomers in the USA in 2026

828 optometry practices were entered in the US register so far in 2026, about 4 a working day, after 1,425 in 2025. The USA as a whole saw 2,970,531 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes <0.1% of the inflow.

1,0082022
1,0662023
1,0692024
1,4252025
8282026 so far

822 of this year's 828 are corporations and LLCs.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Henderson10 staff
2Glastonbury9 staff
3Fort Myers5 staff
4Scottsdale3 staff
5Brooklyn2 staff

Sole traders or corporations: how they are organised

One in eight US optometry practices work as sole traders, against 5% of all US companies. Half are corporations and LLCs.

Sole traders6,75012%
Partnerships9322%
Corporations and LLCs24,68645%
No form on record or other22,43341%

Single-site: 89%
Head offices: 1,679
Branches: 4,188

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

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 59 optometry practices for every one of the adoption agencies in the USA.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Opticians	54,801	66%	79%
Cardiologists	8,526	93%	58%
Urologists	3,836	94%	56%
Allergists	2,269	96%	58%
Anesthesiologists	2,060	80%	64%
Adoption Agencies	936	94%	60%

In other countries

The USA has more optometry practices than Canada or Australia.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The USA	54,801	0.9
Canada	5,810	1.4
Australia	5,457	0.6
Germany	406	0.1
Austria	251	0.3

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How reachable are they?

Optometry practices are easier to reach than the average US company: 79% list a phone number and 66% a website.

Email22,847 42%
Phone43,120 79%
Website35,975 66%

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

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

The oldest firms in the USA

Our data holds 3 US optometry practices from before 1900, 151 from before 1950 and 6,924 from before 1990.

1897
1. Columbus
1900
1. Poughkeepsie
1900
1. Clarkston
1909
1. West des Moines
1914
1. Cincinnati
1916
1. Campbellsport

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US optometry practices date from before 1990

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Frequently asked questions

How many opticians are there in the USA?

There are 54,801 opticians and optometry practices in the USA in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 1,165 US companies.

Which is the largest optometry practice in the USA?

Opening Day Borrower 111 in Dallas, with 5,211 staff. By revenue Eyecare Partners in Ballwin leads with $311.7 million a year.

Which US city has the most opticians?

Houston, with 718, ahead of Brooklyn (392), Miami (369), Los Angeles (345) and San Antonio (329). Relative to its size, Sugar Land has the most: 2.3 times the national share.

How many optometry practices are there in Houston?

718, which is <0.1% of all 881,247 Houston companies and 5% below the national share.

How big is a typical optometry practice?

Small. 79% of the 54,740 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 64 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are US opticians sole traders or companies?

One in eight (6,750) are sole traders, 2% are partnerships and 45% (24,686) are corporations and LLCs.

How many optometry practices started in 2026?

828 were entered in the US register so far in 2026, after 1,425 in 2025. 822 of them are corporations and LLCs.

What is the oldest optometry practice in the USA?

Harris Optician in Columbus, 1897, followed by Dutchess Optometry in Poughkeepsie (1900) and Grattan Optometry in Clarkston (1900). 3 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers opticians?

Our platform filters them on SIC 8042 (offices and clinics of optometrists).

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 54,801 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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