Trends · data through September 2026

Eye Cares in North Carolina

Iceflower tracks 422 stores from 312 eye care chains in North Carolina. Triad Eye Associates grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Carolina Ophthalmology and MyEyeDr..

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
312
Tracked stores
422
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked eye care chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Triad Eye Associates and Carolina Ophthalmology sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T Triad Eye Associates - +12.4%
2 C Carolina Ophthalmology ▲2 +10.4%
3 M MyEyeDr. logo MyEyeDr. - +5.3%
4 F Family Eye Center - -4.3%
5 C Carolina Eye Care ▲1 -6.9%
6 T The Eye Institute OD, PA ▼1 -13.3%
7 W Western Carolina Eye Associates logo Western Carolina Eye Associates ▲1 -14.3%
8 F Fox Eye Care Group - -20.8%
9 F Family Eye Care ▼3 -48.8%
  • MyEyeDr.
  • Horizon Eye Care
  • Lane Optometry
  • Piedmont EyeCare Associates
  • The Eye Center
  • McPherson Family Eye Care
  • Cabarrus Eye Center
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

422 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • MyEyeDr. (52)
  • Horizon Eye Care (3)
  • Lane Optometry (1)
  • Piedmont EyeCare Associates (2)
  • The Eye Center (4)
  • McPherson Family Eye Care (1)
  • Cabarrus Eye Center (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 M MyEyeDr. logo MyEyeDr. 52
  • 2 A Accuvision Eye Care 6
  • 3 C Carolina Eye Care 5
  • 4 T The Eye Center 4
  • 5 F Family Eye Care 3
  • 6 F Family Eye Center 3
  • 7 T Triad Eye Associates 3
  • 8 C Carolina Ophthalmology 3
  • 9 T The Eye Institute OD, PA 3
  • 10 F Fox Eye Care Group 3
  • 11 W Western Carolina Eye Associates logo Western Carolina Eye Associates 3
  • 12 H Horizon Eye Care 3
  • 13 A Alamance Eye Center 2
  • 14 D Duke Eye Center 2
  • 15 R Retina of Coastal Carolina 2
  • 16 C Coastal Eye Clinic PA 2
  • 17 V Vision First Optometry 2
  • 18 J Jackson Eye Associates 2
  • 19 A Asheville Eye Associates 2
  • 20 P Piedmont EyeCare Associates 2
  • 21 W Wilmington Eye logo Wilmington Eye 2
  • 22 C Carolina Center For Eye Care 2
  • 23 G Gaston Eye Associates 2
  • 24 U University Eye Associates 2
  • 25 S Stonehenge Vision Source 1
  • 26 T Tarboro Eye Associates & Aesthetics 1
  • 27 G Grace Vision Care 1
  • 28 D Denver Eye Care & Eyewear Gallery 1
  • 29 B Bright Vision Center 1
  • 30 N Nova Eye Care 1
  • 31 C Clemmons Family Eye Care 1
  • 32 V Vision Source of Brunswick 1
  • 33 S Southpoint Vision 1
  • 34 C Cape Fear Optometric Clinic 1
  • 35 U Union Family Eye Associates 1
  • 36 T Timothy J. Hennie, O.D. 1
  • 37 P Paul Vision Institute 1
  • 38 D Diversified Eyecare 1
  • 39 E Excel Eyecare OD PA 1
  • 40 G Groat Eyecare Associates, P.A. 1
  • 41 A A Proper View 1
  • 42 F Fusion Eye Care 1
  • 43 L Lane Optometry 1
  • 44 N North Raleigh Family Eyecare 1
  • 45 O Optix Eye Care 1
  • 46 E Edwards Eye Care 1
  • 47 E Eye Care For You 1
  • 48 F Family Vision Clinic 1
  • 49 P Preston Optometry Center 1
  • 50 S Singleton Vision Center 1

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