Trends · data through July 2026

Opticians in the United States

Iceflower tracks 251 stores from 122 opticians chains in the United States. Eyemart Express grew fastest over the last year, ahead of SVS Vision and Sterling Optical.

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
122
Tracked stores
251
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked opticians 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. Eyemart Express and SVS Vision sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 E Eyemart Express logo Eyemart Express - +6.4%
2 S SVS Vision logo SVS Vision - +5.0%
3 S Sterling Optical - -3.2%
4 S Shades Sunglasses - -3.5%
5 M Maine Optometry - -10.1%
6 O Oakley logo Oakley - -14.0%
  • Sunglass Hut
  • Vision Center at Meijer
  • Eyemart Express
  • Costco Optical
  • Oakley
  • Target Optical
  • Walmart Vision Center
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

251 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Sunglass Hut (43)
  • Vision Center at Meijer (1)
  • Eyemart Express (39)
  • Costco Optical (1)
  • Oakley (27)
  • Target Optical (1)
  • Walmart Vision Center (5)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 S Sunglass Hut logo Sunglass Hut 43
  • 2 E Eyemart Express logo Eyemart Express 39
  • 3 O Oakley logo Oakley 27
  • 4 W Walmart Vision Center logo Walmart Vision Center 5
  • 5 S SVS Vision logo SVS Vision 5
  • 6 M Maine Optometry 4
  • 7 A Access Eye 3
  • 8 S Sterling Optical 3
  • 9 S Shades Sunglasses 3
  • 10 S Sunglass World 2
  • 11 I Invision 2
  • 12 G Gilbert Eyecare 2
  • 13 T The Eye Place 2
  • 14 D Designer Sunglasses 2
  • 15 J Johnny Fly logo Johnny Fly 2
  • 16 M Miami Optical 1
  • 17 L Lake Oconee Eye Care 1
  • 18 O Original Eyewear 1
  • 19 P Premier Vision Group 1
  • 20 B Brook Run Vision Center 1
  • 21 H Halls Vision Clinic 1
  • 22 I Iris Optical 1
  • 23 O Oxford Family Vision Care 1
  • 24 G Gettysburg Optical 1
  • 25 G Georgia Vision Institute 1
  • 26 C CVS Optical 1
  • 27 S Stratton Eyes logo Stratton Eyes 1
  • 28 W West Florida Optometry 1
  • 29 S Simpson Optical 1
  • 30 P Philadelphia Eyeglass Lab 1
  • 31 I Idaho Eyeworks 1
  • 32 S Settlers Walk Eye Care 1
  • 33 O OcuSight Eye Care Center logo OcuSight Eye Care Center 1
  • 34 N Neptune Eye 1
  • 35 E Eye Care Associates of Williamston 1
  • 36 E Eye Eco 1
  • 37 A American Eyewear 1
  • 38 M Marx Optical 1
  • 39 L Lobue Laser & Eye Center 1
  • 40 S Shade Shack 1
  • 41 U University Vision Centre 1
  • 42 T Twin Tiers Eye Care 1
  • 43 F Franciscan Eye Care 1
  • 44 M Morrison Eyecare logo Morrison Eyecare 1
  • 45 E Elmwood Specs 1
  • 46 F Family Eye Clinic of Breckenridge 1
  • 47 S Smoky Mountain Sunshades 1
  • 48 2 27th Street Optical 1
  • 49 Q Quick Fix Eyeglass Repair 1
  • 50 S Shades of Gatlinburg 1

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