Trends · data through September 2026

Eye Cares in North Carolina

Iceflower tracks 428 stores from 315 eye care chains in North Carolina. Triad Eye Associates grew fastest over the last year, ahead of MyEyeDr. and Family Eye Center.

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
315
Tracked stores
428
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 MyEyeDr. sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Triad Eye Associates - +12.8%
2 MyEyeDr. - +5.3%
3 Family Eye Center ▲1 -4.9%
4 Carolina Eye Care ▲1 -5.4%
5 Eye Care Center - -8.0%
6 The Eye Institute OD, PA ▼1 -13.1%
7 Western Carolina Eye Associates - -15.2%
8 Fox Eye Care Group - -21.4%
9 Family Eye Care ▼1 -48.8%
  • MyEyeDr.
  • Horizon Eye Care
  • Lane Optometry
  • Piedmont EyeCare Associates
  • Eye Care Center
  • The Eye Center
  • Cabarrus Eye Center
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

428 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 71 of the 428 stores (17%); 286 of the 315 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked health & beauty stores here are eye cares, the same share as across the United States.

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

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 MyEyeDr. 52
  • 2 Accuvision Eye Care 6
  • 3 Carolina Eye Care 5
  • 4 Eye Care Center 4
  • 5 The Eye Center 4
  • 6 Family Eye Care 3
  • 7 Family Eye Center 3
  • 8 Triad Eye Associates 3
  • 9 The Eye Institute OD, PA 3
  • 10 Fox Eye Care Group 3
  • 11 Western Carolina Eye Associates 3
  • 12 Horizon Eye Care 3
  • 13 Duke Eye Center 2
  • 14 Coastal Eye Clinic PA 2
  • 15 Alamance Eye Center 2
  • 16 Retina of Coastal Carolina 2
  • 17 Carolina Ophthalmology 2
  • 18 Vision First Optometry 2
  • 19 Jackson Eye Associates 2
  • 20 Professional Vision Center 2
  • 21 Asheville Eye Associates 2
  • 22 Wilmington Eye 2
  • 23 Piedmont EyeCare Associates 2
  • 24 Carolina Center For Eye Care 2
  • 25 Gaston Eye Associates 2
  • 26 University Eye Associates 2
  • 27 East Carolina Optometric Care 1
  • 28 Warren Eye Care 1
  • 29 Midtown Optometry 1
  • 30 Grace Vision Care 1
  • 31 Shelby Eye Centers 1
  • 32 Fusion Eye Care 1
  • 33 Cape Fear Optometric Clinic 1
  • 34 Union Family Eye Associates 1
  • 35 Tarboro Eye Associates & Aesthetics 1
  • 36 Southpoint Vision 1
  • 37 Vision Source of Brunswick 1
  • 38 Excel Eyecare OD PA 1
  • 39 Timothy J. Hennie, O.D. 1
  • 40 Cape Fear Retinal Associates 1
  • 41 A Proper View 1
  • 42 Diversified Eyecare 1
  • 43 Groat Eyecare Associates, P.A. 1
  • 44 Paul Vision Institute 1
  • 45 Premier Family Eye Care 1
  • 46 Dilworth Eye Associates 1
  • 47 Preston Optometry Center 1
  • 48 North Raleigh Family Eyecare 1
  • 49 Edwards Eye Care 1
  • 50 Singleton Vision Center 1

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