Trends · data through August 2026

Opticians in the United States

Iceflower tracks 246 stores from 121 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
121
Tracked stores
246
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 - +18.9%
2 S SVS Vision logo SVS Vision - +15.1%
3 S Sterling Optical - +7.6%
4 S Shades Sunglasses - +6.7%
5 M Maine Optometry - 0.0%
6 O Oakley logo Oakley - -4.5%
  • Sunglass Hut
  • Eyemart Express
  • Oakley
  • Target Optical
  • Access Eye
  • Clemson Eye
  • SVS Vision
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Sunglass Hut (37)
  • Eyemart Express (39)
  • Oakley (31)
  • Target Optical (1)
  • Access Eye (3)
  • Clemson Eye (1)
  • SVS Vision (6)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 E Eyemart Express logo Eyemart Express 39
  • 2 S Sunglass Hut logo Sunglass Hut 37
  • 3 O Oakley logo Oakley 31
  • 4 S SVS Vision logo SVS Vision 6
  • 5 M Maine Optometry 4
  • 6 A Access Eye 3
  • 7 S Shades Sunglasses 3
  • 8 S Sterling Optical 3
  • 9 I Invision 2
  • 10 G Gilbert Eyecare 2
  • 11 S Sunglass World 2
  • 12 S Sunglass City 2
  • 13 T The Eye Place 2
  • 14 D Designer Sunglasses 2
  • 15 J Johnny Fly logo Johnny Fly 2
  • 16 L Lake Oconee Eye Care 1
  • 17 M Med West Eyecare 1
  • 18 G Gettysburg Optical 1
  • 19 O Original Eyewear 1
  • 20 P Premier Vision Group 1
  • 21 B Brook Run Vision Center 1
  • 22 I Iris Optical logo Iris Optical 1
  • 23 M Miami Optical 1
  • 24 O Oxford Family Vision Care 1
  • 25 W West Florida Optometry 1
  • 26 N New Vision Unlimited 1
  • 27 H Halls Vision Clinic 1
  • 28 S Stratton Eyes logo Stratton Eyes 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 A American Eyewear 1
  • 37 E Eye Eco 1
  • 38 M Marx Optical 1
  • 39 L Lobue Laser & Eye Center 1
  • 40 S Shade Shack 1
  • 41 V Van Buren Optical 1
  • 42 C CVS Optical 1
  • 43 T Twin Tiers Eye Care 1
  • 44 F Franciscan Eye Care 1
  • 45 M Morrison Eyecare logo Morrison Eyecare 1
  • 46 E Elmwood Specs 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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