4.3.4.2Vertical
Private Optometry Practices
Independently owned optometry offices providing eye exams and eyewear.
Market snapshot
These figures describe Optometry & Vision Care (4.3.4), the segment that Private Optometry Practices sits within — not Private Optometry Practices on its own.
- Market size
- ~$20B
- Growth
- ~5.3%CAGR (2017–22, nominal)
- Companies
- ~22,800
FragmentationConsolidatingEstimate
U.S. Census Bureau 2022 CBP/Economic Census, NAICS 621320 (Offices of Optometrists); optical retail (456130) is tracked under Retail.
Business model & economics
Revenue model
Exam fees plus eyewear and contact-lens retail
Key economics
- Recurring revenue
- Moderate–High
- EBITDA margin
- 18–28%
- Capex intensity
- Moderate
recurring exams and replacements
Characteristics
- Blends clinical eye care with optical retail.
- MSO roll-up consolidating optometry practices.
- Aging population growing vision-care demand.
M&A deal context
Deal activityHigh
Who’s acquiring
- PE-backed vision MSOs
- Optometry consolidators
- Vertically integrated optical retailers
What’s driving deals
- MSO roll-up of optometry practices.
- Recurring exam-and-eyewear economics.
- Aging-population vision demand.
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