Retail sales of the vision care market in the U.S. 2013-2018

This statistic depicts retail sales of the vision care market in the United States from 2013 to 2018. In 2016, the U.S. vision care market generated approximately 40.36 billion U.S. dollars, up from 39.77 billion U.S. dollars the previous year.

Retail sales of the vision care market in the United States from 2013 to 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)*

Characteristic	Retail sales in million U.S. dollars
2018	35,725
2017**	34,782
2016	40,357.8
2015	39,767
2014	37,595.7
2013	36,236.2

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Release date

May 2019

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2013 to 2018

Number of respondents

110,000+

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

12 month ended in December 2018

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* All retail includes dollars spent at all retail types at any retail location on the sale of either spectacle lenses (including Rx sun), frames, contact lenses, sunglasses (plano), OTC readers or revenue earned from refractive surgery (LASIK only) or eye examinations. Does not include sunglass clips and does not include retail dollars spent by/for contact lenses and exams for those 17 years of age and younger.
**Vision care products and services sold at optical retail locations.

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