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Optometrists and eye clinics in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metro area

The optometrists and eye clinics in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #277 of 386 scored metro areas
#1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Arkansas

Listings
89
6 chain locations (7%)
Official establishments
50
+14.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$253.4M
On medical and dental services · $1,176 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
9% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.1
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
622,177
+13.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 89 optometrists and eye clinics in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.1, in line with the U.S. rate of 4.1.

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area comes to about $253.4M a year: $1,176 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.8M per practice, 9% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which optometrists and eye clinics share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 50 businesses with payroll in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area classed as offices of optometrists, up 14.0% from 2019. That is one for every 4,311 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +13.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For optometrists and eye clinics, the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #277 of 386 scored metro areas and #1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Arkansas.

How the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area compares

The same measures for Arkansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the optometrists and eye clinics counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Optometrists and eye care in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metro area compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureFayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro areaArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.13.74.1
Spending per listing$2.8M$2.7M$3.1M
Households per official establishment4,3114,8055,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+14.0%−3.5%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+13.1%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,176$1,022$1,288
Median household income$81,650$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score4124

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
50+14.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
352
Annual payroll, 2023
$14M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
896 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
81The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
622,177+13.1% since 2020
Households
215,566
Median age
36.1
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
2,624 sq. mi.
People per square mile
220
Median household income
$81,650+41.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$112,263
Median home value
$307,200
Jobs located here
282,187
Daytime population
595,846Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Arkansas for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Arkansas (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Arkansas

Metro areas in Arkansas ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR41894.1$2.8M+13.1%#277 of 386
2Hot Springs, AR38112.5$3.9M−0.6%#291 of 386
3Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR371163.7$2.9M+3.8%#301 of 386
Memphis, TN-MS-AR352003.8$2.8M−0.3%#310 of 386
Texarkana, TX-AR25213.7$2.6M−0.4%#357 of 386
4Fort Smith, AR-OK19374.1$2.4M+3.1%#374 of 386
5Jonesboro, AR16356.6$1.5M+3.6%#377 of 386

Other business types in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metro area?

There are 89 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area as of September 2026. 6 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 50 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023, up 14.0% from 2019.

How much do households in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $253.4M a year, or $1,176 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 89 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 215,566 households in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metro area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?

The Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area has 4.1 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2.8M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area would have about 81, against 89 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,311 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area at 622,177 people in 2025, up 13.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 215,566 households. The median household income in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area is $81,650 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 41.8% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area scores 41 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #277 of 386 scored metro areas.

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