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Optometrists and eye clinics in Weld County, CO

How Weld County, CO compares with other counties and the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 84 out of 100: High

Ranked #23 of 1,302 scored counties
#1 of 23 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
40
9 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
17
−15.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$172.7M
On medical and dental services · $1,390 a household
Spending per listing
$4.3M
38% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.2
22% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
378,426
+14.2% 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

For optometrists and eye clinics, Weld County has a Groundwork market score of 84 (high): #23 of 1,302 scored counties and #1 of 23 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for optometrists and eye clinics.

Households in Weld County spend about $172.7M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,390 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. That is about $4.3M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 38% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.

Weld County has 40 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 23%, against 20% across the U.S. That is 3.2 per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.

Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Weld County in 2023, down 15.0% from 2019. That is one for every 7,311 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.9M have gone to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in Weld County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Weld County grew 14.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Weld County compares

The same measures for Colorado 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 Weld County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureWeld CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.24.14.1
Spending per listing$4.3M$3.4M$3.1M
Households per official establishment7,3114,9165,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−15.0%+2.1%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+14.2%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,390$1,423$1,288
Median household income$97,097$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score8462

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
20 → 17−15.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
139
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
409 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
55The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1.9M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in Weld County, 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 Weld County

Population, 2025 estimate
378,426+14.2% since 2020
Households
124,287
Median age
36.5
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
3,985 sq. mi.
People per square mile
88
Median household income
$97,097+31.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$118,627
Median home value
$471,700
Jobs located here
109,846
Daytime population
273,612Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across Colorado

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The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Weld County marked.

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Weld County, CO84403.2$4.3M+14.2%#23 of 1,302
2Adams County, CO76452.4$5.8M+6.6%#107 of 1,302
3Denver County, CO721404.2$3.4M+3.2%#171 of 1,302
4Broomfield County, CO71103.1$5.2M+6.3%#175 of 1,302
5Garfield County, CO6983.4$4M+2.7%#215 of 1,302
6Arapahoe County, CO681074.2$3.5M+2.8%#239 of 1,302
7Eagle County, CO6752.3$6.6M−2.4%#246 of 1,302
8Douglas County, CO62825.9$3M+10.9%#375 of 1,302
9El Paso County, CO571214.2$3.3M+3.2%#488 of 1,302
10Fremont County, CO5552.8$4.1M+2.4%#545 of 1,302

Other business types in Weld County

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

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Weld County, CO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 optometrists and eye clinics in Weld County. 9 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023, down 15.0% from 2019.

How much do households in Weld County, CO spend on medical and dental services?

About $172.7M a year, or $1,390 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $4.3M per practice. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which optometrists and eye clinics share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 124,287 households in Weld County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Weld County, CO compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?

Weld County has 3.2 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $4.3M, 38% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Weld County would have about 55, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,311 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. The official count fell 15.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Weld County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Weld County at 378,426 people in 2025, up 14.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 124,287 households. Median household income in Weld County is $97,097, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.0%, 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. Weld County scores 84 for optometrists and eye clinics (high), #23 of 1,302 scored counties.

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