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Optometrists and eye clinics in Collier County, FL

How Collier County, FL 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #627 of 1,302 scored counties
#24 of 45 scored counties in Florida

Listings
100
15 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments
25
+4.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$208.7M
On medical and dental services · $1,258 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.0
46% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
417,131
+10.6% 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

Households in Collier County spend about $208.7M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,258 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.1M per practice, 33% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.

Collier County has 100 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 15 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.0, 46% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.

Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Collier County in 2023, up 4.2% from 2019. That is one for every 6,635 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Collier County grew 10.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics in Collier County is 53 (upper middle), #627 of 1,302 scored counties and #24 of 45 scored counties in Florida.

How Collier County compares

The same measures for Florida 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 Collier County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureCollier CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.04.34.1
Spending per listing$2.1M$2.6M$3.1M
Households per official establishment6,6355,6805,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+4.2%+5.7%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.6%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,258$1,132$1,288
Median household income$90,045$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score5338

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
24 → 25+4.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
218
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10015 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
67The 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 Collier 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 Collier County

Population, 2025 estimate
417,131+10.6% since 2020
Households
165,875
Median age
51.4
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,997 sq. mi.
People per square mile
199
Median household income
$90,045+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$145,201
Median home value
$540,700
Jobs located here
165,588
Daytime population
398,800Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across Florida

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

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Flagler County, FL84122.3$5M+21.0%#20 of 1,302
2Santa Rosa County, FL79182.5$4.9M+11.7%#63 of 1,302
3Walton County, FL7892.6$4.6M+22.9%#81 of 1,302
4Bay County, FL73243.0$3.6M+17.2%#152 of 1,302
5Citrus County, FL72182.5$3.9M+11.1%#166 of 1,302
6Lake County, FL71573.5$3.2M+18.1%#193 of 1,302
7Polk County, FL70893.1$3.4M+19.8%#205 of 1,302
8St. Lucie County, FL67473.4$3.1M+21.4%#270 of 1,302
9Pasco County, FL67833.5$3.1M+19.1%#271 of 1,302
10Marion County, FL66482.9$3.4M+17.3%#284 of 1,302
24Collier County, FL531006.0$2.1M+10.6%#627 of 1,302

Other business types in Collier County

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

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Collier County, FL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 100 optometrists and eye clinics in Collier County. 15 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023, up 4.2% from 2019.

How much do households in Collier County, FL spend on medical and dental services?

About $208.7M a year, or $1,258 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 100 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 165,875 households in Collier County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Collier County has 6.0 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 46% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2.1M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Collier County would have about 67, against 100 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,635 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Collier County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Collier County at 417,131 people in 2025, up 10.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 165,875 households. Median household income in Collier County is $90,045, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.3%, 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. Collier County scores 53 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #627 of 1,302 scored counties.

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