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Optometrists and eye clinics in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area

How the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #136 of 386 scored metro areas
#8 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
68
25 chain locations (37%)
Official establishments
33
+17.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$226M
On medical and dental services · $1,121 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
6% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.4
17% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
544,949
+6.5% 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 68 optometrists and eye clinics in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area. 25 of them (37%) are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.4, 17% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.

At $1,121 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area spend about $226M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 68 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $3.3M per practice, 6% above 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.

Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area in 2023, up 17.9% from 2019. That is one for every 6,110 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For optometrists and eye clinics, the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #136 of 386 scored metro areas and #8 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida.

How the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasurePensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.44.34.1
Spending per listing$3.3M$2.6M$3.1M
Households per official establishment6,1105,6805,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+17.9%+5.7%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,121$1,132$1,288
Median household income$75,967$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score5638

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
33+17.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
203
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
6825 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
72The 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
544,949+6.5% since 2020
Households
201,632
Median age
39.8
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,669 sq. mi.
People per square mile
314
Median household income
$75,967+35.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,236
Median home value
$286,000
Jobs located here
205,446
Daytime population
517,822Residents 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 metro areas in Florida for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in Florida ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL75252.8$3.8M+15.7%#27 of 386
2Homosassa Springs, FL72182.5$3.9M+11.1%#34 of 386
3Tallahassee, FL68362.3$4.7M+3.1%#60 of 386
4Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL68893.1$3.4M+19.8%#64 of 386
5Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL66963.3$3.3M+11.2%#76 of 386
6Ocala, FL63482.9$3.4M+17.3%#93 of 386
7Wildwood-The Villages, FL60284.0$2.8M+21.1%#109 of 386
8Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL56683.4$3.3M+6.5%#136 of 386
9Gainesville, FL54523.6$2.9M+5.4%#163 of 386
10Port St. Lucie, FL53813.9$2.8M+16.0%#173 of 386

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Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area?

There are 68 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area as of September 2026. 25 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023, up 17.9% from 2019.

How much do households in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $226M a year, or $1,121 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 68 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 201,632 households in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?

The Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area has 3.4 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $3.3M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area would have about 72, against 68 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,110 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area at 544,949 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 201,632 households. The median household income in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area is $75,967 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.6% 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area scores 56 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #136 of 386 scored metro areas.

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