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Optometrists and eye clinics in Georgia

Every metro area, small-town market and county in Georgia, ranked by the Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics, with competitor counts and household spending for each.

Listings
1,513
375 chain locations (25%)
Official establishments
700
+7.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$4.7B
On medical and dental services
Listings per 10k households
3.7
10% below the U.S.
Spending per listing
$3.1M
In line with the U.S.
Rank among states
#30 of 51
Market score 48 · Lower middle

A site report maps the optometrists and eye clinics on map listings around any address in Georgia by name and distance, and the spending within reach.

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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

There are 1,513 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Georgia as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 3.7 for every 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.

Households in Georgia spend about $4.7B a year on medical and dental services, or $1,150 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.1M of household spending for each practice on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Georgia was 700 in 2023, up 7.9% from 2019. That is one for every 5,821 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Across the U.S., the count rose 0.2% over the same years. Since fiscal 2022, 18 SBA-backed loans worth $9.2M have gone to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in Georgia.

Among the 50 states and DC, Georgia ranks #30 for optometrists and eye clinics, with a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle). Of the 15 scored metro areas in or partly in Georgia, the Valdosta metro area scores highest (69). Of the 14 scored small-town markets in or partly in Georgia, the Jefferson area scores highest (76).

Every market in Georgia for optometrists and eye clinics

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Numbered by Groundwork market score among the markets based in Georgia, highest first; the U.S. rank compares each market with every other of its kind. A metro area that crosses a state line is listed in each state it reaches, and numbered only in the state its page is under. How the score works.

Metro areas

Metro areas reaching Georgia, ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Valdosta, GA69132.3$4.2M+3.3%#52 of 386
2Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC68602.6$4.2M+4.7%#62 of 386
3Savannah, GA67493.0$3.7M+8.1%#68 of 386
4Dalton, GA60132.5$4.2M+3.5%#101 of 386
5Macon-Bibb County, GA60242.7$3.8M+2.1%#102 of 386
6Gainesville, GA54253.4$3.4M+11.4%#152 of 386
7Warner Robins, GA53263.5$3.2M+8.2%#166 of 386
8Brunswick-St. Simons, GA52143.0$3.6M+4.4%#176 of 386
9Hinesville, GA52113.6$2.7M+12.6%#185 of 386
10Athens-Clarke County, GA51313.6$3M+3.9%#191 of 386
11Columbus, GA-AL48393.1$3.3M−1.3%#217 of 386
12Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA449984.3$2.9M+5.9%#258 of 386
Chattanooga, TN-GA41903.9$2.8M+5.3%#278 of 386
13Albany, GA31193.3$2.9M−1.8%#325 of 386
14Rome, GA23184.9$2.1M+2.8%#366 of 386

Small-town markets

Small-town markets reaching Georgia, ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Jefferson, GA7672.5$4.9M+29.3%#27 of 400
2LaGrange, GA-AL7561.5$6.6M+3.0%#29 of 400
3Calhoun, GA7552.3$4.5M+6.9%#32 of 400
4Cornelia, GA6853.0$3.5M+9.3%#68 of 400
5Statesboro, GA66102.9$3.5M+8.0%#79 of 400
6Kingsland, GA5894.1$2.6M+9.5%#140 of 400
7Douglas, GA5363.2$2.9M+2.9%#182 of 400
8Waycross, GA41115.3$1.8M+3.0%#279 of 400
9Milledgeville, GA3963.6$2.7M+0.6%#292 of 400
10Tifton, GA3184.2$2.3M+1.7%#334 of 400
11Dublin, GA31115.0$1.9M+2.8%#335 of 400
12Jesup, GA3076.3$1.5M+7.8%#344 of 400
13Vidalia, GA2464.4$2.2M+1.5%#365 of 400
14Toccoa, GA2487.6$1.2M+3.8%#366 of 400
Thomasville, GANot scored41.4$7.3M+1.3%
Moultrie, GANot scored21.2$8M+3.3%
Cedartown, GANot scored10.6$15.6M+6.0%
Americus, GANot scored32.4$3.9M−1.9%
Bainbridge, GANot scored32.8$3.3M0.0%
Thomaston, GANot scored32.8$3.5M+2.7%
Eufaula, AL-GANot scored11.0$9.1M−1.2%
Summerville, GANot scored11.1$8.2M+1.5%
Cordele, GANot scored22.5$3.8M−4.1%
Fitzgerald, GANot scored00.0n/a−0.4%

Counties

Counties in Georgia, ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Columbia County, GA86112.0$6.4M+7.9%#12 of 1,302
2Paulding County, GA85132.2$5.7M+12.7%#15 of 1,302
3Walton County, GA8351.4$8.3M+16.0%#26 of 1,302
4Barrow County, GA7792.9$3.8M+18.7%#104 of 1,302
5Newton County, GA74122.9$3.8M+11.2%#141 of 1,302
6Jackson County, GA7172.5$4.9M+29.3%#176 of 1,302
7Carroll County, GA70143.2$3.4M+9.8%#206 of 1,302
8Gordon County, GA6952.3$4.5M+6.9%#213 of 1,302
9Bartow County, GA68102.4$4.6M+10.5%#227 of 1,302
10Henry County, GA66283.2$3.6M+9.5%#279 of 1,302
11Douglas County, GA66173.3$3.5M+6.6%#281 of 1,302
12Habersham County, GA6053.0$3.5M+9.3%#421 of 1,302
13DeKalb County, GA591003.5$3.5M+1.3%#439 of 1,302
14Bulloch County, GA5992.9$3.4M+8.8%#441 of 1,302
15Chatham County, GA59443.7$3M+5.7%#448 of 1,302
16Hall County, GA58253.4$3.4M+11.4%#466 of 1,302
17Whitfield County, GA56102.7$3.8M+3.3%#510 of 1,302
18Lowndes County, GA56122.6$3.8M+3.7%#512 of 1,302
19Cherokee County, GA56484.7$2.8M+11.6%#533 of 1,302
20Forsyth County, GA56495.5$2.8M+11.8%#534 of 1,302
21Coweta County, GA54244.3$2.9M+9.2%#593 of 1,302
22Houston County, GA53243.8$3M+8.5%#613 of 1,302
23Oconee County, GA5285.3$2.7M+6.9%#647 of 1,302
24Fulton County, GA512004.3$3M+2.7%#656 of 1,302
25Catoosa County, GA51103.8$2.9M+2.3%#658 of 1,302
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Counties in Georgia, ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score, continued
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
26Cobb County, GA511595.4$2.5M+3.5%#663 of 1,302
27Liberty County, GA50104.2$2.4M+7.6%#691 of 1,302
28Camden County, GA4994.1$2.6M+9.5%#712 of 1,302
29Greene County, GA4556.1$2M+12.3%#810 of 1,302
30Richmond County, GA44263.4$2.9M0.0%#817 of 1,302
31Union County, GA4454.4$2.4M+12.3%#825 of 1,302
32Clarke County, GA42234.2$2.3M+1.0%#876 of 1,302
33Glynn County, GA41143.9$2.8M+3.7%#890 of 1,302
34Lumpkin County, GA4165.1$2.2M+7.5%#902 of 1,302
35Rockdale County, GA40154.4$2.6M+5.2%#912 of 1,302
36Gwinnett County, GA401675.1$2.4M+6.2%#918 of 1,302
37Bibb County, GA37244.0$2.4M+0.3%#967 of 1,302
38Muscogee County, GA36323.9$2.6M−2.3%#985 of 1,302
39Floyd County, GA35184.9$2.1M+2.8%#1,006 of 1,302
40Coffee County, GA3463.9$2.4M+3.2%#1,021 of 1,302
41Fayette County, GA34368.1$1.7M+4.7%#1,029 of 1,302
42White County, GA3365.6$1.9M+6.0%#1,045 of 1,302
43Dawson County, GA33119.5$1.3M+30.7%#1,049 of 1,302
44Baldwin County, GA3063.6$2.7M+0.6%#1,081 of 1,302
45Clayton County, GA30484.5$2.2M−0.6%#1,090 of 1,302
46Wayne County, GA2676.3$1.5M+7.8%#1,135 of 1,302
47Dougherty County, GA25154.4$2.1M−3.0%#1,145 of 1,302
48Spalding County, GA24145.3$1.9M+4.9%#1,159 of 1,302
49Laurens County, GA22115.9$1.6M+3.0%#1,182 of 1,302
50Tift County, GA2185.1$1.9M+2.1%#1,198 of 1,302
51Stephens County, GA1987.6$1.2M+3.8%#1,215 of 1,302
52Ware County, GA18118.5$1M+1.9%#1,226 of 1,302
53Toombs County, GA1365.8$1.6M+1.7%#1,261 of 1,302
Troup County, GANot scored41.5$6.8M+5.0%
Effingham County, GANot scored20.8$14.4M+14.1%
Walker County, GANot scored20.8$13.2M+3.7%
Bryan County, GANot scored31.8$7.1M+15.6%
Colquitt County, GANot scored21.2$8M+3.3%
Thomas County, GANot scored31.6$6.3M+1.3%
Polk County, GANot scored10.6$15.6M+6.0%
Murray County, GANot scored32.0$5.3M+4.0%
Harris County, GANot scored10.8$16.5M+6.8%
Pickens County, GANot scored43.0$3.8M+11.4%
Lee County, GANot scored32.4$4.7M+2.9%
Gilmer County, GANot scored32.3$4.6M+7.9%
Madison County, GANot scored00.0n/a+8.8%
Haralson County, GANot scored32.6$4.3M+10.0%
Monroe County, GANot scored00.0n/a+14.1%
Decatur County, GANot scored32.8$3.3M0.0%
Sumter County, GANot scored32.7$3.4M−2.4%
Jones County, GANot scored00.0n/a+2.8%
Peach County, GANot scored21.9$5.7M+6.5%
Upson County, GANot scored32.8$3.5M+2.7%
Hart County, GANot scored32.7$3.7M+10.7%
Butts County, GANot scored11.1$9.2M+6.5%
Grady County, GANot scored11.0$10.2M+1.4%
Fannin County, GANot scored43.4$3M+2.6%
Chattooga County, GANot scored11.1$8.2M+1.5%
Burke County, GANot scored22.2$4.6M−0.9%
Franklin County, GANot scored33.3$2.9M+10.5%
Tattnall County, GANot scored00.0n/a+0.2%
Emanuel County, GANot scored22.4$3.7M+1.2%
Putnam County, GANot scored00.0n/a+7.0%
McDuffie County, GANot scored22.5$4.1M+0.1%
Morgan County, GANot scored33.7$3.1M+9.4%
Mitchell County, GANot scored45.1$1.8M−5.6%
Meriwether County, GANot scored11.2$8.2M+4.4%
Worth County, GANot scored00.0n/a−3.2%
Pierce County, GANot scored00.0n/a+5.1%
Pike County, GANot scored11.5$7.9M+10.5%
Elbert County, GANot scored33.6$2.7M+2.1%
Washington County, GANot scored22.7$3.4M−2.5%
Dodge County, GANot scored11.5$6.4M−1.4%
Crisp County, GANot scored22.5$3.8M−4.1%
Lamar County, GANot scored11.4$7.5M+12.9%
Banks County, GANot scored11.5$7.3M+17.3%
Appling County, GANot scored22.8$3.3M+3.9%
Long County, GANot scored11.6$6.1M+32.6%
Berrien County, GANot scored11.4$6.8M+4.4%
Brantley County, GANot scored00.0n/a+4.9%
Cook County, GANot scored11.6$6.2M+5.8%
Rabun County, GANot scored11.3$8.2M+5.0%
Ben Hill County, GANot scored00.0n/a−0.4%
Brooks County, GANot scored11.7$5.4M−1.0%
Dade County, GANot scored11.6$6.3M−0.5%
Jasper County, GANot scored00.0n/a+20.2%
Oglethorpe County, GANot scored00.0n/a+10.4%
Jefferson County, GANot scored00.0n/a−4.2%
Jeff Davis County, GANot scored11.8$4.9M+2.8%
Screven County, GANot scored00.0n/a+2.4%
Towns County, GANot scored11.7$5.9M+5.8%
Charlton County, GANot scored00.0n/a+4.7%
Bleckley County, GANot scored24.5$2.3M+2.8%
Crawford County, GANot scored00.0n/a+0.9%
Macon County, GANot scored12.4$3.6M−2.2%
Telfair County, GANot scored13.0$2.9M−10.1%
Heard County, GANot scored00.0n/a+6.2%
McIntosh County, GANot scored00.0n/a+9.2%
Bacon County, GANot scored24.8$1.9M−0.4%
Candler County, GANot scored00.0n/a+2.2%
Dooly County, GANot scored00.0n/a−0.1%
Evans County, GANot scored12.5$3.7M+2.2%
Early County, GANot scored00.0n/a−3.1%
Lanier County, GANot scored00.0n/a+7.1%
Pulaski County, GANot scored12.8$3.4M+3.0%
Wilkes County, GANot scored12.4$3.8M−0.1%
Irwin County, GANot scored00.0n/a−6.5%
Johnson County, GANot scored00.0n/a+1.4%
Seminole County, GANot scored00.0n/a+0.4%
Turner County, GANot scored00.0n/a−0.1%
Chattahoochee County, GANot scored316.1$608K−10.6%
Terrell County, GANot scored13.0$3.2M−5.3%
Wilcox County, GANot scored13.8$2.5M+0.1%
Wilkinson County, GANot scored00.0n/a−2.1%
Jenkins County, GANot scored00.0n/a+2.1%
Hancock County, GANot scored00.0n/a−0.3%
Montgomery County, GANot scored00.0n/a+0.8%
Atkinson County, GANot scored00.0n/a+1.8%
Lincoln County, GANot scored13.3$2.9M+5.3%
Twiggs County, GANot scored00.0n/a−5.1%
Taylor County, GANot scored00.0n/a0.0%
Marion County, GANot scored00.0n/a+2.0%
Wheeler County, GANot scored00.0n/a+1.7%
Clinch County, GANot scored00.0n/a+1.8%
Treutlen County, GANot scored00.0n/a+1.1%
Randolph County, GANot scored00.0n/a−3.3%
Miller County, GANot scored00.0n/a−3.0%
Talbot County, GANot scored00.0n/a−0.3%
Calhoun County, GANot scored00.0n/a−2.8%
Warren County, GANot scored00.0n/a+1.2%
Stewart County, GANot scored00.0n/a−12.5%
Schley County, GANot scored00.0n/a+1.2%
Echols County, GANot scored00.0n/a−0.8%
Glascock County, GANot scored00.0n/a+8.4%
Clay County, GANot scored00.0n/a−0.5%
Baker County, GANot scored00.0n/a−4.3%
Webster County, GANot scored00.0n/a+0.7%
Quitman County, GANot scored00.0n/a+1.3%
Taliaferro County, GANot scored00.0n/a+6.7%

Markets with fewer than 5 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored; they’re listed last in each table.

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Georgia?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1,513 optometrists and eye clinics in Georgia. 375 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 700 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023, up 7.9% from 2019.

How much do households in Georgia spend on medical and dental services?

About $4.7B a year, or $1,150 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,513 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 4,074,366 households in Georgia and national spending patterns by income.

How does Georgia compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?

Georgia has 3.7 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $3.1M, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Georgia would have about 1,496, against 1,513 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,821 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.2% for the U.S.

Which market in Georgia has the highest market score for optometrists and eye clinics?

Among 15 scored metro areas in or partly in Georgia, the Valdosta metro area scores highest, at 69 (upper middle). Among 14 scored small-town markets in or partly in Georgia, the Jefferson area scores highest, at 76 (high). Among 53 scored counties in Georgia, Columbia County scores highest, at 86 (high). Scores compare each market with others of its kind across the U.S.

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. Georgia scores 48 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #30 of the 50 states and DC.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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