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Optometrists and eye clinics in Kennebec County, ME
How Kennebec County, ME 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 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #519 of 1,302 scored counties
#3 of 11 scored counties in Maine
- Listings
- 18
- 3 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $60M
- On medical and dental services · $1,104 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 129,067
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 optometrists and eye clinics in Kennebec County. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 3.3 for every 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
At $1,104 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Kennebec County spend about $60M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $3.3M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 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 9 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Kennebec County in 2023. That is one for every 6,035 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Kennebec County grew 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Kennebec County scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics, ranking #519 of 1,302 scored counties and #3 of 11 scored counties in Maine.
How Kennebec County compares
The same measures for Maine 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.
| Measure | Kennebec County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $3.2M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,035 | 5,380 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.7% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,104 | $1,163 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $69,077 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 118
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 183 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Kennebec 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 Kennebec County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 129,067+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 54,312
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 868 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 146
- Median household income
- $69,077+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,742
- Median home value
- $238,200
- Jobs located here
- 65,677
- Daytime population
- 134,017Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maine
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1York County, ME | 72 | 27 | 3.0 | $4.2M | +4.8% | #164 of 1,302 |
| 2Oxford County, ME | 63 | 6 | 2.5 | $4.3M | +4.2% | #340 of 1,302 |
| 3Kennebec County, ME | 56 | 18 | 3.3 | $3.3M | +3.5% | #519 of 1,302 |
| 4Androscoggin County, ME | 56 | 16 | 3.4 | $3.2M | +4.8% | #523 of 1,302 |
| 5Cumberland County, ME | 52 | 60 | 4.5 | $2.9M | +4.5% | #642 of 1,302 |
| 6Hancock County, ME | 48 | 9 | 3.5 | $3.2M | +3.0% | #728 of 1,302 |
| 7Waldo County, ME | 43 | 7 | 4.0 | $2.8M | +2.6% | #840 of 1,302 |
| 8Lincoln County, ME | 42 | 8 | 4.8 | $2.4M | +3.8% | #873 of 1,302 |
| 9Penobscot County, ME | 40 | 30 | 4.6 | $2.4M | +3.8% | #917 of 1,302 |
| 10Knox County, ME | 28 | 10 | 5.4 | $2.2M | +1.1% | #1,111 of 1,302 |
Other business types in Kennebec County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
- Doctors, dentists and clinics37
- Dentists and orthodontists31
- Primary care and pediatrics44
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors53
- Physical therapy49
- Optometrists and eye care56
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Kennebec County, ME?
There are 18 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in Kennebec County as of September 2026. 3 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in Kennebec County, ME spend on medical and dental services?
About $60M a year, or $1,104 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 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 54,312 households in Kennebec County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kennebec County, ME compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Kennebec County has 3.3 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 20% 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, Kennebec County would have about 19, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,035 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is Kennebec County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Kennebec County at 129,067 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 54,312 households. The median household income in Kennebec County is $69,077 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.8% 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. Kennebec County scores 56 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #519 of 1,302 scored counties.
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