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Optometrists and eye clinics in the Lewiston-Auburn, ME metro area
How the Lewiston-Auburn, ME 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #219 of 386 scored metro areas
#2 of 3 scored metro areas based in Maine
- Listings
- 16
- 4 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $51.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,089 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 116,487
- +4.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 optometrists and eye clinics in the Lewiston-Auburn metro area. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 3.4 for every 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Lewiston-Auburn metro area comes to about $51.1M a year: $1,089 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 16 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $3.2M per practice, 2% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in the Lewiston-Auburn metro area classed as offices of optometrists. That is one for every 5,869 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in the Lewiston-Auburn metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lewiston-Auburn metro area grew 4.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For optometrists and eye clinics, the Lewiston-Auburn metro area has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #219 of 386 scored metro areas and #2 of 3 scored metro areas based in Maine.
How the Lewiston-Auburn metro area 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 | Lewiston-Auburn metro area | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $3.2M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,869 | 5,380 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.7% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.8% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,089 | $1,163 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $67,873 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 83
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 164 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in the Lewiston-Auburn 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 Lewiston-Auburn metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 116,487+4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 46,953
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 468 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 242
- Median household income
- $67,873+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,271
- Median home value
- $252,800
- Jobs located here
- 50,802
- Daytime population
- 111,740Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Maine
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Portland-South Portland, ME | 55 | 91 | 3.8 | $3.4M | +4.5% | #142 of 386 |
| 2Lewiston-Auburn, ME | 48 | 16 | 3.4 | $3.2M | +4.8% | #219 of 386 |
| 3Bangor, ME | 29 | 30 | 4.6 | $2.4M | +3.8% | #346 of 386 |
Other business types in the Lewiston-Auburn metro area
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 clinics58
- Dentists and orthodontists77
- Primary care and pediatrics62
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors57
- Physical therapy26
- Optometrists and eye care48
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Lewiston-Auburn, ME metro area?
There are 16 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in the Lewiston-Auburn metro area as of September 2026. 4 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in the Lewiston-Auburn, ME metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $51.1M a year, or $1,089 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 46,953 households in the Lewiston-Auburn metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lewiston-Auburn, ME metro area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
The Lewiston-Auburn 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 $3.2M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,869 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lewiston-Auburn, ME metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lewiston-Auburn metro area at 116,487 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,953 households. The median household income in the Lewiston-Auburn metro area is $67,873 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.8% 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. The Lewiston-Auburn metro area scores 48 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #219 of 386 scored metro areas.
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