Health care · Metro area · Nevada
Optometrists and eye clinics in the Reno, NV metro area
How the Reno, NV 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #128 of 386 scored metro areas
#1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nevada
- Listings
- 90
- 13 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 46
- −6.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $303.7M
- On medical and dental services · $1,350 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.0
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 578,734
- +5.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Reno metro area comes to about $303.7M a year: $1,350 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.4M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 8% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
The Reno metro area has 90 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 14%, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 4.0 for every 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Official counts show 46 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in the Reno metro area in 2023, down 6.1% from 2019. That is one for every 4,890 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.9M have gone to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in the Reno metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Reno metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For optometrists and eye clinics, the Reno metro area has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #128 of 386 scored metro areas and #1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nevada.
How the Reno metro area compares
The same measures for Nevada 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 | Reno metro area | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,890 | 3,930 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −6.1% | +10.5% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,350 | $1,287 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $87,485 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 46−6.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 222
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9013 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 97The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in the Reno 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 Reno metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 578,734+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 224,933
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 8,583 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 66
- Median household income
- $87,485
- Average household income
- $118,079
- Median home value
- $502,300
- Jobs located here
- 274,907
- Daytime population
- 561,282Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Reno, NV | 57 | 90 | 4.0 | $3.4M | +5.0% | #128 of 386 |
| 2Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 43 | 368 | 4.3 | $3M | +5.8% | #264 of 386 |
| 3Carson City, NV | 15 | 18 | 7.6 | $1.6M | −0.2% | #378 of 386 |
Other business types in the Reno 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 clinics46
- Dentists and orthodontists49
- Primary care and pediatrics61
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics53
- Chiropractors58
- Physical therapy63
- Optometrists and eye care57
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Reno, NV metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 90 optometrists and eye clinics in the Reno metro area. 13 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 46 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023, down 6.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Reno, NV metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $303.7M a year, or $1,350 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 90 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 224,933 households in the Reno metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Reno, NV metro area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
The Reno metro area has 4.0 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $3.4M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Reno metro area would have about 97, against 90 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,890 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. The official count fell 6.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Reno, NV metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Reno metro area at 578,734 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 224,933 households. Median household income in the Reno metro area is $87,485, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Reno metro area scores 57 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #128 of 386 scored metro areas.
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