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Optometrists and eye clinics in Queens County, NY

The optometrists and eye clinics in Queens County, NY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #611 of 1,302 scored counties
#27 of 44 scored counties in New York

Listings
328
42 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
125
+50.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.1B
On medical and dental services · $1,257 a household
Spending per listing
$3.2M
3% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.9
5% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,358,182
−1.1% 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

Households in Queens County spend about $1.1B a year on medical and dental services, or $1,257 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 328 optometrists and eye clinics, that is $3.2M per practice, 3% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.

Queens County has 328 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.9, 5% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.

Official counts show 125 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Queens County in 2023, up 50.6% from 2019. That is one for every 6,728 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $250K has gone to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in Queens County.

Population estimates put the population change in Queens County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Queens County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics, ranking #611 of 1,302 scored counties and #27 of 44 scored counties in New York.

How Queens County compares

The same measures for New York 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 Queens County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureQueens CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.94.24.1
Spending per listing$3.2M$3M$3.1M
Households per official establishment6,7288,1885,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+50.6%+9.9%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,257$1,278$1,288
Median household income$86,136$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score5348

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
83 → 125+50.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
605
Annual payroll, 2023
$26.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
32842 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
337The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$250K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in Queens 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 Queens County

Population, 2025 estimate
2,358,182−1.1% since 2020
Households
841,003
Median age
41.6
Homes lived in by their owners
45%
Vehicles per household
0.9
Land area
109 sq. mi.
People per square mile
21,371
Median household income
$86,136+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$115,404
Median home value
$723,800
Jobs located here
728,428
Daytime population
2,069,814Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across New York

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The highest-scoring counties in New York for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in New York, with Queens County marked.

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Putnam County, NY82102.8$5.3M+1.4%#35 of 1,302
2Schenectady County, NY81101.5$8M+3.0%#40 of 1,302
3Saratoga County, NY78333.2$4.2M+2.3%#82 of 1,302
4Orange County, NY78453.2$4.1M+4.2%#85 of 1,302
5Otsego County, NY7352.2$5.1M+3.8%#147 of 1,302
6Oswego County, NY7261.3$8.7M+1.0%#155 of 1,302
7Rensselaer County, NY72172.5$4.8M−0.2%#159 of 1,302
8Rockland County, NY70393.8$3.8M+5.9%#201 of 1,302
9Wayne County, NY6992.3$4.8M+0.1%#211 of 1,302
10Richmond County, NY68653.8$3.5M+1.3%#238 of 1,302
27Queens County, NY533283.9$3.2M−1.1%#611 of 1,302

Other business types in Queens County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Queens County, NY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 328 optometrists and eye clinics in Queens County. 42 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 125 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023, up 50.6% from 2019.

How much do households in Queens County, NY spend on medical and dental services?

About $1.1B a year, or $1,257 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 328 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 841,003 households in Queens County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Queens County, NY compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?

Queens County has 3.9 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $3.2M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Queens County would have about 337, against 328 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,728 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. The official count rose 50.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Queens County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Queens County at 2,358,182 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 841,003 households. Median household income in Queens County is $86,136, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. Queens County scores 53 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #611 of 1,302 scored counties.

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