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Optometrists and eye clinics in the Rochester, NY metro area
How the Rochester, NY 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #205 of 386 scored metro areas
#7 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 173
- 40 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 43
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $523.3M
- On medical and dental services · $1,174 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.9
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,056,149
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in the Rochester metro area comes to about $523.3M a year: $1,174 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $3M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 3% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
There are 173 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings in the Rochester metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 23% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in the Rochester metro area was 43 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 10,368 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Rochester metro area declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics in the Rochester metro area is 50 (upper middle), #205 of 386 scored metro areas and #7 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York.
How the Rochester metro area 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.
| Measure | Rochester metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 10,368 | 8,188 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +9.9% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,174 | $1,278 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $76,284 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 430.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 269
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 17340 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 167The 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 the Rochester 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 Rochester metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,056,149−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 445,836
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 2,928 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 362
- Median household income
- $76,284
- Average household income
- $100,943
- Median home value
- $204,600
- Jobs located here
- 501,944
- Daytime population
- 1,064,689Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 71 | 89 | 3.5 | $3.8M | +3.0% | #38 of 386 |
| 2Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 69 | 135 | 3.5 | $3.6M | +1.9% | #59 of 386 |
| 3Binghamton, NY | 59 | 30 | 2.9 | $3.7M | −1.3% | #111 of 386 |
| 4Kingston, NY | 56 | 26 | 3.5 | $3.6M | +1.1% | #132 of 386 |
| 5Syracuse, NY | 54 | 96 | 3.5 | $3.3M | −1.3% | #156 of 386 |
| 6Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 51 | 184 | 3.7 | $3.1M | −0.8% | #190 of 386 |
| 7Rochester, NY | 50 | 173 | 3.9 | $3M | −0.7% | #205 of 386 |
| 8New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 48 | 3,434 | 4.6 | $2.9M | +0.6% | #220 of 386 |
| 9Utica-Rome, NY | 46 | 40 | 3.3 | $3.3M | −2.0% | #240 of 386 |
| 10Ithaca, NY | 43 | 17 | 3.9 | $3M | −1.4% | #263 of 386 |
Other business types in the Rochester 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 clinics50
- Dentists and orthodontists37
- Primary care and pediatrics54
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics66
- Chiropractors40
- Physical therapy47
- Optometrists and eye care50
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Rochester, NY metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 173 optometrists and eye clinics in the Rochester metro area. 40 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 43 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in the Rochester, NY metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $523.3M a year, or $1,174 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 173 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $3M 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 445,836 households in the Rochester metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Rochester, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
The Rochester metro area has 3.9 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $3M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Rochester metro area would have about 167, against 173 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,368 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +0.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Rochester, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Rochester metro area at 1,056,149 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 445,836 households. Median household income in the Rochester metro area is $76,284, 6% below 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 Rochester metro area scores 50 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #205 of 386 scored metro areas.
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