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Optometrists and eye clinics in Belmont County, OH

How Belmont County, OH 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 28 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,109 of 1,302 scored counties
#62 of 63 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
13
1 chain location (8%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$34M
On medical and dental services · $1,251 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
16% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.8
17% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
64,434
−2.8% 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

For optometrists and eye clinics, Belmont County has a Groundwork market score of 28 (lower middle): #1,109 of 1,302 scored counties and #62 of 63 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Belmont County comes to about $34M a year: $1,251 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.6M per practice, 16% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.

Belmont County has 13 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 20% across the U.S. That is 4.8 per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.

Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in Belmont County in 2023. That is one for every 3,399 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Population estimates show Belmont County declined 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Belmont County compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Belmont County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureBelmont CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.84.14.1
Spending per listing$2.6M$3.4M$3.1M
Households per official establishment3,3995,5455,742
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.8%+0.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.8%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,251$1,398$1,288
Median household income$57,017$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score2851

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 8
Employees, 2023
40
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
131 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Belmont 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 Belmont County

Population, 2025 estimate
64,434−2.8% since 2020
Households
27,195
Median age
44.9
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
532 sq. mi.
People per square mile
123
Median household income
$57,017+12.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,538
Median home value
$154,900
Jobs located here
20,092
Daytime population
58,570Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Optometrists and eye care across Ohio

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

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for optometrists and eye clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Clermont County, OH84273.2$4.7M+3.9%#22 of 1,302
2Warren County, OH81293.2$5.5M+5.7%#42 of 1,302
3Portage County, OH78182.8$5.1M+1.0%#77 of 1,302
4Licking County, OH77223.2$4.7M+3.8%#93 of 1,302
5Medina County, OH77263.6$4.4M+1.3%#96 of 1,302
6Union County, OH77125.0$3.4M+16.5%#105 of 1,302
7Lorain County, OH74413.2$4.4M+3.1%#135 of 1,302
8Ashtabula County, OH7361.5$8.1M−0.8%#145 of 1,302
9Athens County, OH7352.2$5.7M+1.3%#146 of 1,302
10Hancock County, OH6872.2$6.3M+0.1%#223 of 1,302
62Belmont County, OH28134.8$2.6M−2.8%#1,109 of 1,302

Other business types in Belmont County

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

Questions

How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Belmont County, OH?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 optometrists and eye clinics in Belmont County. One of them (8%) is a chain location. 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 Belmont County, OH spend on medical and dental services?

About $34M a year, or $1,251 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 27,195 households in Belmont County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Belmont County has 4.8 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2.6M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Belmont County would have about 11, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,399 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.

How fast is Belmont County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Belmont County at 64,434 people in 2025, down 2.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 27,195 households. Median household income in Belmont County is $57,017, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 12.0%, 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. Belmont County scores 28 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #1,109 of 1,302 scored counties.

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