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Optometrists and eye clinics in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area
How the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #195 of 386 scored metro areas
#9 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 454
- 89 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 183
- +9.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.3B
- On medical and dental services · $1,309 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 12% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,620,945
- +14.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,309 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area spend about $1.3B a year on medical and dental services. That is about $2.9M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 9% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics.
The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area has 454 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.6, 12% above the U.S. rate of 4.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 183 businesses with payroll in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area classed as offices of optometrists, up 9.7% from 2019. That is one for every 5,407 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $7.6M have gone to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +14.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for optometrists and eye clinics, ranking #195 of 386 scored metro areas and #9 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas.
How the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $2.6M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,407 | 5,202 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.7% | +2.7% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +14.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,309 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $100,431 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 183+9.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,327
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $69.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 45489 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 413The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $7.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,620,945+14.0% since 2020
- Households
- 989,434
- Median age
- 37.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 58%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 4,220 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 575
- Median household income
- $100,431+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $137,444
- Median home value
- $465,000
- Jobs located here
- 1,303,265
- Daytime population
- 2,543,902Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Killeen-Temple, TX | 65 | 51 | 2.9 | $3.7M | +7.2% | #80 of 386 |
| 2Sherman-Denison, TX | 59 | 17 | 3.1 | $3.6M | +12.8% | #112 of 386 |
| 3San Angelo, TX | 58 | 14 | 3.0 | $3.6M | +0.3% | #118 of 386 |
| 4Midland, TX | 58 | 33 | 4.7 | $2.7M | +9.8% | #121 of 386 |
| 5Waco, TX | 55 | 39 | 3.5 | $3M | +4.2% | #146 of 386 |
| 6College Station-Bryan, TX | 55 | 38 | 3.6 | $2.9M | +6.9% | #148 of 386 |
| 7McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 53 | 86 | 3.2 | $3M | +5.6% | #171 of 386 |
| 8Lubbock, TX | 51 | 50 | 3.6 | $3M | +4.6% | #192 of 386 |
| 9Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 51 | 454 | 4.6 | $2.9M | +14.0% | #195 of 386 |
| 10Wichita Falls, TX | 49 | 14 | 2.5 | $4.2M | +0.7% | #207 of 386 |
Other business types in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos 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 clinics48
- Dentists and orthodontists45
- Primary care and pediatrics51
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics67
- Chiropractors55
- Physical therapy63
- Optometrists and eye care51
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 454 optometrists and eye clinics in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area. 89 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 183 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023, up 9.7% from 2019.
How much do households in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $1.3B a year, or $1,309 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 454 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 989,434 households in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area has 4.6 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $2.9M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area would have about 413, against 454 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,407 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +0.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area at 2,620,945 people in 2025, up 14.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 989,434 households. Median household income in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area is $100,431, 24% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.7%, 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area scores 51 for optometrists and eye clinics (upper middle), #195 of 386 scored metro areas.
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