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Optometrists and eye clinics in the Laredo, TX metro area
How the Laredo, 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 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #269 of 386 scored metro areas
#14 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 26
- 4 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $82.4M
- On medical and dental services · $1,013 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.2
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 281,224
- +5.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 26 optometrists and eye clinics in the Laredo metro area. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 3.2 for every 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
At $1,013 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in the Laredo metro area spend about $82.4M a year on medical and dental services. That is about $3.2M of household spending for each practice on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.1M. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which optometrists and eye clinics share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in the Laredo metro area in 2023. That is one for every 5,425 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $99K has gone to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in the Laredo metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Laredo metro area grew 5.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For optometrists and eye clinics, the Laredo metro area has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #269 of 386 scored metro areas and #14 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas.
How the Laredo 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 | Laredo metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.2 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $2.6M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,425 | 5,202 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.7% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,013 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $63,058 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15
- Employees, 2023
- 123
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 264 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $99K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of optometrists in the Laredo 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 Laredo metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 281,224+5.2% since 2020
- Households
- 81,373
- Median age
- 30.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 3,362 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 80
- Median household income
- $63,058+35.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,101
- Median home value
- $189,900
- Jobs located here
- 100,368
- Daytime population
- 263,275Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for optometrists and eye clinics, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Laredo metro area marked.
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 |
| 14Laredo, TX | 42 | 26 | 3.2 | $3.2M | +5.2% | #269 of 386 |
Other business types in the Laredo 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 clinics56
- Dentists and orthodontists65
- Primary care and pediatrics33
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors76
- Physical therapy51
- Optometrists and eye care42
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in the Laredo, TX metro area?
The Laredo metro area has 26 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in the Laredo, TX metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $82.4M a year, or $1,013 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 81,373 households in the Laredo metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Laredo, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
The Laredo metro area has 3.2 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $3.2M, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,425 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is the Laredo, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Laredo metro area at 281,224 people in 2025, up 5.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 81,373 households. The median household income in the Laredo metro area is $63,058 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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 Laredo metro area scores 42 for optometrists and eye clinics (lower middle), #269 of 386 scored metro areas.
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