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Optometry equipment encompasses tools designed to prevent accidents, illnesses, and eye damage. Meanwhile, ophthalmic equipment focuses on managing eye drainage or providing support to eye structures and surrounding areas.
The primary products within the realm of optometry equipment include devices for cataract and glaucoma surgeries, ophthalmic diagnostics, vitreoretinal surgery, and ophthalmic lasers. Cataract surgery devices specifically address the removal of the cloudy natural lens during cataract procedures, replacing it with a clear artificial lens. These tools facilitate various examinations-such as retina, cornea, and general assessments-utilized across hospital outpatient departments, physician practices, specialty clinics, ambulatory care centers, and research institutes.
Tariffs are impacting the optometry equipment market by increasing costs of imported diagnostic devices, lasers, imaging systems, and precision optical components. Eye care centers and hospitals in North America and Europe are most affected due to dependence on imported ophthalmic equipment, while Asia-Pacific faces higher manufacturing and export costs. These tariffs are raising equipment prices and delaying technology upgrades. However, they are also promoting domestic manufacturing, regional supplier development, and localized assembly of optometry equipment.
The optometry equipment market research report is one of a series of new reports from The Business Research Company that provides optometry equipment market statistics, including optometry equipment industry global market size, regional shares, competitors with a optometry equipment market share, detailed optometry equipment market segments, market trends and opportunities, and any further data you may need to thrive in the optometry equipment industry. This optometry equipment market research report delivers a complete perspective of everything you need, with an in-depth analysis of the current and future scenario of the industry.
The optometry equipment market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $3.79 billion in 2025 to $4.1 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.1%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to increasing prevalence of vision disorders, expansion of eye care facilities, rising use of diagnostic imaging in optometry, growth in cataract and glaucoma procedures, advancements in ophthalmic equipment design.
The optometry equipment market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $5.5 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.6%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to increasing demand for preventive eye care, rising adoption of ai-assisted eye diagnostics, expansion of outpatient ophthalmic procedures, growing focus on precision vision correction, continuous innovation in ophthalmic laser technologies. Major trends in the forecast period include increasing adoption of advanced ophthalmic diagnostic devices, rising demand for minimally invasive eye surgery equipment, growing integration of digital imaging in optometry, expansion of laser-based vision correction systems, enhanced focus on early eye disease detection.
The growth of the optometry equipment market is expected to be supported by the rising aging population going forward. The aging population refers to the increasing proportion of older adults within a country or region, generally categorized as individuals aged 60 years and above. This demographic shift is primarily driven by declining fertility rates, which are reducing the size of younger populations and gradually increasing the share of older age groups. As a result, demand for optometry equipment is increasing, as the expanding elderly population encourages companies to adopt advanced diagnostic and monitoring solutions to effectively address age-related eye disorders. For instance, in February 2025, the World Health Organization reported that the global population aged 60 years and above was projected to grow from 1.1 billion in 2023 to 1.4 billion by 2030. Therefore, the rising aging population is contributing to the growth of the optometry equipment market.
Major companies operating in the optometry equipment market are increasingly focusing on strategic partnerships to reinforce their competitive positioning. A strategic business partnership is a formal collaboration between two or more commercial organizations, typically governed by contractual agreements, aimed at leveraging complementary capabilities and resources. For instance, in February 2023, HOYA Vision Care, a Thailand-based optical technology company, entered into a partnership with NIDEK Co. Ltd. This collaboration was designed to provide access to a comprehensive portfolio of state-of-the-art optical instruments and solutions, enabling a full-service patient care approach ranging from eye examinations and consultations to the delivery of high-quality spectacle lenses. NIDEK Co. Ltd. is a Japan-based company engaged in the design, manufacture, and distribution of ophthalmic and optometric equipment.
In September 2023, Mainline Instruments Ltd, a United Kingdom-based distributor of optical and ophthalmic diagnostic equipment, entered into a partnership with OCULUS Optikgerate GmbH to serve as its distributor across the United Kingdom and Ireland. Through this collaboration, Mainline Instruments seeks to expand access to OCULUS's advanced optometry and ophthalmic diagnostic solutions, thereby enhancing equipment availability and technical support for eye-care professionals in these markets. OCULUS Optikgerate GmbH is a Germany-based manufacturer specializing in ophthalmic and optometry diagnostic systems.
Major companies operating in the optometry equipment market are Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Essilor International SA, Topcon Medical Systems Inc., Canon Inc., Heidelberg Engineering GmbH, Nidek Co Ltd, Hoya Corporation, Bausch Health Companies Inc., Alcon Inc., Oculus Inc., Revenio Group PLC, Huvitz Co Ltd, Shin Nippon Machinery Co Ltd, Takagi Ophthalmic Instruments Ltd, Medmont International Pty Ltd, Tomey Corporation, Marco Ophthalmic Inc., Kowa Company Ltd, Keeler Ltd, HEINE Optotechnik GmbH And Co KG, Welch Allyn Inc
North America was the largest region in the optometry equipment market share in 2025. The regions covered in the optometry equipment market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.
The countries covered in the optometry equipment market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain
The optometry equipment market consists of sales of OCT (optical coherence tomography) scanners, fundus cameras, ophthalmoscopes, and visual field analyzers. Values in this market are 'factory gate' values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.
The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD unless otherwise specified).
The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.
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