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title: "Optical Goods Stores — NAICS 44613"
url: "https://vantainsights.com/industry/44613-optical-goods-stores"
naics: "44613"
naics_frame: "2017"
updated: "2026-10-22"
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# Optical Goods Stores

NAICS 44613

## Key Figures

| Figure | Value | Source | Year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Establishments | 11,719 | Census CBP | 2023 |
| Employment | 79,762 | Census CBP | 2023 |
| Market size | $13.0B | Census Economic Census, comparative statistics on the NAICS 2017 definition | 2022 |

Figures are published for NAICS 44613 directly.

## Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) retailing and fitting prescription eyeglasses and contact lenses; (2) retailing prescription eyeglasses in combination with the grinding of lenses to order on the premises; and (3) selling nonprescription eyeglasses.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2017 NAICS Definitions. Public domain. Census publishes this definition under NAICS 446130, the only detailed industry in this group.

## Which code does this activity belong in?

Optical Goods Stores primarily engage in retailing eyeglasses and contact lenses, either by fitting prescription lenses or grinding them to order on premises, as well as selling nonprescription eyeglasses. This classification is distinct from Pharmacies and Drug Stores, which sell medications and drugs rather than optical correction devices. Hearing aid stores and prosthetic supply stores, by contrast, are classified in Other Health and Personal Care Stores because they handle different types of medical equipment and supplies.

*VantaInsights Analysis, AI-drafted.* Written for NAICS 446130, the only detailed industry in this group.

## Where this sits

- [44-45 Retail Trade](https://vantainsights.com/industry/44-45-retail-trade)
- [446 Health and Personal Care Stores](https://vantainsights.com/industry/446-health-personal-care-stores)
- [4461 Health and Personal Care Stores](https://vantainsights.com/industry/4461-health-personal-care-stores)

## Related classifications

- [44611 Pharmacies and Drug Stores](https://vantainsights.com/reports/44611-pharmacies-drug-stores)
- [44612 Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and Perfume Stores](https://vantainsights.com/industry/44612-cosmetics-beauty-supplies-perfume-stores)
- [44619 Other Health and Personal Care Stores](https://vantainsights.com/industry/44619-other-health-personal-care-stores)

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