National Vision Holdings, Inc. EYE

What this company does

Within its store brands, National Vision primarily offers two products and one service: eyeglasses, contact lenses and eye exams. As of January 3, 2026, it reached customers through a portfolio of 1,250 retail stores across four brands, its associated omni-channel consumer websites, and its dedicated e-commerce consumer website, DiscountContacts.com. As of January 3, 2026, it had 13,138 full-time and part-time associates, including 635 directly employed optometrists. It operates under one reportable segment, its Owned & Host segment, which includes its two owned brands, America's Best Contacts and Eyeglasses and Eyeglass World, as well as its Host brands, Vista Optical locations within select Fred Meyer stores and Vista Optical locations on select military bases. Its 122 Eyeglass World locations offer eye exams provided by optometrists employed either by the company or by independent professional corporations or similar entities, and have on-site laboratories that enable stores to fulfill certain customer orders and make repairs on site. It has two Host brands, consisting of 53 Vista Optical locations on military bases and 18 Vista Optical locations within select Fred Meyer stores as of January 3, 2026.

Written from the business description in National Vision Holdings, Inc.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 4 March 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.