Total Spectacle Lens Sales on the Increase

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Total spectacle lens sales were up 10 percent from 39.3 million to 43.2 million over the six-month period ending March 2015, according to the latest statistics available from The Vision Council’s VisionWatch report. All categories of lenses were up during that period, as the following graphs indicate. Single vision lenses increased 12 percent from 20.1 million to 22.5 million, bifocals/trifocals increased 4.1 percent from 7.4 million to 7.7 million, and progressive addition lenses increased 11 percent from 11.8 million to 13.1 million.

Lens Sales Trends: Total Lenses, Single Vision, Bifocal/Trifocal, and Progressive