NEW YORK—The national average for gross revenue at ECP locations increased last week, January 13-19, when compared with the previous week, at a rate of 9 index points. That places gross revenue at a level 25 index points above where it was at this point in time (Week 3) when compared with last year (2024), 15 points above the same period in 2023, 29 points above 2022, 16 points above 2021, 25 points above 2020 and 31 points above 2019.

Most optical sales categories increased last week when compared with the previous week, at rates of 9 index points for gross revenue, 7 index points for exams/refractions, 9 index points for frame units, -1 index point for lens pairs and -5 index points for contact lenses. When comparing last week’s optical sales with the same period last year, all the categories were up, ranging from the largest increase of 25 index points for gross revenue, to the smallest increase of 15 index points for both exams/refractions and frame units. The other categories increased by 22 index points for lens pairs and 16 index points for contact lenses.

With most optical sales categories increasing last week, all five categories reached a level above an average week in 2019—the index baseline assigned a value of 100 for this Optical Business Tracker. These ranged from a high of 138 index points for gross revenue to a low of 107 index points for contact lenses. The other categories reached 109 index points for exams/refractions, 108 points for frame units and 116 points for lens pairs.

Jobson Optical Research selected 1,500 optical locations that have been operating and reporting their sales to its partners, GPN and ABB Analyze, since 2019. The index has been rebased to an average week in 2019. Going forward, this new index base will be used as an arbitrary benchmark and assigned a value of 100.

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