The route to market: optical retail chains, wholesale distributors that carry frame brands to independent opticians, and importers. In many countries a few chains buy most of the frames and lenses sold.
Optical Retail Chains & Distributors from India — varieties
Each button first explains the product, then lists India makers with specialities and contact routes.
Optical Retail Chains & Distributors (Retail groups, wholesalers, importers)Optical retail chainsOne-price spectacle chains (frame and lenses together)Optical markets and same-day spectacle shopsOnline eyewear retailersFrame wholesalers and distributorsLens distributorsEyewear importersDuty-free and travel retail eyewearOptical buying groupsEyewear licensing agents
Trade routes for optical retail chains & distributors in India
ManufacturersExporters and wholesalersWholesalers and distributorsCertified suppliers (ISO 9001, CE, FDA, ISO 12870)Price and lead time
Retail chains and official websites
| Company | Country | Model | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenskart | India | Largest chain; own brands Vincent Chase, John Jacobs | www.lenskart.com |
| Titan Eye+ | India | Tata group chain; Titan, Fastrack, Dash | Find official site |
| Vision Express India | India | Reliance Retail and GrandVision | www.visionexpress.in |
| Lawrence & Mayo | India | Optical chain since 1877 | Find official site |
| GKB Opticals | India | Chain founded in Agra, 1959 | Find official site |
| Specsmakers | India | Chennai-based chain | Find official site |
| Himalaya Optical | India | Kolkata-based chain | Find official site |
Links go to each company's own website. Prices and offers change; check them there.
Named optical retail chains & distributors producers in India
| Company | City | Speciality | Live search |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titan Company Ltd (Titan Eye+) | Bengaluru | Listed Tata group company; Titan Eye+ chain with own brands Titan, Fastrack and Dash (children) | AboutExplore |
| Lenskart Solutions Ltd | Gurugram / Bhiwadi | Listed (NSE: LENSKART); 2,000+ stores; own brands Vincent Chase, John Jacobs, Lenskart Air, Hustlr, Aqualens; owner of Owndays; factory at Bhiwadi | AboutExplore |
| GKB Opticals / GKB Rx Lens | Kolkata | Retail chain founded in Agra in 1959, with its own lens laboratory | AboutExplore |
| Lawrence & Mayo | Mumbai | Optical retail chain since 1877 | AboutExplore |
| Reliance Vision Express Pvt Ltd (Vision Express India) | Bengaluru | Optical retail chain; joint venture of Reliance Retail and GrandVision | AboutExplore |
| Himalaya Optical | Kolkata | Optical retail chain | AboutExplore |
| Specsmakers Opticians | Chennai | Optical retail chain | AboutExplore |