List of supraregional opticians in Germany

The list of supraregional opticians includes optician chains in Germany as well as online providers.

In the case of stationary chains, the branches are also assigned to the franchisor in the case of pure franchise chains. This is necessary in order to make the numbers of different market participants in different structures of the individual companies as systems in a market comparable. Particularly in the field of opticians there are pure branch networks (e.g. Fielmann), mixed structures with their own shops and franchisees (such as Apollo) or companies that do without their own branches and act purely as franchisors in the market.

Stationary optician specialty stores

General information

	Chain	Founded	Seat	Employee	sales	Number of branches (2015) in Germany	Field of activity	#HWM 2011
1	Fielmann	1972	Hamburg	16732	1,427.9 million (K) 1,014.0 million	589	nationwide	1
2	Apollo optics	1972	Schwabach	3600	0650.0 million	586	nationwide	6th
3	Pro optics	1987	Wendlingen am Neckar	389	00119.5 million	134	nationwide	513
4th	Matt look	1955	regensburg		0048.9 million	72	Southern Germany, v. a. Bavaria	174
5	active optics	1989	Bad Kreuznach	560	0048.8 million	83	nationwide, v. a. Rhineland-Palatinate	255
6th	Optician Bode	1938	Hamburg	450	0047.5 million	74	Northern Germany	227
7th	eyes and more	2005	Eindhoven / Netherlands	> 500	0038.7 million	83	nationwide
8th	Awesome optics	1989	Munich		0042.0 million	74	nationwide	370
9	Abele optics	1945	Wurzburg	570	0039.8 million	74	Southern Germany	246
10	Binder Optik / Helmut Baur	1975	Boeblingen	> 400	0040.0 million	49	Baden-Württemberg	207
11	Rottler glasses	1946	Arnsberg (Neheim)		0017.1 million	43	North Rhine-Westphalia
12	Becker + Flöge		Hanover		0018.4 million	27	Lower Saxony	748
13	New Zealand	1957	to water	about 400	0015.5 million	33	Hesse	426
14th	Viehoff group				0015.6 million	20th
15th	Jonen optics & hearing acoustics	1973	Bruehl		0014.0 million	22nd
16	Delker optics	1978	Eisenberg	120		21st	Palatinate, Baden, Rheinhessen
17th	Emberger	1976	Bad Tölz	90	00<10	17, 11 of them in D + 6 in Vienna	Germany, Austria
18th	Fischer Optik-Akustik GmbH		Bayreuth		0030 million			312
19th	Optik Schäfer-Nohe GmbH		Tauberbischofsheim		0018 million	22nd		695
20th	Sedelmayr Optik und Akustik GmbH		Hünfeld	> 100	0018 million			701
21st	Glasses.de (branches)				00	17th
22nd	Menz optics	1896	Staßfurt	110	0010-50	22, including 2 × "Menz" + 20 × "Apollo"	Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony
23	Heini Weber hearing and seeing	1930	kassel	100-200	00<10	18th
24	Pleines fashion optics	1956	Jülich	90	00<10	16
25th	Matthias Kaulard	1983	Simmerath	> 100	0010-50	15, of which 13 in D + 2 in Belgium	Germany, Belgium
26th	Kodak lens			> 100	00> 10	23	West Germany

Unless otherwise stated, the figures are from 2015 or from the last annual financial statements available for the individual companies, published in the Federal Gazette.

Share of total volume in Germany

Graphic: Distribution of industry turnover (source: ZVA)

The Central Association of Opticians in Germany (ZVA for short) also publishes the ratio of the ten largest chain stores in relation to the overall industry in Germany in its annual figures. The figures for the overall market (g) as well as the figures for stationary retail (s) and online sales (o) are recorded here.

year	Total sales	Share of the ten largest chain stores	Companies / branches	Share of the ten largest chain stores	Employee	Share of the ten largest chain stores
2018	6,257 million (g) 5,956 million (s) 00301 million (o)	47.30%	11,630	18.9% (approx. 2,198)	48,400
2017	6,120 million (g) 5,859 million (s) 00261 million (o)	45.50%	11,700	17.8% (approx. 2,083)	48,400
2016	5,954 million (g) 5,707 million (s) 00247 million (o)	45.10%	11,800	17.3% (approx. 2,046)	48,400
2015	5,831 million (g) 5,606 million (s) 00225 million (o)	40.14%	11,900	17.1% (approx. 2,030)	48,600
2014	5,626 million (g) 5,416 million (s) 00210 million (o)	39.54%	11,950	16.3% (approx. 1,950)	48,700
2013	5,438 million (g) 5,273 million (s) 00165 million (o)	38.35%	12,000	16.0% (1,924)	48,900
2012	5,295 million (g) 5,165 million (s) 00130 million (o)	37.28%	12,030	15.76% (1,869)	49,000
2011	5.039 million (s)	37.00%	12,030	15.54% (1,869)	49,000
2010	4,916 million (s)	36.19%	11,960	15.12% (1,814)	48,900
2009	4,805 million (s)	35.39%	11,900		48,800
2008	4,734 million (s)	34.02%	11,820		48,700
2007	3,158 million	32.18%	11,760	15.5%
2006
2005

Employee

	Surname	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005
1	Apollo optics
2	Fielmann	16,389	15,808	15,142	14,567	13,453	12,819
3	Pro optics
4th	Optician Bode
5	Matt look					271	266	253
6th	Abele optics
7th	active optics
8th	eyes and more
9	Awesome optics
10	Binder Optik / Helmut Baur
11	Rottler glasses
12	Becker + Flöge
13	New Zealand
14th	Viehoff group
15th	Jonen optics & hearing acoustics
16	Delker optics
17th	Emberger

sales

	Surname	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006
1	Fielmann	1,047 million	1,014 million	1,427.9 million (K), 1,025.8 million (D)	1,350.1 million (K), 962.0 million (D)	1,289.2 million (K), 914.0 million (D)	1,230.0 million (K), 873.2 million (D)	1,160.0 million (K), 827.7 million (D)	1,110.0 million (K), 806.5 million (D)		677.0 million
2	Apollo optics	675 million	650 million	426.0 million	414.1 million	402.7 million	405.4 million	392.6 million	355.0 million		300.0 million
3	Pro optics	123.0 million	119.5 million	112.0 million	102.0 million	87.2 million	81.0 million	76.0 million	69.0 million		55.0 million
4th	Matt look	50.3 million	48.9 million	43.0 million	42.5 million	42.0 million	41.0 million	38.9 million	44.8 million		36.8 million
5	active optics	50.1 million	48.75 million	48.3 million	38.8 million	37.2 million	37.2 million	37.0 million	35.0 million		25.4 million
6th	Optician Bode	49.0 million	47.5 million	47.0 million	46.5 million	42.0 million	41.0 million	40.0 million	38.5 million		35.0 million
7th	eyes and more	44.8 million	38.7 million	33.2 million	30.0 million	28.9 million	23.7 million	16.9 million
8th	Awesome optics	43.3 million	42.0 million	38.3 million	33.7 million	31.1 million	29.3 million	27.8 million	26.3 million		21.0 million
9	Abele optics	41.0 million	39.8 million	38.5 million	37.9 million	37.2 million	37.2 million	37.2 million	36.7 million		33.5 million
10	Binder Optik / Helmut Baur	41.0 million	40.0 million	40.1 million	40.0 million	40.0 million	40.1 million	40.0 million	40.0 million		40.0 million
11	Becker + Flöge	18.8 million	18.4 million	18.1 million	17.6 million	17.4 million	16.9 million	16.9 million		16.5 million
12	Rottler glasses	18.5 million	17.1 million	16.4 million	15.9 million	15.9 million	15.1 million	13.9 million
13	Viehoff group	17.2 million	15.6 million	12.8 million
14th	New Zealand	17.1 million	15.5 million	14.9 million	14.5 million	13.5 million	12.5 million	11.5 million
15th	Jonen optics & hearing acoustics	14.5 million	14.0 million	14.0 million
16	Delker optics	12.55 million	11.0 million				8.5 million
17th	Emberger

Branches

	Surname	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	...	1996	...	1993
1	Apollo optics	0800	0800	0751	0751	0745	0750	0730	0660		0602
2	Fielmann	0589	0586 (D)	0687 (K), 582 (D)	0679 (K), 578 (D)	0671 (K), 572 (D)	0663 (K), 566 (D)	0655 (K), 559 (D)	0644 (K), 551 (D)		0522					00272
3	Pro optics	0137	0134	0126	0117	0111	0105	0102	0091		0074
4th	eyes and more	0099	0084	0079	0074	0072	0056	0042	0027
5	active optics	0083	0079	0077	0072	0069	0064	0060		0052
6th	Optician Bode	0075	0074	0074	0074	0074	0074	0073	0070		0062	0055
7th	Abele optics	0074	0074	0072	0072	0072	0072	0073	0072		0066
8th	Awesome optics	0074	0074	0067	0059	0056	0052	0050	0048		0039
9	Matt look	0071	0072	0071	0072	0072	0074	0070	0075	0070	0066			0028
10	Binder optics	0050	0049	0049	0050	0050	0051	0051	0050		0051					0032
11	Rottler glasses	0045	0043	0040	0037	0037	0034	0031
12	New Zealand	0029	0027	0025th	0024	0022nd	0020th	0019th
13	Becker + Flöge	0027	0026th	0025th	0024	0023	0022nd	0022nd		0021st
14th	Jonen optics & hearing acoustics	0022nd	0022nd	0022nd
15th	Viehoff group	0021st	0020th	0017th
16	Delker optics	0020th	0019th				0017th
17th	Emberger
18th	Glasses.de (branches)				0017th

Profit before tax

	Surname	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005
1	Apollo optics
2	Fielmann	226.0 million (K), 181.3 million (D)	199.1 million (K), 155.6 million (D)	180.6 million (K), 140.3 million (D)	173.6 million (K), 142.7 million (D)	170.3 million (K), 142.7 million (D)	163.9 million (K), 142.7 million (D)
3	Pro optics
4th	Optician Bode
5	Matt look					1.61 million	2.16 million	1.70 million		0.64 million	0.12 million
6th	Abele optics
7th	active optics
8th	eyes and more
9	Awesome optics
10	Binder Optik / Helmut Baur
11	Rottler glasses
12	Becker + Flöge
13	New Zealand
14th	Viehoff group
15th	Jonen optics & hearing acoustics
16	Delker optics
17th	Emberger

Annual surplus

	Surname	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005
1	Apollo optics
2	Fielmann	162.8 million	142.0 million	129.7 million	125.4 million	120.8 million	115.3 million
3	Pro optics
4th	Optician Bode
5	Matt look					1.34 million	1.83 million	1.43 million		0.63 million	0.11 million
6th	Abele optics
7th	active optics
8th	eyes and more
9	Awesome optics
10	Binder Optik / Helmut Baur
11	Rottler glasses
12	Becker + Flöge
13	New Zealand
14th	Viehoff group
15th	Jonen optics & hearing acoustics
16	Delker optics
17th	Emberger

Shopping groups

Many of the independent suppliers, both local and smaller chains, are organized in purchasing groups. The ten largest purchasing groups according to a survey by the Central Association of Opticians (ZVA) based on sales in million euros are (as of April 2016):

1. Glasses Profi-Contact GmbH, Kaufbeuren, 1,845 million (2015), 1,860 million (2014)
2. Optic Society, Oppenheim, 1,010 million (2015), 1,020 million (2014)
3. AMA, Lorch, 668 million (2015), 884 million (2014)
4. OptikPlus Marketing Ring GmbH, Celle, 578 million (2015), 580 million (2014)
5. Optiker Gilde, Hagen, 510 million (2015), 510 million (2014)
6. IGA Optik, Datteln, 510 million (2015), 491 million (2014)
7. Opticland, Nuremberg, 505 million (2015), 485 million (2014)
8. EGS-Optik GmbH, Wolnzach, 498 million (2015), 497 million (2014)
9. Optik1 GmbH, Schorndorf, 382 million (2015), 468 million (2014)
10. Optik Actuell AG, Neckarsulm, 250 million (2015), 255 million (2014)

swell

• The largest chains in optometry as of December 31, 2015
• ZVA industry reports since 2010
• ZVA industry key figures 2014 ( Memento from October 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Ophthalmic optics (stationary) 2008–2014
• The 1000 largest craft businesses in 2011 ( Memento from July 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
• Quality of live as a user promise - possibilities and limits of a new type of marketing construct for the optician (Bachelor thesis in the Ophthalmic Optics course at Aalen University)
• VR industry special ( memento from January 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) i. V. m. Ifo Institute (Report No. 75, August 2013, 4 pages, accessed on January 3, 2016)
• Press releases and news on presseportal.org on the day "Opticians"
• DOZ 06/2011 ( Memento from January 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
• DOZ 09/2011 ( Memento from January 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
• DOZ 05/2013 ( Memento from January 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Consolidated financial statements for the financial year from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014 of the Fielmann Group
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at} ZVA Augenoptik in Figures - Industry Report 2016/17 ( Memento of the original from September 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) (zva.de from January 2018, accessed on January 10, 2018) 
3. ↑ The 1000 largest craft businesses in 2011 ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (fee.de, 2011, accessed on December 26, 2015) 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Rolf Schneider founded Aktivoptik 25 years ago - today he has 78 branches nationwide (rhein-zeitung.de from October 25, 2014, accessed on December 2, 2015)
5. ↑ Binder-Optik: The generation change is approaching (stuttgarter-zeitung.de of November 21, 2011, accessed on December 25, 2015)
6. ↑ About us. Retrieved on August 20, 2018 (German). 
7. ↑ About us. Retrieved on August 20, 2018 (German). 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Who-to-Whom: Opticians purchasing groups according to sales ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (wirdzu-wem.de, accessed on January 3, 2016) 
9. ↑ Emberger bei habenzu-wem.de (wirdzu-wem.de, accessed on January 3, 2016)
10. ↑ ^{a b} Successful opening of the first Berlin branch (presseportal.org, press release August 15, 2012, accessed on January 3, 2016)
11. Jump up ↑ Menz Optik at erstzu-wem.de (wirdzu-wem.de, accessed on January 3, 2016)
12. Jump up ↑ Heini Weber hearing and seeing at habenzu-wem.de (wirdzu-wem.de, accessed on January 3, 2016)
13. ↑ Pleines fashion optics at erstzu-wem.de (wirdzu-wem.de, accessed on January 3, 2016)
14. ↑ As of March 10, 2017
15. ↑ ^{a b c d} ZVA industry report 2018/2019
16. ↑ ^{a b c d} ZVA industry report 2017/2018
17. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o} ZVA industry report 2015/2016 ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (zva.de, accessed on May 16, 2016) 
18. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al} ZVA Augenoptik in figures - industry report 2014/15 ( Memento of the original from June 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (zva.de from May 2015, accessed on December 26, 2015) 
19. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} ZVA Sector key figures ophthalmic optics (stationary) ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (zva.de, accessed on January 2, 2016) 
20. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w} The 10 largest chain stores in ophthalmic optics (as of December 31, 2007) (euro-focus.de, accessed on December 26 2015)
21. ↑ Number of craft optician companies in Germany from 2007 to 2018
22. ↑ Annual financial statements for the business year from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014 of Fielmann AG, Hamburg
23. ↑ Annual financial statements for the business year from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 of Fielmann AG, Hamburg
24. ↑ Annual financial statements for the business year from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012 of Fielmann AG, Hamburg
25. ↑ Annual financial statements for the business year from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011 of Fielmann AG, Hamburg
26. ↑ Annual financial statements for the business year from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010 of Fielmann AG, Hamburg
27. ↑ Annual financial statements for the business year from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009 of Fielmann AG, Hamburg
28. ↑ ^{a b c} Annual financial statements for the business year from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010 of Optik Matt GmbH & Co. KG, Regensburg
29. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Annual financial statements for the business year from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009 of Optik Matt GmbH & Co. KG, Regensburg
30. ↑ ^{a b c d} Consolidated financial statements for the financial year from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 of the Fielmann Group
31. ↑ ^{a b c d} Consolidated financial statements for the financial year from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012 of the Fielmann Group
32. ↑ ^{a b c d} Consolidated financial statements for the financial year from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011 of the Fielmann Group
33. ↑ ^{a b c d} Consolidated financial statements for the financial year from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010 of the Fielmann Group
34. ↑ ^{a b c d} Consolidated financial statements for the business year from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009 of the Fielmann Group
35. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av} VR Industry special i. V. m. Ifo Institute for Economic Research ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Report No. 75, August 2013, 4 pages, accessed on January 3, 2016) 
36. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw} DOZ 06/2011 ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (doz-verlag.de, accessed on January 5, 2016) 
37. ↑ The 10 largest chain stores (der-augenoptiker.de from June 27, 2008, accessed on December 26, 2015)
38. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x} Overview of the largest chain stores in ophthalmic optics ( memento of the original from May 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link became automatic used and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (zva.de from December 31, 2015, accessed on May 16, 2016) 
39. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al} Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (zva.de, 2014, accessed December 26, 2015) 
40. ↑ ^{a b} Optiker: Bröde Atmosphere (spiegel.de, edition 47/1993, accessed on January 2, 2016)
41. ↑ Optiker Bode rents in Neukölln (property-magazine.de from August 14, 2006, accessed on January 3, 2016)
42. ↑ ^{a b} Ueber Matt: History (matt.de, accessed on September 14, 2018)
43. ↑ ^{a b c d} Annual financial statements for the business year from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 of Optik Matt GmbH & Co. KG, Regensburg
44. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t} shopping groups in ophthalmic optics 2015 ( memento of the original dated May 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (zva.de, as of April 2016, accessed on May 16, 2016) 
45. ↑ homepage of the purchasing group "Optics Plus Marketing Ring", Celle (optikplus.com, accessed on January 3, 2016)