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National Vision Holdings

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National Vision Holdings, Inc. (operating under nationalvision.com, NASDAQ: EYE) is one of the largest optical retail corporations, managed care partners, and clinical eyewear distributors in the United States. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Duluth, Georgia, the enterprise operates a massive medical and commercial footprint spanning over 1,200 brick-and-mortar stores across 38 states and Puerto Rico, backed by a robust workforce of over 14,000 corporate and retail team members alongside an affiliated network of more than 2,000 licensed optometrists. Built on the strategic mission of making high-quality eye care and custom corrective lenses universally affordable and accessible, National Vision orchestrates a diverse multi-brand portfolio tailored to value-seeking consumer demographics. Its crown jewel retail engine is "America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses," which scales across more than 1,000 standalone locations combining low-cost comprehensive eye exams with high-velocity retail fulfillment. This is supplemented by "Eyeglass World," an optimized retail chain offering rapid, same-day prescription service driven by integrated, in-store optical fabrication labs. Expanding its market reach into specialized spaces, the firm masterminds the "Vista Optical" brands, operating high-volume storefronts inside select Fred Meyer hypermarkets and serving as the exclusive, contracted optical provider across all United States Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) military bases. To protect profitability against systemic headwinds like localized optometrist shortages, the corporation has engineered advanced, compliant remote medicine infrastructures, deploying high-definition tele-optometry networks that allow remote doctors to execute diagnostic screenings in underserved regions. Generating approximately $2 billion in annual revenue, the public entity leverages highly verticalized distribution networks, operating centralized high-capacity lens processing facilities and digital commerce properties like DiscountContacts.com to secure extensive market share across the modern healthcare and optical retail landscape.