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Eyewear in India

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  • 35 Pages
  • October 2025
  • Region: India
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 1269003
Retail sales of eyewear in India are set to record high single-digit current value growth in 2025, reflecting rising visual health needs, lifestyle shifts, and increasing premiumisation across categories. Spectacles continues to dominate overall value sales, driven by the rising incidence of myopia and eye strain due to prolonged digital exposure, both in urban and semi-urban regions.

The Eyewear in India report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data (2020-2024), allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be they new product developments, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts to 2029 illustrate how the market is set to change.

Product coverage: Contact Lenses and Solutions, Spectacles, Sunglasses.

Data coverage: Market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Eyewear market;
  • Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change;
  • Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading brands;
  • Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.

Table of Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Eyewear in 2025: The big picture
  • 2025 key trends
  • Competitive landscape
  • Retail developments
  • What next for eyewear?
MARKET DATA
  • Table 1 Sales of Eyewear by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 2 Sales of Eyewear by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 3 Sales of Eyewear by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 4 Sales of Eyewear by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 5 NBO Company Shares of Eyewear: % Value 2020-2024
  • Table 6 LBN Brand Shares of Eyewear: % Value 2021-2024
  • Table 7 Distribution of Eyewear by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 8 Forecast Sales of Eyewear by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 9 Forecast Sales of Eyewear by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 10 Forecast Sales of Eyewear by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 11 Forecast Sales of Eyewear by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
DISCLAIMER
SOURCES
  • Summary 1 Research Sources
CONTACT LENSES AND SOLUTIONS IN INDIAKEY DATA FINDINGS
2025 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Health awareness and convenience fuel rising contact lens adoption in India in 2025
  • Bausch & Lomb retains lead in contact lenses while Alcon and J&J step up competition
  • Omnichannel expansion is shaping contact lens retail in India in 2025
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Contact lenses and solutions are poised to grow at a high single digit growth driven by health, convenience and lifestyle shifts
Coloured contact lenses are expected to register faster adoption amongst urban youth and Gen Z
  • Technological and material innovation is expected to drive premiumisation and wider adoption
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 12 Sales of Contact Lenses by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 13 Sales of Contact Lenses by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 14 Sales of Contact Lenses by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 15 Sales of Contact Lenses by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 16 Sales of Contact Lens Solutions: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 17 Sales of Contact Lens Solutions: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 18 Sales of Contact Lenses by Type: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 19 Sales of Daily Disposable Lenses (DD) by Material: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 20 Sales of Daily Disposable Lenses (DD) by Condition: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 21 Sales of Frequent Replacement Lenses (FRP) by Material: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 22 Sales of Frequent Replacement Lenses (FRP) by Condition: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 23 NBO Company Shares of Contact Lenses: % Value 2020-2024
  • Table 24 LBN Brand Shares of Contact Lenses: % Value 2021-2024
  • Table 25 Distribution of Contact Lenses by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 26 Distribution of Contact Lens Solutions by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 27 Forecast Sales of Contact Lenses by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 28 Forecast Sales of Contact Lenses by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 29 Forecast Sales of Contact Lenses by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 30 Forecast Sales of Contact Lenses by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 31 Forecast Sales of Contact Lens Solutions: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 32 Forecast Sales of Contact Lens Solutions: % Value Growth 2025-2030
SPECTACLES IN INDIAKEY DATA FINDINGS
2025 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Rising screen time and lifestyle changes drive strong growth in spectacles sales in 2025
  • Lenskart’s IPO brings new momentum to market competition
  • Myopia control spectacle lenses
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Spectacles expected to premiumise through fashion positioning and lens innovation despite rising surgical alternatives
  • Technology in spectacles is forecast to drive and expand consumer aspirations
  • Spectacles retail to remain offline led but omnichannel expansion will shape future growth
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 33 Sales of Spectacles by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 34 Sales of Spectacles by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 35 Sales of Spectacles by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 36 Sales of Spectacles by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 37 Sales of Spectacle Lenses by Type: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 38 NBO Company Shares of Spectacles: % Value 2020-2024
  • Table 39 LBN Brand Shares of Spectacles: % Value 2021-2024
  • Table 40 Distribution of Spectacles by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 41 Forecast Sales of Spectacles by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 42 Forecast Sales of Spectacles by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 43 Forecast Sales of Spectacles by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 44 Forecast Sales of Spectacles by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
SUNGLASSES IN INDIAKEY DATA FINDINGS
2025 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Sunglasses growth is fuelled by style aspirations, UV protection awareness and multi-pair ownership
  • Luxottica maintains lead while Lenskart’s IPO and Titan’s fashion-first pivot signals an intensifying competitive landscape
  • Offline retail dominates India’s sunglasses market while omnichannel strategies gain momentum
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Rising disposable incomes and consumer aspirations to drive sustained growth in premium and luxury sunglasses
  • Smart sunglasses and tech partnerships set to transform India’s eyewear market
  • Sustainability in sunglasses is expected to emerge as a premiumisation driver in India
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 45 Sales of Sunglasses: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 46 Sales of Sunglasses: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 47 Sales of Sunglasses: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 48 Sales of Sunglasses: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 49 NBO Company Shares of Sunglasses: % Value 2020-2024
  • Table 50 LBN Brand Shares of Sunglasses: % Value 2021-2024
  • Table 51 Distribution of Sunglasses by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 52 Forecast Sales of Sunglasses: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 53 Forecast Sales of Sunglasses: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 54 Forecast Sales of Sunglasses: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 55 Forecast Sales of Sunglasses: % Value Growth 2025-2030