Name

Acquios Advisors

Legal name

ACQUIOS

Website

https://acquios.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Optometry Practice Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Marketing Consulting Services (541613)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Customer, Marketing & Sales Consulting (BPAHACAG)

Keywords

• Optometry practice consulting
• Private practice advising
• Healthcare practice management
• Optometry vendor network
• Practice transition advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Omaha

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. ACQUIOS Advisors Consulting: Strategic advising services for private-practice optometrists covering practice opening, enhancement, transitions, and securing future exits. Includes regular phone calls, emails, periodic check-ins, and access to workshops and webinars.
2. ACQUIOS Advantage Management: Day-to-day management and operations support solution for independent optometry practices. Includes dedicated strategic partner, ongoing advisor support, monthly on-site visits, daily performance reviews, HR support, and access to Alliance vendor partners.
3. ACQUIOS Alliance Membership: Membership program for private optometry practices providing access to curated vendor partners, webinars, newsletters, podcasts, and ongoing support. Also includes vendor partnership fees.
4. Events and Workshops: Revenue from educational events including Evolutions Workshop, Executive Leadership Program, Insurance and Billing Workshop, and Opticianry Cornerstone Training.
5. Practice Sales Facilitation: Connecting practice buyers and sellers through the Opportunities section, facilitating practice transitions and acquisitions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Acquios Advisors provides strategic business consulting and day-to-day management support exclusively for independent optometry practices in the United States and Canada. Its three integrated service lines—ACQUIOS Advisors (strategy, finance, workflow, and transition advising), ACQUIOS Advantage (hands-on operations and HR management with monthly on-site visits), and ACQUIOS Alliance (membership-based vetted vendor network)—are delivered through assigned advisors with deep optometry industry experience. The firm also runs educational workshops, webinars, and a podcast to support practice owners through every stage of practice development.

Product overview

Acquios Advisors operates as a consulting and advisory services company for private-practice optometrists, offering three core integrated service lines: ACQUIOS Advisors (strategic business consulting for practice decisions), ACQUIOS Advantage (comprehensive day-to-day practice management support), and ACQUIOS Alliance (vendor partnership network). The company complements its core advising services with educational programs including workshops, webinars, and the Thrive with Confidence podcast. This is a service-based consulting business rather than a software product platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ACQUIOS Advantage: Hands-on management and operations support solution built for private optometry practices seeking independence.
• ACQUIOS Alliance
• Evolutions by ACQUIOS Advisors
• Executive Leadership Program
• Thrive with Confidence Podcast

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly doubled annual sales over 4 years, reaching top 5% for single doctor offices
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Artisan Lab NetworkcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2023Artisan Lab Network partnered with ACQUIOS Alliance in 2023 to provide lens design services and lab operations expertise. They report transformative outcomes for clients including comprehensive training for opticians at private practice locations.
• Arbor EyewearcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerArbor Eyewear partners with ACQUIOS Alliance as an independent eyewear company focused on helping independent optometrists grow their businesses and profit margins while giving back through their Tree+3 program.
• CARR Healthcare RealtycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCARR Healthcare Realty is the nation's leading provider of commercial real estate services for healthcare tenants and buyers. They partner with ACQUIOS Alliance to help members navigate real estate decisions including lease renewals, expansions, and purchases.
• Greenleaf Payment SolutionscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGreenleaf Payment Solutions partners with ACQUIOS Alliance to provide merchant services cost reduction for practices. They have helped practices cut merchant services costs, broaden payment alternatives, and improve overall efficiency.
• OneSpot / RevCyclecoreTechnology or IntegrationOneSpot and RevCycle work with ACQUIOS to help practices with revenue cycle management, providing introductions and connections that lead to actual orders and business growth.
• MP ConsultingminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMP Consulting has been an ACQUIOS Alliance partner for nearly seven years and serves as a referral source for the alliance. They provide digital marketing services and receive high-quality referrals from ACQUIOS.
• Charmant USAcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCharmant USA has served as the gold frame vendor partner for ACQUIOS Advisors since 2023. They participate in quarterly group calls, monthly newsletters, and regional meetings while providing high-quality frame options.
• NVMI (NeuroVisual Medicine Institute)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNVMI partners with ACQUIOS Alliance to advance the mission of NeuroVisual Medicine and help practices differentiate themselves with specialized services for patients suffering from vision misalignments.
• OptikamminorGTM or Marketing PartnerOptikam has partnered with ACQUIOS Alliance for two years, sharing business philosophy focused on long-term growth rather than short-term gains.
• Optical VantageminorGTM or Marketing PartnerOptical Vantage partners with ACQUIOS Alliance to provide local optical offices with expanded product offerings at lower costs, enabling them to compete with retail chains.
• One InteriorminorGTM or Marketing PartnerOne Interior partners with ACQUIOS Alliance, providing custom-made optometry offices and optical stores with floorplan development, interior design, and manufacturing services.
• ABB Optical GroupcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerABB Optical Group is a leading provider of optical products, services, and business solutions including contact lenses, labs, and optical business solutions. Part of the ACQUIOS Alliance vendor network.
• GustominorGTM or Marketing PartnerGusto provides payroll processing services and is included in the ACQUIOS Alliance vendor network for practice HR and payroll needs.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• ABB Optical Group: ABB Optical Group is a large optical products distributor and one of ACQUIOS's named Alliance vendor partners; included as an ecosystem counterpart because it shapes the vendor landscape ACQUIOS curates for its member practices.
• RevolutionEHR: RevolutionEHR is a cloud-based practice management and EHR platform for optometrists; while not a consulting peer, it is an enabling technology partner that competes for the practice operations budget that ACQUIOS's Advantage service addresses.

Direct peers

• The Power Practice: The Power Practice is a long-running optometry practice management consulting firm offering coaching, training, and growth strategy to independent optometrists, mirroring ACQUIOS's niche focus on private optometry practice performance improvement.
• BSM Consulting: BSM Consulting provides practice management and consulting services specifically to optometrists and dental professionals, including financial benchmarking, transition support, and operations consulting — directly comparable to ACQUIOS's Advisors and Advantage offerings in the same optometry vertical.
• GPN (Global Performance Network): GPN is an optometry-focused GPO and consulting network that negotiates vendor pricing and provides practice resources to independent optometrists, overlapping with ACQUIOS Alliance's vendor network and membership model.
• VMG (Vision Marketing Group): VMG provides marketing and growth consulting specifically for independent optometry practices, paralleling ACQUIOS's combination of strategic advising and vendor-driven practice growth support.

Broad incumbents

• Williams Group: Williams Group is a broader healthcare practice management consulting firm serving dental, medical, and optometry practices with transitions and operations support, comparable in advisory scope though broader in vertical than ACQUIOS.

Emerging players

• Crystal Clear Digital Marketing: Crystal Clear Digital Marketing serves optometrists with marketing and patient engagement services, representing an emerging-player competitor in the marketing segment where ACQUIOS also advises its clients.
• Marketing4Optometrists: Marketing4Optometrists provides optometry-focused marketing consulting and execution services, comparable to the marketing-strategy components of ACQUIOS's Advisor practice consulting engagements.
• EyeCarePro: EyeCarePro specializes in optometry-specific digital marketing, website design, and patient acquisition services for independent practices, partially overlapping with the marketing and customer-acquisition components of ACQUIOS's consulting work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AcquiosAdvisors
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/acquios-advisors

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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