What Lapeyre Group does

Lapeyre Group (Groupe Lapeyre / LAPEYRE GROUPE) is a French B2B distributor of optical equipment, tools, components, and consumables founded in 1971. The company serves optical professionals including opticians, ophthalmologists, orthoptists, accessory distributors, and optical schools across France and internationally. The legal entity is structured as a Société par Actions Simplifiées (SAS) with social capital of €80,000, headquartered at 300 route de Dieppe in Isneauville (Bois Guillaume), France, with a logistics center also at Isneauville offering free click-and-collect service. Véronique Lapeyre is identified as the Director of Publication, indicating family-controlled ownership; no institutional investors, parent companies, or subsidiaries are referenced, and no funding rounds, M&A transactions, or revenue figures are publicly disclosed.

The company's core commercial platform is a B2B e-commerce site (lapeyregroup.com) that catalogs approximately 5,000 product references organized into ten main product categories — Vision Accessories, Optician's Workshop, Eyeglass Components, Optical Consumables, Medical Devices, Store Equipment, Machines, Optometry, and Optician's Tools — plus adjacent categories in Hearing, Low Vision, and General Expenses. The platform is gated behind professional account login with pricing only visible after registration. Underlying commercial technology consists of a product catalog with ordering, account management, and quote-generation features; no public API, no mobile application, and no AI capabilities are documented. The only registered intellectual property identified is the Bocfil® trademark covering filing tools (equarrissoirs).

Lapeyre monetizes through transactional sale of optical supplies — predominantly one-off purchases rather than recurring subscriptions. Pricing is quote-based with free quotes issued within 24 hours and a 15-day price validity. Distribution is multi-channel: nine dedicated field sales representatives serve France and DOM-TOM, the e-commerce platform serves domestic and international customers, phone/fax/mail ordering remains available, and click-and-collect is offered at the Isneauville logistics center. Marketing channels include the e-commerce site, social media (Facebook, X, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram), an email newsletter, a downloadable product catalog, and product video tutorials. In 2024 the company introduced new products including LED UV lamps, precision oilers, automatic lensmeters, and polarized over-glasses, signaling continued catalog refresh activity.

Name

Lapeyre Group

Legal name

LAPEYRE GROUPE

Website

https://lapeyregroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lapeyre Group is a French B2B distributor of optical equipment, tools, and consumables serving opticians, ophthalmologists, and orthoptists across France and internationally. Founded in 1971, the family-controlled firm operates a ~5,000-SKU professional e-commerce platform backed by a nine-rep field sales team.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Isneauville

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. B2B Optical Equipment Sales: Primary revenue stream through sale of optical equipment, tools, components, and consumables to optical professionals (opticians, ophthalmologists, orthoptists, distributors). Products are sold through dedicated sales representatives, e-commerce platform, phone, fax, and mail orders. The company offers approximately 5,000 product references across multiple categories.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Lapeyre Group is a French B2B distributor of optical equipment, tools, components, consumables, and medical devices for optical professionals. The company offers approximately 5,000 product references across 10 categories, sold to opticians, ophthalmologists, orthoptists, distributors, and optical schools through a B2B e-commerce platform, a field sales team of 9 representatives, and traditional ordering channels.

Product overview

Lapeyre Group is a French B2B distributor of optical equipment and supplies serving professionals since 1971. The company offers a unified e-commerce platform with approximately 5,000 product references organized into 10 main categories: Accessories for Vision (contact lens accessories, glasses accessories, magnifiers, over-glasses), Optical Consumables (adhesives, polishing materials, solvents), Optician's Workshop (storage, torches, polishers), Machines (lens coloring, grinding, drilling, testing equipment), Optician's Tools (screwdrivers, pliers, precision instruments), Eyeglass Components (temples, hinges, nose pads, screws), Medical Devices (prisms, occlusion sheets), Optometry (trial lenses, vision tests), Store Equipment (furniture, display platforms), and General Expenses (office supplies). The portfolio serves opticians, ophthalmologists, orthoptists, and optical distributors across France and internationally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Vision Accessories (Accessoires vue) Complete range of vision accessories including contact lens accessories (applicators, cases, tweezers), glasses accessories (cords, cases, microfiber cloths), magnifiers (handheld, high magnification, bifocal, standing, pocket, illuminated, hands-free), over-glasses, and adhesive corrective lenses, for optical professionals.
• Optician's Workshop (Atelier de l'opticien) Workshop equipment including storage boxes, torches, dispensers, lamps, protection gear, polishers (brushes, polishing discs, polishing lenses, grinding wheels), racks, rhodoids and templates, and fixation materials, for opticians operating lens workshops.
• Eyeglass Components (Composants de lunettes) Extensive range of eyeglass components including temple arms, hinges, bridges, nuts, sleeves, nose pads (assortments, adhesive, hypoallergenic, with gold/nickel insert, paired, one-piece, PVC/acetate, silicone), nose pad supports, tubes-rings-washers, lenses, and glasses screws, for eyeglass assembly and repair professionals.
• Optical Consumables (Consommables d'optique) Optical consumables including threads, glue (cyanoacrylate, threadlock, polycarbonate, UV), welding supplies, gas and oxygen, adhesive pads, batteries, polishing materials, coloring products, solvents, touch-up pens, and tracing supplies, for optical workshop operations.
• Medical Devices (Dispositifs médicaux) Medical devices including eye patches, occlusion sheets, prisms and spherical lenses, and protection equipment for orthoptic and ophthalmologic use, for medical eye care professionals.
• Store Equipment (Equipement magasin) Store equipment including educational materials, mirrors, furniture, lens trays, and optical display platforms for retail optical establishments.
• Optical Machines (Machines) Professional optical machines including ultrasound tanks, lens coloring devices, optometry apparatus, grinders, drills, pupillometers, rim cutters, sterilizers, lens testing equipment, polishing machines, and ventilation units, for opticians and optical workshops.
• Optometry Equipment (Optométrie) Optometry equipment including accessories, optometric scales, trial frames, vision tests, and optical trial lenses (concave/convex spheres, cylinders, prisms) with metal or plastic frames, for optometrists and eye examination professionals.
• Optician's Tools (Outillage pour opticien) Professional optician tools including equarrissoirs and Bocfil filing tools, vises, drill bits, drill mills, pin gauges, screwdrivers, pliers, tweezers, hitting tools, pots, pin rollers, scalpels, taps, nut drivers, third hands, and measurement instruments, for opticians performing precision eyewear assembly and repair.
• Low Vision Aids (Basse vision) Low vision aids including magnifying mirrors and magnifiers designed for individuals with visual impairments, for optical professionals serving low vision patients.
• Hearing Equipment (Audition) Hearing-related equipment and accessories for optical professionals offering hearing services.

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Visionix (Bollé Safety / formerly Briot/Weco): Supplier of refraction, lens-edging, and ophthalmic finishing equipment (Briot, Weco product lines) used in optician workshops. Directly comparable to Lapeyre's machines and optometry categories, but operating as a manufacturer-led B2B supplier with a global footprint.
• Essilor (Essilor Instruments / EssilorLuxottica): Global leader in ophthalmic optics that also sells instruments, lens-edging and finishing equipment directly to opticians. Overlaps with Lapeyre on workshop machinery and optometry tools, but at far greater scale and with direct-manufacturer economics; relevant as a benchmark and a competitive threat.
• Heine Optotechnik: German manufacturer of precision diagnostic instruments including retinoscopes, ophthalmoscopes, and examination optics. Comparable on the high-quality diagnostic-tooling side of Lapeyre's catalog, but as a Germany-headquartered manufacturer rather than a multi-brand French distributor.
• Keeler (Halma plc): UK-based manufacturer and supplier of ophthalmic examination instruments (slit lamps, indirect ophthalmoscopes, tonometers). Comparable on ophthalmic examination equipment that Lapeyre distributes to optometrists and ophthalmologists; serves the same professional clinical segment.
• Nidek: Japanese manufacturer of ophthalmic and optometric equipment including lensmeters, refractors, and trial lens sets. Directly comparable on optometry and lens-testing SKUs that Lapeyre distributes; relevant as both a supplier and competitor in the French market.
• Topcon Healthcare: Global manufacturer of ophthalmic and optometric instruments (refraction, lensmeters, retinal imaging, optical retail equipment). Comparable in product categories (optometry, lensmeters, store/dispensing equipment) to Lapeyre's offerings, but a manufacturer-direct competitor rather than a distributor.
• Carl Zeiss Meditec: Major manufacturer of ophthalmic diagnostic and surgical equipment (lensmeters, slit lamps, OCT, refraction units). Comparable on the optometry-equipment categories Lapeyre distributes, though Zeiss is a manufacturer-direct competitor rather than a multi-brand distributor.
• HOYA Corporation: Global optical-products company spanning lens blanks, spectacle frames, and ophthalmic instruments. Comparable to Lapeyre as a B2B supplier into optical retail, but at much larger scale and with a broader, less specialized product portfolio.

Direct peers

• Luneau Group (Luneau Technology): French-headquartered supplier of ophthalmic and optometric instruments, refraction equipment, and lens-edging solutions. Highly comparable to Lapeyre as a France-based B2B optical-equipment specialist serving opticians and ophthalmologists, with overlapping categories (instruments, refraction, workshop tools).
• Grafton Optical: UK-based distributor of ophthalmic and optometric equipment, instruments, and consumables to eyecare professionals. Closely analogous business model to Lapeyre — multi-brand catalog distribution of optical equipment and consumables to practitioners — operating across a different geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LapeyreOptique
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCSiKeDyuIu4_aE0PpN6xucg
• Facebookfacebook.com/lapeyregroupe
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lapeyregroupe
• Instagraminstagram.com/lapeyreoptique

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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