Varilux

Name

Varilux

Legal name

Varilux (Essilor product brand)

Website

https://variluxusa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Varilux is Essilor's flagship progressive lens brand, designed to correct presbyopia in adults aged 40+ via seamless multifocal lenses. The brand is sold exclusively through eyecare professionals globally and sits alongside a broader Essilor portfolio covering myopia management, single vision, photochromics, and coatings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Prescription Optical Lenses

NAICS

Ophthalmic Goods Manufacturing (339115), Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers (423460)

SIC

Ophthalmic Goods (3851)

akta.pro primary industry

Optical Dispensing & Eyewear Devices (Frames, Lenses, Lens Edging/Finishing Equipment) (HLAHAJAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Contact Lens Specialty & Myopia Control (HLAKAKAK)

Keywords

• Progressive lenses
• Presbyopia correction
• Prescription eyewear lenses
• Optical lens technology
• Anti-reflective coatings

Headquarters

HQ city

St. Petersburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Progressive Lens Sales: Varilux generates revenue through the sale of prescription progressive lenses to eyecare professionals and optical retailers. The lenses are custom-made based on individual prescriptions and distributed through a network of optical stores and eyecare professionals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Varilux designs and sells custom-made prescription progressive lenses for adults aged 40+ with presbyopia, providing seamless transition from near to far vision without visible line segments. The portfolio extends to complementary Essilor-manufactured lens products including myopia management lenses for children (Stellest), optimized single vision lenses (Eyezen), light-adaptive photochromic lenses (Transitions), sun lenses (Xperio), blue light/UV filtering solutions, and anti-reflective coatings (Crizal). Lenses are dispensed exclusively through a global network of eyecare professionals and optical retailers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Varilux Progressive Lenses
• Stellest Myopia management lenses designed for children to slow the progression of nearsightedness.
• Eyezen Optimized single vision lens for everyday digital device and screen use.
• Transitions Light-adaptive photochromic lenses that automatically darken in response to sunlight and return to clear indoors.
• Sun Lenses (Xperio) Prescription sunglass lenses combining vision correction with sun protection and style.
• Blue UV Lens filtering solutions for everyday eyewear to protect eyes from blue light and UV radiation.
• Crizal Anti-reflective lens coatings that reduce glare and improve visual clarity of prescription lenses.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Others

• Warby Parker: Warby Parker is a direct-to-consumer eyewear retailer that sells prescription glasses and lenses, including progressive lenses, largely disintermediating the traditional dispensing channel on which Varilux relies.

Emerging players

• Younger Optics: Younger Optics manufactures specialty premium progressive lenses (e.g., Image, NuPolar) and is a smaller niche player in the same progressive lens category, with comparable professional channel distribution.

Direct peers

• Seiko Optical: Seiko Optical Products manufactures premium progressive lenses (e.g., Seiko Superior, Succeed) distributed through professional optical channels, overlapping directly with Varilux on product and customer.
• Shamir Optical Industry: Shamir designs and manufactures premium progressive lenses (e.g., Autograph Intelligence) sold through optical retail and lab partners, directly competing with Varilux in the progressive lens segment.
• Rodenstock: Rodenstock is a German manufacturer of premium ophthalmic lenses including progressive lenses (e.g., Imago, Progressiv), sold through independent opticians globally, directly comparable to Varilux in product and channel.
• Nikon-Essilor (Nikon Optical): Nikon Optical (through a joint venture with Essilor) produces premium progressive lenses under the Nikon brand, competing head-to-head with Varilux in the same channels on progressive lens technology.
• Hoya Corporation (Vision Care): Hoya Vision Care produces premium progressive lenses (e.g., HOYA iD, Summit) and distributes them through eyecare professionals worldwide, directly competing with Varilux for the same prescribing optician channel.
• Zeiss (Vision Care): Carl Zeiss Vision manufactures branded progressive lenses (e.g., Zeiss Progressive, SmartLife) sold through professional optical channels globally, directly competing with Varilux in the premium prescription progressive lens category.
• Vision Ease (Visionease): Vision Ease (formerly Vision-Ease Lens / Plexus) is a lens manufacturer producing progressive and other prescription lenses, supplying laboratories and optical retailers in a comparable wholesale model to Varilux.

Broad incumbents

• EssilorLuxottica: EssilorLuxottica is the parent group of Varilux and the largest ophthalmic lens producer globally with a broad portfolio across lenses, frames, retail (LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut), and equipment. Varilux is one product line within this broader incumbent.

Market position

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/EssilorVarilux

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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