NAICS 333314 · Manufacturing

Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing: Business Name Ideas

48 name ideas, the official industry definition, and 416 U.S. business locations broken down by state.

What this industry covers

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) manufacturing optical instruments and lenses, such as binoculars, microscopes (except electron, proton), telescopes, prisms, and lenses (except ophthalmic); (2) coating or polishing lenses (except ophthalmic); and (3) mounting lenses (except ophthalmic).

Businesses classified here include

  • Binoculars manufacturing
  • Camera lenses manufacturing
  • Comparators, optical, manufacturing
  • Gauges, machinist's precision tool, optical, manufacturing
  • Glasses, field or opera, manufacturing
  • Gratings, diffraction, manufacturing
  • Gun sighting and fire control equipment and instruments, optical, manufacturing
  • Gun sights, optical, manufacturing
  • Instrument lenses manufacturing
  • Interferometers manufacturing
  • Laboratory analytical optical instruments (e.g., microscopes) manufacturing
  • Lens coating (except ophthalmic)
  • Lens grinding (except ophthalmic)
  • Lens mounting (except ophthalmic)
  • Lens polishing (except ophthalmic)
  • Lenses (except ophthalmic) manufacturing
  • Loupes (e.g., jewelers) manufacturing
  • Magnifying glasses (except corrective vision-type) manufacturing
  • Magnifying instruments, optical, manufacturing
  • Microscopes (except electron, proton) manufacturing
  • Mirrors, optical, manufacturing
  • Night vision optical devices manufacturing
  • Optical alignment and display instruments (except photographic) manufacturing
  • Optical gun sighting and fire control equipment and instruments manufacturing
  • Optical test and inspection equipment manufacturing
  • Periscopes manufacturing
  • Photographic lenses manufacturing
  • Prisms, optical, manufacturing
  • Projection lenses manufacturing
  • Reflectors, optical, manufacturing

Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 333314), U.S. Census Bureau.

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U.S. business numbers

416Business locations (establishments)
18,567Paid employees (mid-March)
$1,758,651,000Annual payroll
$94,719Average pay per employee
44.6Average employees per location

Locations by number of employees nationwide

1-4132
5-968
10-1965
20-4967
50-9943
100-24925
250-49911
500-9994

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022. Counts cover employer establishments (businesses with paid employees); self-employed owners without staff are not included. Small establishments with 1–4 employees include those that reported no paid employees in mid-March.

Top states for optical instrument and lens manufacturing

  1. California 104 locations
  2. Massachusetts 35 locations
  3. New York 33 locations
  4. Florida 20 locations
  5. Texas 18 locations
  6. Colorado 17 locations
  7. New Hampshire 17 locations
  8. Pennsylvania 15 locations
  9. Michigan 14 locations
  10. Illinois 12 locations

All 30 states

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