NEWARK, N.J.—The national average for gross revenue at ECP locations decreased last month, July 2026, when compared with the previous month, at a rate of -2 index points. That places gross revenue at a level -3 index points below where it was at this point in time when compared with last year (July 2025), 9 points above the same period in 2024, 24 points above 2023, 32 points above 2022, 33 points above 2021, 36 points above 2020 and 47 points above 2019, according to Jobson’s most recent Practice Performance Tracker.
Contrary to the decrease in gross revenue, most other optical sales categories increased last month when compared with the previous month, at rates of 3 index points for exams/refractions, 3 index points for frame units, 2 index points for lens pairs and 0 index points for contact lenses. When comparing last month’s optical sales with the same period last year, every category decreased, at rates of -5 index points for exams/refractions, -7 index points for frame units, -9 index points for lens pairs and -9 index points for contact lenses.
With most optical sales categories increasing last month, all categories reached a level above an average month in 2019—the index baseline assigned a value of 100 for this Optical Business Tracker. These ranged from a high of 151 index points for gross revenue to a low of 107 index points for contact lenses. The other categories reached 123 index points for exams/refractions, 114 index points for frame units and 119 index points for lens pairs.
Jobson Optical Research selected 1,500 optical locations that have been operating and reporting their sales to its partners, GPN and ABB Analyze, since 2019. The index has been rebased to an average month in 2019. Going forward, this new index base will be used as an arbitrary benchmark and assigned a value of 100.
Click here to view the complete Jobson Practice Performance Tracker
