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Top 25 Optics and photonics manufacturers worldwide

RevenueBase identified 2,389 optics and photonics manufacturers worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 56,999 professional contacts across them, including 18,925 with verified work emails and 0 with mobile numbers. China is the largest market and Shenzhen the largest hub.

This list covers optics and photonics manufacturers worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 17, 2026. Country and city lists for optics and photonics manufacturers follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 17, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
2,389Companies
56,999Contacts tracked
18,925Verified emails
0Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest optics and photonics manufacturers worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 2,389 optics and photonics manufacturers worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to optics and photonics manufacturers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceOberkochen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 202610001+6,840 contacts →

Partial evidence

“ZEISS is an internationally leading technology enterprise operating in the fields of optics and optoelectronics.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2Strong evidenceSan Jose, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202610001+2,257 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Lumentum (NASDAQ: LITE) is a global leader in optical and photonic technologies that power the networks and infrastructure behind AI, cloud computing, and next-generation…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3Indirect evidencePittsburgh, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20265,001-10,0002,117 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Excelitas is the leading provider of advanced, life-enriching technologies that make a difference, serving global market leaders in the life sciences, advanced industrial…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4Partial evidenceOxford, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,0001,447 contacts →

Partial evidence

“IPG Photonics is the world leader in fiber laser technology, offering solutions for applications across a wide array of industries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5Strong evidenceNewton, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,0001,348 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Thorlabs is a leading designer and manufacturer of photonics equipment for research, manufacturing, and biomedical applications.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6Strong evidenceTacoma, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202610001+1,227 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Since its establishment in 1941 as Japan’s first specialty manufacturer of optical glass, HOYA has diversified into new business areas that exploit the potential of advanced…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7Indirect evidenceJena, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000880 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Jenoptik – MORE LIGHT.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8Indirect evidenceIrvine, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000745 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Newport is a brand within the MKS Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9Strong evidenceBellingham, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026n/a608 contacts →

Strong evidence

“SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10Partial evidenceBarrington, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000592 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Edmund Optics has been a leading supplier of precision optics and optical components since 1942, designing and manufacturing a wide array of multi-element optical lenses, lens…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11Strong evidenceWashington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500532 contacts →

Strong evidence

Optica is dedicated to promoting the generation, application, archiving and dissemination of knowledge in optics and photonics worldwide.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12Indirect evidenceCamas, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000481 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13Strong evidenceMiddlefield, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000451 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Zygo is the global leader in the design and manufacture of advanced optical metrology systems and ultra-precise optical components and assemblies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14Partial evidenceWuhan, ChinaHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000395 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company (also known as 'YOFC') is established in Wuhan, Hubei Province in May 1988.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15Partial evidenceIlminster, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000391 contacts →

Partial evidence

“G&H is a world leader in optical designing, testing and manufacturing.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16Partial evidenceRoanoke, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500333 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Luna Innovations Incorporated is a leader in optical technology, committed to serving its customers with unique capabilities in high-performance, fiber-optic-based sensing…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17Partial evidenceQuebec City, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500319 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Created through the merger of the activities of the National Optics Institute (INO) and the Computer Research Institute of Montréal (CRIM), Luqia is a brand-new industrial…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
18Indirect evidenceGräfelfing, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000289 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“TOPTICA has been developing and producing high-end laser systems for more than 25 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
19Indirect evidenceHsinchu, TaiwanHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000266 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Looking for an experienced and reliable partner for realizing your creation and innovation?”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
20Strong evidenceOntario, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500261 contacts →

Strong evidence

“America's largest optics manufacturer, Optimax is on the cutting edge of future applications in space, high-energy lasers, and semiconductor.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
21Indirect evidenceSamarate, ItalyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500256 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“LASER IN OUR DNA Quanta System S.p.A produces lasers and laser systems for a wide range of scientific, medical and industrial applications.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
22Partial evidenceYuyao, ChinaHQ checked Sep 17, 202610001+223 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Sunny Optical Technology (Group) Company Limited (the “Company” or “Sunny Optical Technology”, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”)(Stock Code: 2382.HK) is a global…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
23Partial evidenceEindhoven, NetherlandsHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-200222 contacts →

Partial evidence

“SMART Photonics aims to improve people’s lives and create a better world with the help of integrated photonics.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
24Indirect evidenceAndover, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20265,001-10,000214 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Spectra-Physics is a brand within the MKS Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
25Strong evidenceFronhausen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000211 contacts →

Strong evidence

“SCHNEIDER is one of the world’s leading manufacturers for the development and production of machines in the fields of ophthalmics, precision optics and ultra-precision optics.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026

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Optics and photonics manufacturers worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026
33.2%Verified-email coverage
23.9Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
4.5%Largest-city concentration · Shenzhen
Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
705
11-50
768
51-200
530
201-500
196
501-1,000
76
1,001-5,000
71
5,001-10,000
10
10001+
17

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among optics and photonics manufacturers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
Coverage
16 countries, largest first: China, the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, India, France, Japan, Italy, Canada, Taiwan and 6 more. Country and city lists for optics and photonics manufacturers are linked below.
What qualifies
Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “optics and photonics manufacturers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names optics and photonics manufacturers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among optics and photonics manufacturers, and records with no verified work email.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 18,925 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 17, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Optics and photonics manufacturers by location

16 lists · largest first

Every Optics and photonics manufacturers list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

Countries

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names optics and photonics manufacturers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many optics and photonics manufacturers are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 2,389 optics and photonics manufacturers worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Zeiss Group, headquartered in Oberkochen, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most optics and photonics manufacturers?

China leads with 651 companies, followed by the United States (650) and Germany (250). Every optics and photonics manufacturers list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most optics and photonics manufacturers?

Shenzhen leads with 108 headquartered companies, followed by Wuhan (32) and Berlin (28).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 18,925 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 2,389 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 17, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.