Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
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.
The 25 largest optics and photonics manufacturers worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 2,117 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 1,447 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 1,348 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 880 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Jenoptik – MORE LIGHT.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 745 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Newport is a brand within the MKS Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 608 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 592 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 532 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 481 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 451 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 395 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 391 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “G&H is a world leader in optical designing, testing and manufacturing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 333 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 319 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 289 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “TOPTICA has been developing and producing high-end laser systems for more than 25 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 266 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Looking for an experienced and reliable partner for realizing your creation and innovation?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 261 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 256 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 222 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 214 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Spectra-Physics is a brand within the MKS Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 211 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: optics and photonics manufacturers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names optics and photonics manufacturers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of optics and photonics manufacturers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name optics and photonics manufacturers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Optics and photonics manufacturers worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 17, 2026Companies by employee count
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 firstEvery 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
- Optics and photonics manufacturers based in China651
- Optics and photonics manufacturers based in the United States650
- Optics and photonics manufacturers based in Germany250
- Optics and photonics manufacturers based in the United Kingdom129
- Optics and photonics manufacturers based in India115
- Optics and photonics manufacturers based in France94
- Optics and photonics manufacturers based in Japan81
- Optics and photonics manufacturers based in Italy69
- Optics and photonics manufacturers based in Canada68
- Optics and photonics manufacturers based in Taiwan59
- Optics and photonics manufacturers based in Israel41
- Optics and photonics manufacturers based in Switzerland41
- Optics and photonics manufacturers based in Spain38
- Optics and photonics manufacturers based in Brazil37
- Optics and photonics manufacturers based in Türkiye34
- Optics and photonics manufacturers based in the Netherlands32
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.