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Top 25 Photonic component manufacturers worldwide

RevenueBase identified 1,080 photonic component manufacturers worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 24,747 professional contacts across them, including 8,409 with verified work emails and 0 with mobile numbers. China is the largest market and Shenzhen the largest hub.

This list covers photonic component 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 photonic component 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
1,080Companies
24,747Contacts tracked
8,409Verified emails
0Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest photonic component manufacturers worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 1,080 photonic component manufacturers worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to photonic component 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 evidenceSan Jose, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202610001+2,257 contacts →

Partial 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
2Indirect 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
3Strong 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
4Indirect 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
5Indirect evidenceCamas, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000481 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6Partial evidenceSugar Land, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000416 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.| NASDAQ: AAOI AOI is a leading designer and manufacturer of fiber optic networking products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7Indirect 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
8Partial evidenceOntario, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500261 contacts →

Partial 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
9Indirect 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
10Indirect evidenceYuyao, ChinaHQ checked Sep 17, 202610001+223 contacts →

Indirect 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
11Indirect evidenceLannion, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000205 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“LUMIBIRD is one of the world's leading specialists in lasers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12Strong evidenceFort Washington, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000198 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Avo Photonics is a contract engineering services company that specializes in the custom design, development and manufacturing of opto-electronic components.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13Indirect evidenceFremont, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000196 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14Partial evidenceWest Henrietta, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500170 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Rochester Precision Optics (RPO) is a world-class vertically-integrated manufacturer of precision optical product solutions headquartered in the Greater Rochester, NY area.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15Partial evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500168 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (FBH) is an application-oriented research institute in the fields of high-frequency electronics, photonics…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16Strong evidenceRennes, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500162 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Founded in 2013, Cailabs designs, manufactures, and develops innovative photonic solutions for the space, industry (laser machining), telecommunications, and defense sectors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17Partial evidenceAchim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-200144 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Sustainable AI through Intelligent Manufacturing ficonTEC is a global leader in automated assembly and test systems for integrated photonic devices, enabling the industrialization…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
18Strong evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500137 contacts →

Strong evidence

“DRS Daylight Solutions, a line of business under Leonardo DRS, provides photonics solutions to researchers, industry allies, and system manufacturers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
19Partial evidenceOlching, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500127 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Since its establishment in 1982, LASER COMPONENTS has always defined itself as a solution provider for optical and optoelectronic technologies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
20Indirect evidenceTemecula, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-200122 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
21Indirect evidenceGoleta, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-200117 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are at the forefront of innovation, commercializing a new generation of gallium-nitride based laser light sources for various applications, including automotive, mobility…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
22Partial evidenceMartinsried, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500108 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Precision in Photonics.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
23Partial evidenceTaizhou, ChinaHQ checked Sep 17, 202610001+108 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Crystal Optoelectronics is committed to becoming a "globally outstanding one-stop optical solution expert", providing one-stop professional services from components to modules and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
24Indirect evidenceLivingston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-200106 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 1971, Edinburgh Instruments Ltd is a global provider in the research, development and manufacturing of state-of-the-art spectroscopic instrumentation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
25Indirect evidenceJena, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-200102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Asclepion Laser Technologies has been operating as a leader on the international medical laser market since 1977.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026

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Photonic component manufacturers worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026
34.0%Verified-email coverage
22.9Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
9.0%Largest-city concentration · Shenzhen
Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
267
11-50
321
51-200
280
201-500
108
501-1,000
48
1,001-5,000
39
5,001-10,000
4
10001+
11

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 photonic component 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
9 countries, largest first: China, the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, France, Canada, India, Italy. Country and city lists for photonic component manufacturers are linked below.
What qualifies
Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “photonic component 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 photonic component 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 photonic component 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, 8,409 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.

Photonic component manufacturers by location

9 lists · largest first

Every Photonic component 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 photonic component 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 photonic component manufacturers are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 1,080 photonic component 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?

Lumentum, headquartered in San Jose, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most photonic component manufacturers?

China leads with 406 companies, followed by the United States (305) and Germany (99). Every photonic component manufacturers list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most photonic component manufacturers?

Shenzhen leads with 97 headquartered companies, followed by Wuhan (25) and Berlin (17).

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 8,409 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,080 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.