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Top 25 Photonics equipment manufacturers worldwide

Name: Photonics equipment manufacturers worldwide
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026 1,754 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,754 photonics equipment manufacturers worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 51,504 professional contacts across them, including 17,746 with verified work emails and 0 with mobile numbers. China is the largest market and Shenzhen the largest hub.

This list covers photonics equipment 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 photonics equipment 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

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51,504Contacts tracked

17,746Verified emails

0Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest photonics equipment manufacturers worldwide

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,754 photonics equipment manufacturers worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to photonics equipment 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Zeiss Group	Indirect evidence	Oberkochen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	10001+	6,840 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “ZEISS is an internationally leading technology enterprise operating in the fields of optics and optoelectronics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2	Lumentum	Partial evidence	San Jose, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	10001+	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
3	Excelitas Technologies Corp	Indirect evidence	Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	5,001-10,000	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, 2026
4	IPG Photonics	Partial evidence	Oxford, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	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, 2026
5	Thorlabs	Strong evidence	Newton, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	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, 2026
6	HOYA	Partial evidence	Tacoma, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	10001+	1,227 contacts →
	Partial 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
7	Jenoptik	Indirect evidence	Jena, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	880 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Jenoptik – MORE LIGHT.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8	Newport Corporation	Indirect evidence	Irvine, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	745 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Newport is a brand within the MKS Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9	Sltl Group	Indirect evidence	Gandhinagar, IndiaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	609 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Sahajanand Laser Technology Limited (SLTL)- A pioneer in the field of lasers in India, caters to the need of various industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10	Edmund Optics	Indirect evidence	Barrington, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	592 contacts →
	Indirect 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
11	Nlight, INC	Indirect evidence	Camas, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	481 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12	ZYGO	Partial evidence	Middlefield, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	451 contacts →
	Partial 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
13	AOI	Partial evidence	Sugar Land, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	416 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
14	G&h Gooch & Housego	Indirect evidence	Ilminster, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	391 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “G&H is a world leader in optical designing, testing and manufacturing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15	Luna Innovations	Indirect evidence	Roanoke, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	333 contacts →
	Indirect 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
16	Fraunhofer ILT	Indirect evidence	Aachen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	296 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Mit über 480 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern und mehr als 19 500 m² Nettogrundfläche zählt das Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik ILT weltweit zu den bedeutendsten…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17	Toptica Photonics	Indirect evidence	Gräfelfing, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	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, 2026
18	Amplitude Laser	Partial evidence	Pessac, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	285 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Amplitude is a leading manufacturer of ultrafast lasers for scientific, medical and industrial applications.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
19	Young Optics, INC	Indirect evidence	Hsinchu, TaiwanHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	266 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Looking for an experienced and reliable partner for realizing your creation and innovation?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
20	Optimax Systems, INC	Partial evidence	Ontario, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	261 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
21	Quanta System SPA	Indirect evidence	Samarate, ItalyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	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, 2026
22	Sunny Optical Technology Group Co. LTD	Indirect evidence	Yuyao, ChinaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	10001+	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
23	Smart Photonics	Partial evidence	Eindhoven, NetherlandsHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	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, 2026
24	Spectra-Physics	Indirect evidence	Andover, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	5,001-10,000	214 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Spectra-Physics is a brand within the MKS Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
25	Fraunhofer IOF	Partial evidence	Jena, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	207 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF in Jena, Germany, conducts applied research in the field of photonics and develops innovative optical…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026

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: photonics equipment 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 photonics equipment manufacturers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of photonics equipment manufacturers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name photonics equipment 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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Photonics equipment manufacturers worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026

34.5%Verified-email coverage

29.4Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

4.6%Largest-city concentration · Shenzhen

Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

489

11-50

559

51-200

384

201-500

161

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

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 photonics equipment 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: 15 countries, largest first: China, the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, India, Japan, Italy, Canada, Taiwan and 5 more. Country and city lists for photonics equipment manufacturers are linked below.
What qualifies: Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “photonics equipment 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 photonics equipment 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 photonics equipment 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, 17,746 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.

Photonics equipment manufacturers by location

15 lists · largest first

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

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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 photonics equipment 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 photonics equipment manufacturers are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 1,754 photonics equipment 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 photonics equipment manufacturers?

China leads with 499 companies, followed by the United States (413) and Germany (229). Every photonics equipment manufacturers list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most photonics equipment manufacturers?

Shenzhen leads with 80 headquartered companies, followed by Wuhan (34) and Berlin (24).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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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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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.