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Essilor's top competitors include W. L. Gore & Associates and HOYA.

	Essilor Essilor is an ophthalmic optics company.	W. L. Gore & Associates W. L. Gore & Associates is a material science company that serves aerospace, land, automation, and energy applications markets.	HOYA HOYA is a global med-tech company and a supplier of high-tech and medical products.
Founding Date	Founding Date 1849	Founding Date 1958	Founding Date 1941
Type	Type Subsidiary	Type Private	Type Public
Tags	Tags Manufacturing & Industrial eyewear medical devices medtech optics	Tags Manufacturing & Industrial cables electronic components medical devices medtech	Tags Manufacturing & Industrial healthtech imaging medical devices medtech optics
Locations	Locations Charenton-le-Pont, FR HQ Manaus, BR Shanghai, CN Puteaux, FR Ennis, IE San Vito Al Tagliamento, IT Savannakhet, LA see more	Locations Newark, US HQ Belrose, AU Bergheim Bei Salzburg, AT São Paulo, BR Toronto, CA Beijing, CN Shanghai, CN see more	Locations Tokyo, JP HQ Banksmeadow, AU Brunn Am Gebirge, AT Kapellen, BE Rio De Janeiro, BR Mississauga, CA Guangzhou, CN see more
Employees	Employees 69,0003% increase	Employees 8,364	Employees 37,2451% increase
Twitter followers	Twitter followers 15.5 k	Twitter followers 853	Twitter followers N/A
Alexa Website Rank	Alexa Website Rank 349150	Alexa Website Rank 264764	Alexa Website Rank 292420
Employee Rating	Employee Rating 3.4	Employee Rating 4	Employee Rating N/A
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) €7.5b (FY, 2018)	Revenue (est.) $3.8b (FY, 2021)	Revenue (est.) ¥547.9b (FY, 2021)
Cost of goods	Cost of goods €3.1b (FY, 2018)	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods (¥83.3b) (FY, 2021)
Gross profit	Gross profit €4.4b (FY, 2018)	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit ¥464.6b (FY, 2021)
Net income	Net income €923m (FY, 2018)	Net income N/A	Net income ¥125.2b (FY, 2021)
Operating ⚠
Patents and Patent Applications	Patents and Patent Applications 9.5 k (FY, 2018)	Patents and Patent Applications N/A	Patents and Patent Applications 7.3 k (FY, 2019)