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Thorlabs's competitors and similar companies include Qioptiq UK Holdings, Teledyne DALSA, Lumentum, Coherent Laser and IPG Photonics.
 Thorlabs Thorlabs is a company that designs and manufactures photonics equipment for research, manufacturing, and biomedical applications. |  Qioptiq UK Holdings Qioptiq UK Holdings is a holding company that provides photonic products and solutions. |  Teledyne DALSA Teledyne DALSA (also known as Teledyne Digital Imaging) is a company that designs, develops, manufactures, and markets digital imaging products and solutions. |  Lumentum Lumentum Holdings (formerly known as JDSU's Communications and Commercial Optical Product) is a company that manufactures and sells optical and photonic products. |  Coherent Laser Coherent Laser is a company that provides lasers, laser-based technologies, and laser-based system solutions. | ||
Founding Date | Founding Date 1989 | Founding Date 2005 | Founding Date 1980 | Founding Date 2015 | Founding Date 1966 | Founding Date 1990 |
Type | Type Private | Type Subsidiary | Type Subsidiary | Type Public | Type Subsidiary | Type Public |
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Locations | Locations Newton, US HQ São Carlos, BR Montréal, CA Shanghai, CN Le Mesnil Le Roi, FR Bergkirchen, DE Dortmund, DE see more | Locations Hamble-le-Rice, GB HQ Aßlar, DE Feldkirchen, DE Göttingen, DE Göttingen, DE Regen, DE Bodelwyddan, GB see more | Locations Waterloo, CA HQ Bromont, CA St Laurent, CA Shanghai, CN Munich, DE Tokyo, JP Eindhoven, NL see more | Locations San Jose, US HQ Sao Paulo, BR Ottawa, CA Dongguan, CN Shenzhen, CN Shenzhen, CN Wuhan, CN see more | Locations Santa Clara, US HQ Anseong Si, KR Yongin, KR Bloomfield, US Budd Lake, US East Granby, US Plymouth, US see more | Locations Marlborough, US HQ Granja Viana, BR Burlington, CA Kingston, CA Beijing, CN Shanghai, CN Shenzhen, CN see more |
Employees | Employees 1,50940% decrease | Employees 6678% decrease | Employees 893 | Employees 10,56246% increase | Employees 5,180 | Employees 4,74023% decrease |
Valuation ($) | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 4.5 b | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 3.7 b |
Financial | ||||||
Revenue (est.) | Revenue (est.) N/A | Revenue (est.) N/A | Revenue (est.) N/A | Revenue (est.) $1.6b (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) $1.5b (FY, 2021) | Revenue (est.) $1b (FY, 2025) |
Cost of goods | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods $1.2b (FY, 2025) | Cost of goods $918.6m (FY, 2021) | Cost of goods $622.3m (FY, 2025) |
Gross profit | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit $459.9m (FY, 2025) | Gross profit $568.8m (FY, 2021) | Gross profit $381.5m (FY, 2025) |
Net income | Net income N/A | Net income $16.4m (FY, 2023) | Net income N/A | Net income $25.9m (FY, 2025) | Net income ($106.8m) (FY, 2021) | Net income $31.1m (FY, 2025) |
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Backlog | Backlog N/A | Backlog N/A | Backlog N/A | Backlog $594m (FY, 2022) | Backlog $717.1m (FY, 2021) | Backlog $691.4m (FY, 2023) |
Funding | ||||||
Total funding raised | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised $ 140k | Total funding raised $ 82.4m |
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