Franchise opportunities compared

    Luxottica of America Inc. Pearle Vision vs Success On The Spectrum

    Reviewed figures from each brand's Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), side by side. Each figure carries its FDD year and page. This is not a ranking or recommendation, and the two FDDs may cover different years and location groups.

    Before you compare

    • Both sets of figures come from 2026 FDDs.
    • Luxottica of America Inc. Pearle Vision discloses more than one business format, so the investment range spans formats; the full report breaks them out.
    • Item 19 figures cover the location groups each FDD names (Luxottica of America Inc. Pearle Vision: 23, Success On The Spectrum: 2). Different groups are not directly comparable.
    DisclosureLOLuxottica of America Inc. Pearle VisionSOSuccess On The Spectrum
    Financial commitment
    Estimated initial investment (Item 7)
    $30,000 – $1,228,956
    2026 FDD · Item 7
    $339,100 – $869,400
    Total estimated initial investment
    2026 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 21
    Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5)
    Not available
    No single standard fee identified
    $45,000
    2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 13
    Royalty (Item 6)
    $7.00
    Royalty monthlygross excludesprofessional
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 18
    $5.00
    Royalty — 5% of gross sales, capped at $5,000 per month
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 15
    Brand / advertising fund (Item 6)
    $8.00
    Advertising monthlygross subjectincreases
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 18
    Not available
    No reviewed brand or advertising fund fee
    System scale & health
    Total outlets (Item 20)
    484
    Outlets at end of 2025
    2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 82
    Not available
    No reviewed outlet counts
    Net outlet change (Item 20)
    −22
    Calculated: 506 at end of 2023 → 484 at end of 2025
    Not available
    Only one year reported
    Outlet exits (Item 20)
    Not available
    No complete exit records for a year
    Not available
    No complete exit records for a year
    Franchising since (Item 1)
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Franchisor founded (Item 1)
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Performance (Item 19)
    Financial performance (Item 19), by location group
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Table 1A, Q1 of OD Owner EyeCare Centers (owned by an optometrist or ophthalmol…
    42 stores
    other Table1A ODowner Q1 · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 75
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Table 1A, Q4 of OD Owner EyeCare Centers (owned by an optometrist or ophthalmol…
    42 stores
    other Table1A ODowner Q4 · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 75
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Table 1A, all reporting OD Owner EyeCare Centers (owned by an optometrist or op…
    $1,051
    other Table1A ODowner all mean · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 75
    +20 more groups in the full report
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Franchise outlets
    $2,718,627
    other Lee’s Summit · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 47
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Company-owned outlets: Southwest Houston and Medcenter Houston
    $1,311,562
    other Southwest Houston · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 46

    Item 19 groups are shown separately and never combined. Revenue or sales figures are not profit. Net outlet change and turnover are Franopolis calculations from the disclosed counts; turnover is a count-based rate, not a measure of owner earnings.