2026 United States Cataract Atlas, November, 2026

The “2026 United States Cataract Atlas” provides a detailed geographic analysis of conventional and premium cataract surgery opportunities across 85 US metropolitan areas. Market Scope’s proprietary MedOp Index™ Analysis quantifies the opportunity in each metro, evaluates regional demand and market characteristics, and benchmarks markets against one another to identify those with the greatest potential for growth.

Companies often use this data throughout product development and commercialization to focus their investments and commercial efforts where they are most likely to deliver results, including identifying promising clinical trial sites, prioritizing launch markets, developing sales territories, and allocating resources.

The “2026 United States Cataract Atlas” provides a detailed assessment of conventional and premium cataract surgery opportunities across 85 US metropolitan areas. Market Scope’s proprietary MedOp Index™ Analysis evaluates market potential and benchmarks metros against one another, supported by data on surgical volumes, surgeon capacity, demographics, and premium IOL adoption.

Coverage includes:

• MedOp Index™ Analysis: Market opportunity rankings, percentiles, and benchmarks across metropolitan areas.
• IOL Procedure Volumes: Conventional, premium, and total IOL volumes, premium IOL penetration rates, and comparisons with metro medians.
• Surgeon Profiles: Cataract surgeon counts, premium cataract surgeon counts, high-volume surgeon counts, and average annual procedures per surgeon.
• Practice and Facility Profiles: Counts of cataract practices, premium cataract practices, hospitals, and ASCs, along with average procedures per facility.
• Metro Demographics: Population by age group, median income for residents 65 and older, and other demographic indicators relevant to cataract surgery demand.
• Metro and Regional Comparisons: Rankings of leading metros by premium IOL volume, regional premium IOL market share, and comparisons of procedure volumes and surgeon capacity against metro medians.
• State Dashboard (new): Interactive figures and key market metrics highlighting IOL volumes and premium cataract surgery opportunities across US states.
• Metro Benchmark Tool (new): Side-by-side analysis of two metropolitan areas, featuring premium IOL volumes, market metrics, and percentile rankings.
• Sales Territory Analysis Tool (new): Customizable sales regions for evaluating market potential, surgical volumes, and other key metrics within prospective territories.

1 licensing type is available for this report:

• The price of the enterprise license is $17,625 (includes supplemental Excel file with all the tables and figures in the report, and report summary slides).

The license includes an electronic PDF. Printed copies may be purchased for an additional $250.

SINGLE USER LICENSE

• The Single User License allows for the use of a report by a single user within one corporate location.
• The report paper copy may not be reproduced (additional paper copies available for purchase).
• Report PDF copy can not be copied (if purchased) and must remain on one computer (not a company server).
• Only a single copy of the publication may be printed for internal use.
• Users may include information in the report in presentations and internal reports by providing full copyright credit to Market Scope.
• Users may not share the report (or any information contained therein) with any other person or persons outside the corporate location for which the report is purchased.

ENTERPRISE LICENSE

• The Enterprise License allows for the use of a report by unlimited users within the purchasing organization.
• Purchasing organization shall have the right to share the report with third parties. (investors, consultants, etc.) from time to time under the global license agreement, provided that such third parties have a confidentiality agreement with the purchasing organization and agree to be bound by the terms of the global license agreement.
• Employees of the purchasing organization can include information given in the report in presentations and internal reports by providing full copyright credit to Market Scope.
• Purchase price includes a printable PDF file of the report (purchasing organization may print multiple copies for use within the organization).
• Purchase price includes a supplemental Excel file containing all the tables and figures included in the purchased report.

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