With a Two-Year Revenue Growth of 55 Percent, Visionary Optics Ranks No. 231 on Inc. Magazine's List
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CHICAGO - illiNews -- Inc. magazine today revealed that Visionary Optics is No. 231 on its 2021 Inc. 5000 Regionals: Midwest list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Born of the annual Inc. 5000 franchise, this regional list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the Midwest economy's most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses.

"It is an honor to be ranked as one of the 2021 Inc. 5000 Midwest fastest-growing companies," said Donald Sanders, M.D., President & CEO of Visionary Optics. "This achievement would not have been possible without our highly motivated team members and our incredible customers. As the leader in the scleral lens industry, we are proud that our business continues to grow and provide innovative products and solutions to our customers and we are looking forward to what the future brings. Congratulations to the whole Visionary Optics team."

The companies on this list show stunning rates of growth across all industries in the 12 Midwest states. Between 2017 and 2019, these 250 private companies had an average growth rate of 199 percent and, in 2019 alone, they employed more than 43,000 people and added more than $11 billion to the Midwest economy. Companies based in the Chicago, Detroit, and Cincinnati areas brought in the highest revenue overall.

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Complete results of the Inc. 5000 Regionals: Midwest, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, metro area, and other criteria, can be found at https://www.inc.com/inc5000/regionals/midwest starting March 16, 2021.

"This list proves the power of companies in Midwest states no matter the industry," says Inc. editor-in-chief Scott Omelianuk. "The impressive revenues and growth rates prove the insight and diligence of CEOs and that these businesses are here to stay."

To learn more about Visionary Optics, visit www.visionary-optics.com

About Visionary Optics:

Visionary Optics is an innovative, technology-driven leader in the scleral lens industry. Founded in 2010, its Latitude, Europa, Jupiter, Elara scleral lenses are used to manage corneal irregularity most commonly from keratoconus or post-surgical, and post-refractive complications, as well as dry eye and ocular surface disease. Visionary Optics co-developed and is the exclusive U.S. distributor of the sMap3D corneo-scleral topography system, offering the highest level of technological precision for mapping the shape of the eye. Combined with its uniquely specialized contact lens brands, Visionary Optics offers an all in one simple platform to measure, customize, analyze and order scleral lenses, making the process more data-driven and efficient. To learn more, visit www.visionary-optics.com.

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Methodology

The 2021 Inc. 5000 Regionals are ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2017 and 2019. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2017. They had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2019. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2017 is $100,000; the minimum for 2019 is $1 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons.

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The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.