Ray-Ban
Sunglasses and eyewear
Iconic sunglasses and optical frames such as Aviator and Wayfarer, plus Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses, sold to style-minded consumers worldwide.
Sunglasses and eyewearSince 1937
How it started
Bought from Bausch & Lomb.
$640Mpaid by EssilorLuxottica in 1999
Created by Bausch & Lomb in 1937 to shield pilots from glare, Ray-Ban came to Luxottica with B&L's sunglass business in 1999, before Luxottica merged with Essilor in 2018.
How big it is
How big is Ray-Ban?
7M+AI glasses sold, incl. Oakley MetaFY2025
282Ray-Ban storesFY2025
Its place in EssilorLuxottica
The group's biggest eyewear brand.
~15%of EssilorLuxottica salesFY2025
Ray-Ban is the group's largest proprietary brand and the lead label for its AI glasses made with Meta.
Who it competes with
What EssilorLuxottica does not disclose
- Ray-Ban net sales in euros (only an approximate share of Group sales)
- Ray-Ban Meta units on their own (reported together with Oakley Meta)
- AI-glasses revenue
- Ray-Ban units or pairs sold
- Ray-Ban sales by region
The group behind itEssilorLuxottica
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Sources
Every number on this page comes from EssilorLuxottica's own reports.
- Bausch & Lomb Form 8-K: completed sale of its sunglass business (Ray-Ban, Revo, Arnette, Killer Loop) to Lu… ↗
- EssilorLuxottica 2025 Universal Registration Document: proprietary brands (Ray-Ban ~15% and Oakley >5% of G… ↗
- EssilorLuxottica Q4/Full Year 2025 Results: AI-glasses units (Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta) above 7 million… ↗
- History ↗
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