An eyewear store is any retail outlet specializing in glasses, sunglasses, contact lenses, or similar eyewear.

Eyewear stores may employ opticians who fit and dispense eyewear, and optometrists who can examine vision and prescribe corrective lenses. However, these should not be assigned optometry as a usage unless the facility is predominantly a medical clinic that happens to sell glasses or corrective lenses on the side.

The retail specialization includes nonprescription eyewear such as sunglasses, so an eye examination service is not required. The optometry boundary above depends on whether the premises are predominantly a medical clinic or an eyewear retailer.