1-800 Contacts

1-800 Contacts Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryContact lens retail
FoundedFebruary 1995 (1995-02)
FoundersJonathan C. Coon
John F. Nichols
HeadquartersDraper, Utah, U.S.
Key people
John Graham, CEO
Phil Bienert, President, CMO
Brett Gappmayer, CFO
Douglas Harris, COO
Amy Larson, President, New Business
Roy Montclair, General Counsel
ProductsContact lenses
Revenue$237 million (2005)
$5.7 million (2005)
$2.6 million (2005)
OwnersKKR
Website1800contacts.com

1-800 Contacts Inc. is an American contact lens retailer based in Draper, Utah. The brands that 1-800 Contacts sells include Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Alcon, Bausch & Lomb and CooperVision. The company was founded as the industry's first way to buy contacts online and has since expanded to provide online prescription renewals, glasses, lens replacements, and the in-house AquaSoft Daily contact lenses brand. In 2006, its last year as a public company, the company reported net sales of US$247 million.