Last updated: August 28, 2026
Illinois is home to roughly 1,280 licensed optometrists, according to state labor statistics, with pay that tends to run close to national averages for the profession. Recent wage estimates put the state’s optometrist pay in the neighborhood of $68 an hour, or around $142,000 annually, though figures vary somewhat depending on the source and the year the data was collected. Building an accurate, current contact list for this group on your own — through licensing boards, directories, or manual research — tends to be slow and produces incomplete results.
What’s on this page:
Illinois Optometrists Email List
What’s in the Heartbeat.ai Illinois Optometrist Database
Heartbeat.ai maintains a contact database covering licensed optometrists across Illinois, built for sales, recruiting, and marketing outreach. These professionals work across eye doctor offices, optometry clinics, and specialty vision practices statewide, so a usable list needs to reflect where they actually practice, not just where they’re licensed.
What You Get in an Illinois Optometrist Record
A typical record pulled from the Illinois optometrist list includes:
- Optometrist’s name
- Illinois practice location
- Work telephone number
- Cell phone number
- Email address
- Optometry specialization
- Years of experience
- Sole proprietor status
- Illinois license number
- Other states where the optometrist holds a license
- Fax number
- Illinois address of the eye doctor office
Before using any list like this, it’s worth checking a few things: how recently the data was verified, whether cell numbers are distinguished from office lines, and whether the source cross-references active state licenses. Lists that skip this step tend to have higher bounce rates and wasted call time.
Where This Kind of Data Comes From
Heartbeat.ai pulls together verified contact records for optometrists and related eye care professionals — including ophthalmologists, orthoptists, opticians, and opticians’ assistants — practicing in Illinois. Records are refreshed on an ongoing basis rather than compiled once and left static, which matters given how often practitioners change practices or contact details.
Illinois Board of Optometry
The Illinois Board of Optometry, operating under the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, oversees licensing and works to protect the public from unsafe or unprofessional practice among the state’s optometrists. Anyone verifying a license or checking a practitioner’s standing should go through IDFPR directly rather than relying solely on a marketing list.
Reaching Optometrists Across Illinois
Illinois optometrists are concentrated in and around its larger metro areas — Chicago, Aurora, Naperville, Joliet, Rockford, and Springfield among them — though plenty practice in smaller communities too. A workable outreach plan usually starts by segmenting by region or specialty before pulling contact details, rather than emailing the entire state list at once.
Heartbeat.ai also offers broader access to optometrist and ophthalmologist contact data nationwide, alongside the Illinois-specific list, for teams that need to expand beyond one state.
How to Get the Illinois Eye Doctor List
Beyond the Illinois optometrist list, Heartbeat.ai provides contact data — emails and mobile numbers — for optometrists, ophthalmologists, opticians, and other eye care professionals, searchable within a larger healthcare provider database.
See pricing here and sign up for the Heartbeat.ai free trial today to get access to Illinois optometrist contact data.
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