Private company

Synsam

Logo: synsam.se4

Synsam is a Swedish optician and eyewear retail chain based in Stockholm, founded in 1968.1 It is part of CVC Capital Partners.1

Synsam är en optikkedja med drygt 500 butiker i Norden. Företaget grundades 1968 i Sverige. 1971 köptes optikkedjan Profil Optik i Danmark. Under 1990-talet startade man franchisebutiker i Norge och Finland. Numera finns franchisebutiker även på Island (under namnet Profil Optik) och Färöarna.2 From the Swedish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1968Founded1
  • Industryretail1
  • HeadquartersStockholm, Sweden1
  • Websitewww.synsam.se
  • Legal formforeign corporation registered in Norway1
  • LEI213800C4ZPRXGMN81L863
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressBox 30153, 104 25 Stockholm, Sweden3
  • Registered withSwedish Companies Registration Office, 556964-09303

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SynsamMic
Photo: Janee, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Corporate structure

Synsam is part of a group headed by Synsam AB (publ). 3 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Synsam AB (publ) Stockholm, Sweden
    • Synsam Stockholm, Sweden
      • Profil Optik Subsidiary · Denmark

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • contact lens
  • glasses
  • ocular prosthesis

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

  • Profil Optik

Ultimate parent

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Timeline

  1. 2014Acquired Acquired by CVC Capital Partners1
  2. 1968Founded Founded1

Sources

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