77/100BAlcon company profile
- CEO
- David J. Endicott
- Employees
- 25,000
- Headquarters
- Chemin de Blandonnet 8, Geneva, GE 1214, CH
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Industry
- Medical - Specialties
- IPO date
- 9 Apr 2019
- Stock exchange
- NYSE
- ISIN
- CH0432492467
Website:alcon.com
About the company
Alcon Inc. researches, develops, manufactures, distributes, and sells eye care products worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Surgical and Vision Care. It offers equipment, instrumentation and diagnostics, intraocular lenses (IOLs), and other implantables; and consumables, including viscoelastics, surgical solutions, incisional instruments, surgical custom packs, and other products for surgical procedures. The company’s cataract products include Unity CS, LenSx laser system, Verion reference unit and Verion digital marker, ARGOS biometer, SMARTCATARACT health platform, NGENUITY 3D visualization system, LuxOR surgical ophthalmic microscope, and ORA system for intra-operative measurements; ADI cloud-based platform; and implantable products, including monofocal, Toric, and Presbyopia-Correcting IOLs, as well as delivery systems, such as AutonoMe and UltraSert. In addition, it provides Custom Pak surgical procedure packs vitreoretinal products comprising constellation vision systems, procedure packs, lasers and hand-held microsurgical instruments, Grieshaber, MIVS instruments; scissors, forceps and micro-instruments, medical grade vitreous tamponades, and Hypervit probes; and refractive surgery products, including WaveLight and Contoura Vision used for LASIK refractive procedure. Further, the company offers daily disposable, reusable, and color-enhancing contact lenses; ocular health products, such as dry eye, ocular allergies, glaucoma, and contact lens care, as well as ocular vitamins and redness relievers. The company was formerly known as Alcon Universal S.A. and changed its name to Alcon Inc. in December 2001. Alcon Inc. was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
Employees
Alcon had about 25,000 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025 (31 December 2025), by its annual report. That is 0.0% more than a year before.
Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.
Who owns Alcon
Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 49.4% of Alcon's shares on 30 June 2026, 671 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.
Common questions about Alcon
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