The company has grown rapidly since, thriving with its joint venture partnership approach to eyecare. It hit the milestone of 100 stores in July 1988, 200 in 1993, 300 in 1995, 400 in 2000, 500 in 2003, 600 in 2004 and 700 in 2005. The first Netherlands store opened in 1997, the first Swedish in 2004, and 2005 saw the first in Denmark and Norway.

 In 2006 the first store was opened in Spain and in 2007 the company began supplying in Australia and opened the first store in Finland. In January 2008 Dame Mary Perkins opened the 1000th store in Roosendaal, Holland followed by the launch on the first three Specsavers stores in Australia in March

The full range of over 2,000 size and colour options is structured around a comprehensive features and benefits pricing structure starting from £25 through to £169.

Specsavers is also the retail market leader in contact lenses, with it's own brand of easyvision monthly and daily disposable lenses and has also driven the use of continuous-wear lenses. Currently one out of every three UK contact lenses wearers chooses Specsavers. Furthermore, Specsavers is the largest provider of home-delivery contact lenses in Europe through its Lensmail service.

The company continues to expand. From just two staff working at that table-tennis table, there are now more than 500 based at Specsavers' headquarters in Guernsey. The company has more than 1000 stores across the Channel Islands, UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Spain and Australia. It has also successfully entered the hearing aid market with its Specsavers Hearing Centres.