Franchise opportunities

For optometrists in South Africa and Namibia

Own your practice, with Torga behind you

Every Torga Optical practice is owned by an optometrist. If you’re passionate about patient care, optical fashion, lens technology and the business of optometry, we’d like to hear from you.

Send us your CV

Four ways in

Open a new Torga practice

Torga keeps opening practices in major retail centres, most recently at Prince Buthelezi Mall in Empangeni and Goreangab Mall in Windhoek. Open one on your own or in partnership.

Buy an established Torga practice

Established practices come up for sale when their owners move on, with their patients, their team and their equipment. Some are offered first to people already in the Torga team.

Convert your practice to Torga

Have a successful practice in a good location? Convert it to the Torga format with no substantial financial outlay. We’ll train you and your key staff in the Torga formula.

Sell your practice to Torga

Ready to sell? Ask Ian about the Torga Purchase Option.

What you get

The same things that bring customers to a Torga practice: our own frames, our own lenses and no middleman in between.

A brand customers know. Practices in South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho and Eswatini, and a business that has grown since 1984.
Frames designed by Torga. Up to 100 new styles a year, and 800+ frames in every store.
Lenses from our own lab. Torga’s lens laboratory in Cape Town makes our whole lens range, and your practice deals with it directly.
A formula that works. Location, practice design, people, product, pricing, promotions and service: the Torga formula covers them all, and The Torga Way sets the standard.
National marketing. Promotions, a website with online booking and an online store, digital campaigns, social media, and partnerships that bring customers in.
Systems built by Torga. Modern Magic, our own practice system, runs eye tests, quotes, recalls by WhatsApp, payments and customer feedback.
Admin support. Our Central Admin Support team handles medical aid invoicing and claims, debtors and lab orders for the practices in its portfolio.
Training. Training in the Torga formula for you and your key staff, the Leadership Development Programme for new optometrists at our lab in Cape Town, and weekly training videos.
Help with the capital. Our model is designed to keep your capital outlay and business risk down, so you can own a practice without raising substantial bank finance.

Who we’re looking for

Registered optometrists, on your own or in partnership with other optometrists. Occasionally, a practice is owned by an optometrist in partnership with a registered dispensing optician.
People passionate about patient care and service, optical fashion, lens technology and the business of optometry.
Leaders with real magic and retail passion, ready to run a practice and its team.
Already in the Torga team? Ask us about owning a practice.

Let’s talk

Send your CV, in confidence, to Ian Buchanan at [email protected], or call 083 659 1954.

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