The company is a subsidiary of Walgreens Boots Alliance (58%) and De Rigo (42%).

[citation needed] The company began trading in the British optical retail market in 1983 in Nottingham, before opening practices in Peterborough, Leeds, Mansfield, Luton and Derby in 1984.

[8] Amid falling sales during the COVID-19 pandemic, plans to close 48 stores were announced in July 2020.

[9] In February 2019, the General Optical Council (GOC), the regulator for the optical professions in the UK, imposed a fine of £50,000 – the maximum allowed – on Boots Opticians Professional Services Ltd for mishandling a whistleblower case.

The GOC ruled that the company's fitness to carry on business was "impaired by reason of misconduct".