Superyacht Builder Intelligence

Superyacht Guide Intelligence uses structured yacht records to identify builder activity, fleet scale, average yacht size and market presence across the global superyacht sector.

This page presents an initial builder ranking based on yacht records currently held in the Superyacht Guide database. Figures may change as records are verified, merged, corrected or enriched.

Top builders by yacht count

Rank	Builder	Yachts tracked	Average length	Largest yacht	Total tracked length
1	Feadship	432	36.55m	118.8m	15,788.9m
2	Sanlorenzo	411	32.26m	73.0m	13,256.87m
3	Sunseeker	340	29.86m	47.25m	10,153.84m
4	Azimut Yachts	311	29.98m	38.22m	9,324.12m
5	Benetti SpA	222	39.95m	67.0m	8,870.0m
6	Custom Line	206	33.01m	49.94m	6,800.86m
7	Riva S.p.A.	150	29.77m	49.9m	4,466.11m
8	Princess Yachts	142	28.14m	40.2m	3,995.95m
9	Ferretti Yachts	137	27.50m	30.13m	3,768.16m
10	Overmarine Group SPA	121	36.39m	54.0m	4,403.03m
11	Heesen Yachts	98	44.74m	80.07m	4,339.63m
12	Horizon Yachts	96	30.05m	41.45m	2,884.61m
13	Amels	95	61.54m	120.0m	5,846.51m
14	Moonen Yachts	92	32.91m	38.16m	724.09m
15	Ocean Alexander	88	29.82m	35.9m	2,624.03m
16	Gulf Craft	77	34.90m	54.37m	2,687.51m
17	Baglietto	76	45.90m	55.0m	1,147.56m
18	Pershing S.p.a.	76	29.26m	43.3m	2,223.39m
19	Codecasa	75	42.32m	65.0m	3,089.45m
20	Maiora	64	29.96m	39.65m	1,917.68m

What builder intelligence can show

Builder data can be analysed in several useful ways. Yacht count gives a broad indication of fleet presence, while average length, largest yacht and total tracked length show different market positions.

Yacht count helps show volume and historical fleet presence.
Average length helps separate production-series builders from large custom-yacht builders.
Largest yacht shows the upper end of each builder's known capability in the database.
Total tracked length can indicate the scale of built fleet represented in the database.

Volume builders and large-yacht builders

The ranking shows different business models. Some builders appear strongly because of high production volumes in the 24–40 metre range. Others have fewer records but a much larger average yacht length, which may indicate a focus on larger custom or semi-custom yachts.

For example, builders such as Feadship, Sanlorenzo, Sunseeker and Azimut appear strongly by count, while builders such as Amels and Lürssen show much larger average yacht lengths in the database.

Business uses

Builder intelligence can support:

builder market-share pages
supplier targeting by builder fleet
refit opportunity by builder and age
brokerage analysis by builder
marina and destination targeting by yacht size profile
custom editorial reports for industry businesses

Limitations

These figures are based on records currently held in the Superyacht Guide database. Builder names may need consolidation where legacy imports use different naming forms, such as group names, yard names, brand names or historic company names.

Figures should be treated as editorial intelligence indicators, not audited production statistics.

For the full data methodology, see Superyacht Data Methodology.