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Who actually builds these boats

A handful of northern European yards dominate the register. The league table of superyacht construction.

102 yards are represented across 218 hulls with a builder on file. Lürssen, Feadship, Oceanco alone account for 37% of them — the long tail is one-offs.

The numbersIn full
BuilderHullsLongest on file
Lürssen36Azzam · 180.61 m
Feadship27Launchpad · 118.9 m
Oceanco17Koru · 127 m
Benetti7Ije · 108 m
Abeking & Rasmussen6Aviva · 98.4 m
Nobiskrug5Sailing Yacht A · 142.81 m
Amels5Lady E · 74.5 m
Codecasa4Main · 65 m
Camper & Nicholsons4Marala · 58.86 m
Royal Huisman3Athena · 79.2 m
Westport 1643Night Howl · 49.94 m
Blohm+Voss2Eclipse · 162.5 m
Fincantieri2Ocean Victory · 140 m
Lloyd Werft2Solaris · 139.7 m
Neorion2Queen Miri · 92 m
Method

Builder as recorded in public maritime databases. Facility suffixes are folded into the parent yard, so a hull from Lürssen's Rendsburg shed counts as Lürssen. Yards that have merged or renamed appear under the name attached to each hull at delivery.

Computed from the register on this page load. Position data runs through 27 Jul 2026; 221 hulls and 175 owners are on file. The same figures are available through the data API.

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