Marinas and Boat Yards

• Market size, product segments, and major markets
• Key industry trends, statistics, and financial ratios
• Operating conditions and current performance
• Competitive landscape and environment
• Major company profiles and market shares
• Five-year outlook and growth forecasts

Monthly trade magazine provides news and information for the marine industry, with marina-focused content including the online "Marinas and Boatyards" news channel and coverage of the Association of Marina Industries Conference & Expo in the January issue of the magazine. Selected articles can be viewed free online, with free print or digital magazine subscriptions available for qualifying parties.

Marina Dock Age Magazine
https://www.marinadockage.com/
Bimonthly magazine provides news and information for marinas and boatyards, with special features including selected data from the "AMI Marina Trends Survey" which provides comparative trend data for facility occupancy rates, slip/service rates, product/service revenues, gross profit, expenses, and net profit and the "Trends Report" which compiles multi-year trend data from the annual AMI surveys.

Trends Report
https://www.marinadockage.com/
Annual report compiles multi-year trend data from the AMI survey described above, with comparative trend data provided in the report including facility occupancy rates, slip/service rates, product/service revenues (e.g., leased/transient slips, fuel, dry storage, repair/maintenance, moorings, launch ramps, boat sales, boat rental), gross profit, and operating expenses. Report can be downloaded free online.

AMI Marina Trends Survey
https://marinaassociation.org
Annual survey of marinas and boatyards provides comparative trend data for facility occupancy rates, slip/service rates, product/service revenues, gross profit, operating expense, and net profit by facility type (e.g., boatyard/service center, boatyard/marina, dry storage, marina), age, number of slips, and geographic region. Excerpts from the survey are available free online in Marina Dock Age magazine.

Professional Marina Resource Guide
https://marinaassociation.org/
Comprehensive professional resource guide provides a brief description of products and/or services available from various member organizations, with sections focused on services provided by marina consultants including design, electrical, environmental, management/operations/training, permitting, finance/appraisal, and market studies/surveys. Digital edition of the guide can be viewed free online.

Market analysis report provides industry statistics for a user-defined area on a national, state, county, metro area, or zip code level, with data provided including number of companies, market volume and sales trends, average company sales, sales per employee, staffing and employment trends, average employee wage, and business start up activity and failure rates. Sample report can be viewed online.

• Income and expenses in dollars and percentages
• Balance sheets in dollars and percentages
• Profitability and return on investment ratios
• Liquidity and working capital ratios
• Asset turnover and efficiency ratios
• Capital structure and debt service ratios

Annual report provides financial and operational performance benchmarks for marina operators, with financial data provided including revenues by services offered, key operating expenses (e.g., utilities, rent, insurance, payroll, employee benefits, owner compensation), profit margins, and financial ratios (e.g., income statement, balance sheet, liquidity, solvency, safety, long-term debt, equity investment).

Compensation survey provides information on salaries, wages, and benefits for personnel employed in marina operations, with compensation data broken out by experience and geographic region (e.g., East / West Coast, Great Lakes, Inland─East/Central/West) and positions covered including general manager, marina manager/harbormaster, dockmaster, yard manager, yardhand, and forklift operator.

Compensation survey provides salary, hourly wage, and benefits information for personnel employed in the boatyard, marine service, and repair sectors, with survey data broken out by geographic region and business size based on annual revenues for boatyard services and job categories covered in the survey including general manager, store manager, technicians, riggers, dockhands, and bookkeeper.

Marina Valuation Overview
Gerald H. McDonough, MAI, FRICS, Appraisal Institute, 2013
https://ai.appraisalinstitute.org/
Webinar addresses the unique and varying characteristics of coastal and inland marinas, with topics covered in this presentation including trends in the industry, upland and marina basin features, types of docks, sources of revenues, income and expense ratios, capitalization rates, capital expenditures, units of comparison (e.g., price per slip versus price per linear foot of slips), and notable transactions.

Valuation of Marinas
John A. Simpson, MAI, CCIM, IFAS, Appraisal Institute, 1998
https://ai.appraisalinstitute.org/
Valuation guide analyzes the unique features of marinas and what makes them different from valuing other properties, with topics covered in the guide including site and building characteristics, business elements, applying the cost, sales, and income approaches, and special considerations such as boat slip rental or ownership structure (e.g., co-op, club membership, dockominium, and long-term lease).