SIC 4493 | NAICS 713930
The following guide to industry information, research, and analysis provides sources for industry trends and statistics, financial ratios, salary surveys, and more.
Comprehensive research reports provide in-depth industry analysis and five-year growth forecasts, with special focus on the underlying structure and external forces and relationships that affect industries and their performance. Topics addressed in the reports include:
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.
Five-year financial statement analysis includes income statements, balance sheets, and key financial ratios, with data available by sales size range on a national, state, and metro area level including:
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).
Interactive database provides detailed transaction data for over 38,000 private and public companies sold for prices ranging from under $250,000 to over $500,000,000, with valuation measures provided including market value of invested capital as a multiple of revenue, gross profit, EBIT, EBITDA, SDE, and book value of invested capital. User guide, free webinar, and sample reports are available online.