Marine Online

What Marine Online does

Marine Online, trading under the legal entity Genus Marine & Leisure Group, is a privately held marina berth and mooring brokerage founded in 1985 and headquartered in Markyate, United Kingdom. The company operates a website-based brokerage platform that aggregates listings of marina berths and moorings available for sale and rent across more than 100 marinas in 14+ countries spanning the Mediterranean and adjacent regions (Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, Monaco, Malta, Montenegro, Greece, Croatia, Turkey, Morocco, UAE, and the Canary Islands). Its product surface includes core berth sale and rental listings, a Boat + Berth bundled offering, standalone boats-for-sale inventory, a dedicated Superyachts Moorings sub-brand for premium vessels, and value-add services such as free mooring valuation, buyer-side berth request matching, and sell-side brokerage support through to completion.

The platform is delivered through 10+ country-specific and language-specific websites (e.g., marineonline.co.uk, marinaberths.eu, marina-moorings.es, marinaberths.de, marinaberths.fr, marinaberths.it, marinaberths.nl, marinaberths.se, marinaberths.pt, marinaberths.ae, plus an Arabic version) with multi-currency support in EUR, GBP, USD, and AED, enabling localized SEO and conversion across European markets. Underlying technology is a conventional catalog-style brokerage site with faceted browse by country, marina, berth size, and sale/rent status; no public API, SDK, or developer-facing integration is offered. The team is described as sailors themselves and operates with offices in the UK and Spain and representatives in France and Italy, providing consultative direct-sales brokerage including a boat delivery service staffed by certified skippers.

Marine Online earns revenue on a transaction-fee basis, charging commissions on berth/mooring sales and facilitating rental transactions; specific commission rates are not publicly disclosed. Customers are primarily individual boat owners, yacht enthusiasts, and superyacht owners (SMB/consumer segment), and go-to-market combines a self-serve website funnel with high-touch direct sales by named brokers (e.g., Sam Brewster). The company has remained family-owned, with no external funding rounds, no disclosed M&A activity, and no public listing, and its multilingual distribution and 40-year operating history constitute its principal defensible assets.

Name

Marine Online

Legal name

Genus Marine & Leisure Group

Website

https://marineonline.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Marine Online is a privately held, UK-based marina berth and mooring brokerage founded in 1985, listing berths for sale and rent across 100+ Mediterranean marinas in 14+ countries. It serves individual boat owners, yacht enthusiasts, and superyacht owners via multilingual country-specific websites and consultative direct-sales brokers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Marine Berth Brokerage Services

NAICS

Marinas (713930)

akta.pro primary industry

Marine Recreation Rentals & Tours Retail Counter (On-site Sales) (CRAMAIAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Boat & Marine Leasing (FSAKANAH)

Keywords

• Marina berth brokerage
• Mooring sales
• Berth rental services
• Superyacht berths
• Boat berth listings

Headquarters

HQ city

Markyate

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Berth and Mooring Sales Commission: Marine Online earns commissions on the sale of marina berths and moorings. They facilitate transactions between buyers and sellers, handling the complete process from valuation through to sale completion.
2. Berth and Mooring Rental Services: The company also facilitates rental transactions for marina berths and moorings, providing listing services and connecting boat owners with available moorings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Marine Online is a specialist berthing and mooring brokerage that facilitates the sale and rental of marina berths and moorings across European Mediterranean locations. The company lists berths at over 100 marinas across 16+ countries, brokers transactions between boat owners, and offers related services including free mooring valuations, boat delivery with certified skippers, and combined boat-plus-berth packages.

Product overview

Marine Online operates as a marina berth and mooring brokerage platform offering berths for sale and rent across European Mediterranean locations. The core product consists of marina berths and moorings listings, complemented by Boat + Berth Package bundles and boats for sale. Additional services include superyacht berths, free mooring valuation, berth request matching, and sell-side assistance. The platform covers over 16 countries/regions including Spain, Mallorca, France, Italy, Portugal, Monaco, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Greece, and others, with offices in the UK and Spain and representatives across Europe. Founded in 1985, the company claims to have the largest listings of Mediterranean boat berths for sale.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Marine Online Superyachts Moorings: Specialized superyacht berths division for larger vessels

Products and services

• Marina Berths and Moorings for Sale Primary brokerage offering of marina berths and moorings available for purchase across Mediterranean locations including Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, Monaco, Malta, Montenegro, Greece, and other European destinations, targeting individual boat owners and yacht enthusiasts.
• Berths for Rent Marina berths and moorings available for short-term and long-term rental across European marinas, listed on the Marine Online platform.
• Boat + Berth / Mooring Packages

Quantifiable outcome

• Claims to list more marina berths and moorings for sale than any other source

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Rightboat: Online marketplace for buying and selling boats globally with growing European presence. Comparable as a digital marketplace that brings listing aggregation and discovery to the marine transaction space Marine Online operates in.

Direct peers

• Fraser Yachts: Large superyacht brokerage with a Mediterranean focus that combines yacht sales, charter, and berthing arrangements. Comparable because it competes in the same segment for premium berth transactions and offers a similarly broker-led, full-service experience.
• Burgess Yachts: Global superyacht sales, charter, and berthing advisory firm. Comparable because it brokers berths alongside yacht transactions for high-net-worth clients in the Mediterranean, serving the same Superyacht customer segment Marine Online addresses.
• Camper & Nicholsons: International yacht brokerage and luxury berthing specialist with deep Mediterranean presence. Comparable because it operates in the same premium marina berth and yacht sales category, offering broker-led sales across similar European geographies as Marine Online.
• Ancasta International Boat Sales: UK and European yacht brokerage with multi-office presence across the Mediterranean. Comparable because it brokers boats and related marina services for the same leisure marine customer base, often as a turnkey package with berthing.
• Berthon International: Long-established UK-based yacht brokerage and berthing specialist serving European and Mediterranean clients. Comparable because it sits in the same yacht-and-berth brokerage niche, supported by similar personalized service and an in-house sailing team.

Broad incumbents

• Boats Group (YachtWorld / boats.com): Large boat listing marketplaces operating YachtWorld and boats.com. Comparable because it aggregates listings for boats and berths for the same consumer audience and could expand or partner to disintermediate pure-play brokerages.
• IGY Marinas: Global operator of a network of luxury marinas including several Mediterranean locations where Marine Online lists berths. Comparable because it is both a potential supplier of berth inventory and a competitor for superyacht customers.
• D-Marin: Operator of premium marina destinations across the Eastern Mediterranean, including marinas that appear in Marine Online's listings. Comparable because marina operators increasingly sell berths directly, competing with Marine Online's brokerage model.

Others

• Princess Yachts: UK luxury yacht manufacturer with a global dealer network. Comparable as a related marine leisure brand whose boats frequently appear in 'Boat + Berth' packages offered by Marine Online through broker-style turnkey solutions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/johnjohn8888
• Facebookfacebook.com/genusmarine
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/john-brewster-998572
• Instagraminstagram.com/marineonline_

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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