Trident Marine Group

What Trident Marine Group does

Trident Marine Group is a privately held marina management and consulting firm headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland, founded in 1955 and operating with 11-50 employees. The company manages three flagship marinas — Annapolis Maryland Capital Yacht Club, Chesapeake Harbour Marina, and Nabbs Creek Marina & Yacht Yard — alongside several additional managed properties across Maryland and Virginia, including Belmont Bay, Bowleys Marina, Fort Washington Marina, Little Creek Marina, Marina at Nautilus Point, Spa Creek Marina, Swan Creek Marina, and South River Marina.

The company's core offering is full-service marina management, encompassing daily operations oversight, staffing, financial reporting, compliance, and marketing, supplemented by a strategic consulting practice that serves marina owners, family offices, private equity groups, lenders, developers, and government agencies on pre-acquisition due diligence, operational assessments, and exit preparation. Revenue is generated through four primary streams: recurring slip rental revenue (wet slips, transient slips, annual and seasonal agreements), management fees on contracted properties, fuel dock sales, and TMG Concierge Services for boat maintenance, cleaning, painting, and mechanical work.

Trident's go-to-market is sales-led and largely direct, relying on phone inquiries, website contact forms, boat show presence, referrals, and a content marketing program anchored by an active blog and SEO-optimized local search pages. Pricing is quote-based and varies by slip size, location, and rental duration; specific price points are not publicly disclosed. The firm positions itself as an independent, non-transactional operator — explicitly without broker, appraisal, or asset-buying conflicts — combining boutique-firm personalized attention with institutional-grade operational discipline, supported by 60+ years of combined senior management experience and Clean Marina-aligned environmental compliance expertise.

Name

Trident Marine Group

Legal name

Trident Marine Group

Website

https://trident-marine.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1955

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Trident Marine Group is a privately held Annapolis-based firm that manages marinas and provides consulting, slip rentals, fuel sales, and concierge maintenance services across roughly ten properties in the Mid-Atlantic region. It serves marina owners, private equity groups, lenders, developers, government agencies, and individual boat owners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Marina Management Services

NAICS

Marinas (713930), Marinas (71393)

akta.pro primary industry

Project Management & Owner’s Engineering / Technical Consultancy (Spec Writing, Bid Support, Site Support) (IMAJAGAO)

Keywords

• Marina management services
• Boat slip rentals
• Waterfront consulting
• Dry boat storage
• Marina operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Annapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Slip Rental Services: Revenue from wet slips (permanent boat storage in water), transient slips (short-term overnight/seasonal rentals), and annual slip agreements. Pricing varies by slip size, location, and rental duration (daily, monthly, seasonal, annual).
2. Marina Management Fees: Fees charged for full-service marina management and consulting services provided to property owners and operators.
3. Fuel Sales: Fuel dock operations generating revenue from marine fuel sales to boaters at managed properties.
4. Concierge and Maintenance Services: TMG Concierge Services providing boat maintenance, repair, cleaning, painting, and mechanical work at flagship marinas.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Trident Marine Group provides full-service marina management and consulting services for marina property owners, investors, lenders, developers, and government agencies, while operating three flagship marinas offering wet slips, transient slips, dry boat storage, fuel dock services, and TMG Concierge maintenance and repair. The firm covers the full marina lifecycle from acquisition due diligence and operational consulting through day-to-day operations, marketing, financial reporting, and exit preparation across the Mid-Atlantic region.

Product overview

Trident Marine Group operates a unified marina management platform offering full-service management, consulting, and boat slip services across multiple marina properties. The core offering consists of Marina Management and Consulting services paired with Boat Slip products (wet slips, transient slips, and dry storage) available at their portfolio of owned and managed properties. Additional services include TMG Concierge Services for maintenance and repairs. The company manages 3 flagship marinas and several additional operated properties across the Mid-Atlantic region, including AMCYC in Annapolis, Chesapeake Harbour Marina, Nabbs Creek Marina, Marina at Nautilus Point, Spa Creek Marina, and others.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TMG Concierge Services: Maintenance and repair services including cleaning, painting, and mechanical work available at flagship marinas
• TMG Passport Program

Products and services

• Marina Management and Consulting

Quantifiable outcome

• Identified structural issue during due diligence that saved buyer from costly post-closing repairs
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Westrec Marinas: Marina management and consulting firm providing third-party marina operations and advisory services. Most directly comparable to Trident on the asset-light management-plus-consulting model, though operating primarily on the US West Coast.
• Suntex Marina Investors: One of the largest US marina operators, owning and managing over 100 marinas. Most directly comparable to Trident in core business model (marina operations, management fees, slip rental) but at vastly larger scale and with institutional backing.
• Marina Management Services: Independent marina management and consulting firm offering operational, financial, and marketing services to marina owners. Closely comparable to Trident on the boutique consulting-plus-management business model serving independent owners and small PE portfolios.

Others

• BoatUS: Largest US boating advocacy and services organization providing towing, insurance, and member benefits to recreational boaters. Adjacent peer given the shared end customer (individual boat owners) Trident serves through its slip rental and concierge services.

Emerging players

• Dockwa: Digital marina reservation and management platform used by independent marinas for transient slip bookings. Represents the technology-enabled emerging alternative to Trident's direct-operations approach, with overlap on transient slip distribution.

Broad incumbents

• IGY Marinas: International marina operator and developer operating premium yacht marinas globally. Overlaps with Trident on the managed-marina business model and the consultant-to-developer relationship Trident cultivates with waterfront developers.
• Safe Harbor Marinas: The largest US marina owner-operator with 200+ properties, owned by Sun Communities. Competes with Trident for managed-property contracts and represents the dominant acquirer of independently owned marinas in Trident's addressable market.

Regional players

• Cardinal Point Marinas: Mid-Atlantic focused marina operator managing multiple properties in the Chesapeake Bay region. Directly comparable on geography and customer base, competing with Trident for the same pool of Mid-Atlantic boaters and family-owned marina owners.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/tmg21401
• Facebookfacebook.com/TridentMarineGroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/trident-marine-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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