ELLIOTT BAY YACHT SALES LLC

Name

ELLIOTT BAY YACHT SALES LLC

Legal name

Elliott Bay Yacht Sales LLC

Website

https://elliottbayyachtsales.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Yacht Brokerage Services

NAICS

Boat Dealers (441222)

akta.pro primary industry

Boat & Personal Watercraft (PWC) Retail (CRAMAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sailing & Rigging Retail (Sailboats, Sails, Hardware) (CRAMAIAG)

Keywords

• Yacht brokerage services
• Pre-owned powerboat sales
• Pre-owned sailboat sales
• Boat listing brokerage
• Marine sales services

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Yacht Sales Commission: Traditional yacht brokerage earning commissions on yacht sales transactions. The company lists vessels for sale and facilitates transactions between buyers and sellers of powerboats and sailing yachts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Elliott Bay Yacht Sales LLC is a Seattle-based yacht brokerage that lists and sells pre-owned powerboats and sailboats ranging from 28 to 77 feet in length. The company provides professional brokerage services to individual buyers and sellers, facilitating vessel transactions through a three-broker team based at Elliott Bay Marina near Downtown Seattle, with listings spanning brands such as Beneteau, Hunter, J/Boats, Tartan, Grand Banks, Hinckley, Chris-Craft, True North, Duckworth, and Glacier Bay.

Product overview

Elliott Bay Yacht Sales LLC operates as a traditional yacht broker/dealer offering a unified platform for buying and selling pre-owned powerboats and sailboats. The company maintains an inventory of exclusive yacht listings ranging from 28 to 77 feet in length, with brands including Beneteau, Hunter, J/Boats, Tartan, Grand Banks, Hinckley, Chris-Craft, True North, Duckworth, and Glacier Bay. The company provides brokerage services through a team of three experienced brokers (Paul Jenkins, Bill O'Brien, and Mark Lindeman) at their Elliott Bay Marina location near Downtown Seattle.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Powerboat Sales

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Burgess Yachts: International luxury yacht brokerage with sail and motor yacht expertise. Comparable core service (yacht sales representation) but operates globally and at the superyacht end of the market rather than regional mid-market.
• Denison Yachting: Larger, multi-office U.S. yacht brokerage with significant technology investment (online listings, CRM, mobile tools) and West Coast offices. Comparable in product and customer base but operates at greater scale and with more digital sophistication.
• Fraser Yachts: Global luxury yacht brokerage and charter firm with deep experience in sailing and motor yachts. Comparable in product category (yacht sales) but serves a significantly higher price tier and a global, rather than regional, customer base.
• Northrop & Johnson: Global yacht brokerage with strong sail and motor yacht representation. Comparable in transaction model and customer type but with a larger international footprint and a higher average transaction size.
• Camper & Nicholsons: Historic luxury yacht brokerage and charter firm specializing in sailing and motor yachts. Comparable in product category but addresses the upper-luxury and global market rather than Pacific Northwest regional buyers.

Others

• YachtWorld: Leading online yacht listings marketplace that aggregates broker inventory for buyer discovery. Acts as a distribution channel for brokerages like Elliott Bay but also a potential disintermediation threat to traditional offline broker models.
• Boat Trader: Major online boat marketplace used by both dealers and private sellers to reach buyers nationwide. Comparable to Elliott Bay's buyer-discovery function but at much greater scale and with self-serve digital tools that reduce reliance on broker-led transactions.

Direct peers

• United Yacht Sales: U.S. yacht brokerage network representing both power and sailing yachts through a commission-based broker model. Comparable in core offering, target customer (mid- to upper-market recreational boat buyers), and reliance on independent commissioned sales agents.
• HMY Yacht Sales: Established U.S. yacht brokerage with multiple offices selling pre-owned and new yachts in the power and sailing segments. Operates with a similar transaction-based model targeting recreational boat buyers across price tiers.
• Stan Miller Yachts: West Coast yacht dealership and brokerage with Pacific Northwest presence, selling new and brokerage power and sail yachts across multiple brand lines. Highly comparable in product offering, customer segment, and transaction-based commission model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/elliott-bay-yacht-sales-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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