YBDSA

Name

YBDSA

Legal name

The Yacht Brokers, Designers and Surveyors Association Ltd

Website

https://ybdsa.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Maritime Professional Trade Association

NAICS

Ship Building and Repairing (336611), Boat Dealers (441222)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Classification Society & Flag-State Liaison / Plan Approval Support (IMAJAGAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Semi-Custom & Series Production Yacht Manufacturing (IMAJAEAM), Navigation, Communications & Integrated Bridge Systems Engineering (IMAJAGAH)

Keywords

• Yacht brokerage association
• Maritime professional services
• Yacht surveyor accreditation
• Yacht design standards
• Marine industry representation

Headquarters

HQ city

Petersfield

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Core offering

YBDSA is a UK trade association providing professional representation, networking, and industry advocacy for yacht brokers, yacht designers, and yacht surveyors. The association maintains linkages with two sister bodies—The Yacht Designers & Surveyors Association (YDSA) and The Association of Brokers & Yacht Agents (ABYA)—to deliver unified sector coverage across the UK maritime professional services market.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• The Yacht Designers & Surveyors AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLinked sister association representing yacht designers and surveyors. The two associations maintain separate websites (ydsa.co.uk and ybdsa.co.uk) but work in conjunction as related professional bodies within the UK maritime industry.
• The Association of Brokers & Yacht AgentscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLinked sister association representing yacht brokers and yacht agents. Maintains a collaborative relationship with YBDSA to provide comprehensive coverage of the UK maritime professional services sector through separate but affiliated organizations.

Scale indicators2 records

Others

• Lloyd's Register: Marine classification society setting technical standards for ship and yacht design, construction, and survey. Comparable in scope to the surveyor function within YBDSA, addressing plan approval and classification of vessels - closely related to the work of yacht surveyors in YBDSA's membership - although operating as a global commercial classification body rather than a membership association.

Emerging players

• BoatUS: US consumer-membership marine services organization offering advocacy, insurance, and towing. Comparable to YBDSA as a membership-based marine industry body, but consumer-facing rather than professional-facing, and serving the recreational boating mass market rather than specialist yacht professionals.

Direct peers

• International Superyacht Society: US-based non-profit trade association for the superyacht industry, covering builders, designers, brokers, and crew. Highly comparable to YBDSA in mission - representing a cross-section of yacht professionals - with the superyacht-market angle mapping closely to YBDSA's yacht broker, designer, and surveyor member base.
• The Yacht Designers & Surveyors Association (YDSA): Sister association to YBDSA, representing yacht designers and surveyors in the UK. Functionally overlaps with two of YBDSA's three member segments but operates as a separate legal entity - the two are 'linked' according to company data and share overlapping representation duties for the same professional community.
• The Association of Brokers & Yacht Agents (ABYA): Sister association to YBDSA covering yacht brokers and yacht agents in the UK. Directly mirrors YBDSA's brokerage segment and is explicitly listed as a linked association in the source data; together with YDSA, it forms the tripartite structure around YBDSA's member base.
• International Yacht Brokers Association (IYBA): US-based trade body for yacht brokers, providing codes of ethics, continuing education, and MLS-style listings. Directly comparable to the broker function of YBDSA at an international level, sharing the same professional standards and brokerage advocacy mission across a different geography.

Broad incumbents

• British Marine: UK-wide trade association for the leisure marine industry, covering boatbuilders, brokers, marinas, and chandlery. Highly comparable to YBDSA as a UK-domiciled membership body advocating for marine professionals, though its scope is broader and spans the entire leisure marine value chain rather than the narrow broker/designer/surveyor focus of YBDSA.
• Confederation of European Maritime Industries (CEMIN): European-level umbrella body for the recreational craft and marine equipment industry. Comparable to YBDSA in function (membership-based maritime advocacy and standards) but operating at continental rather than national scope and with a much broader marine-industry remit.
• Society of Maritime Industries (SMI): UK trade association representing the maritime equipment, services, and shipbuilding supply chain. Comparable to YBDSA as another UK maritime trade body providing advocacy and networking, but focused on commercial marine suppliers and engineering rather than yacht professionals.
• Royal Yachting Association (RYA): UK national governing body for boating and water sports, providing certification, training, and representation. Comparable to YBDSA as a UK-based membership and standards-setting body in the maritime sector, but oriented around recreational sailing participants rather than yacht brokers, designers, and surveyors.

Market position

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ybdsa

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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