What TELNAV does

TELNAV USA is a privately held marine electronics service company headquartered in Weston, Florida, operating service depots in Miami, Houston, and Long Beach. The company delivers installation, commissioning, maintenance, and repair services for navigation, communication, monitoring, security, radar, tracking integration, VSAT/4G, and SAT TV systems on yachts and other vessels typically ranging from 80 to 250 feet in length. TELNAV also performs class and flag-state certification surveys (Radio, VDR, AIS, GMDSS) and is certified across seven major maritime classification societies — RINA, Bureau Veritas, NKK, ABS, DNV, Lloyd's Register, and Korean Register — enabling it to service both private and commercially flagged vessels. The company self-describes as 'the largest service network in the Americas for Marine Electronics.'

The business is structured as a professional-services operation: TELNAV sells technician hours and project work rather than proprietary hardware. Field engineers are dispatched from the three coastal depots to client vessels, and the firm offers recurring maintenance relationships in addition to one-time service calls, with disclosed commercial terms of a four-hour minimum charge per service call plus expenses. The company's stated mission — 'One Call, One Solution' — emphasizes a single point of contact across the full marine electronics stack. Customer segmentation is vertical, focused exclusively on the yachting industry (luxury yacht owners/operators and, by virtue of class certifications, commercial fleet operators).

TELNAV is a small private company with no disclosed funding, no public listing, no parent company, and no disclosed management team. Its legal entity (TELNAV USA) traces to 2020 based on corporate copyright; firmographic data references an earlier 1987 heritage. There are no published revenue figures, no named customer logos, and no disclosed partnerships. Marketing presence is minimal and channel-light, with growth signaled primarily by an active job posting for a Junior Marine Electronics Service Engineer (Houston, May 2026) and the cumulative build-out of class society credentials.

Name

TELNAV

Legal name

TELNAV USA

Website

https://telnav.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

TELNAV USA is a private marine electronics service company operating depots in Miami, Houston, and Long Beach, providing installation, maintenance, and class certification of navigation, communication, radar, monitoring, and satellite systems for yachts and commercial vessels across the Americas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Marine Electronics Services

NAICS

Ship Building and Repairing (336611)

SIC

Ship & Boat Building & Repairing (3730)

akta.pro primary industry

Marine Electrical Installation, Commissioning & Field Services (IMAJAJAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Telematics Hardware, Sensors & Installation Services (TLABAJAL)

Keywords

• Marine electronics services
• Yacht navigation systems
• Vessel communication equipment
• Marine radar installation
• VSAT satellite connectivity

Headquarters

HQ city

Weston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Marine Electronics Services: TELNAV generates revenue through service contracts, installation, commissioning, and maintenance of marine electronics on yachts. Services include marine navigation, communication, monitoring, security systems, radar, tracking integration, VSAT and 4G connectivity, and SAT TV solutions. Revenue is derived from both one-time service calls and ongoing maintenance relationships.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

TELNAV is a marine electronics service company that installs, commissions, maintains, and repairs navigation, communication, monitoring, security, radar, tracking, VSAT/4G, and SAT TV systems on yachts ranging from 80 to 250 feet. The company delivers its services through three U.S. service depots (Miami/Weston FL, Houston TX, and Long Beach CA) and a traveling field engineering team, backed by marine classification society certifications for Radio, VDR, AIS, and GMDSS survey work.

Product overview

TELNAV is a marine electronics service company offering a comprehensive suite of installation, maintenance, and monitoring services for yachts and vessels ranging from 80 to 250 feet. The company's service portfolio includes Marine Navigation, Marine Monitoring, Class and Flag State Certification, Radar Services, Tracking Integration, VSAT and 4G connectivity solutions, and SAT TV Solutions. As the largest service network in the Americas for Marine Electronics, TELNAV provides technical excellence in marine navigation, communication, monitoring, and security systems for the yachting industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Marine Electronics Services Marine electronics installation, maintenance, and monitoring services for yachts and vessels, including navigation, communication, and security systems, sold to yacht owners and operators in the Americas.
• Marine Navigation Service Installation and maintenance of marine navigation equipment for vessels; a service offering for yacht operators requiring navigation system support.
• Marine Monitoring Service Remote and onboard monitoring services for vessel systems and equipment, delivered as a marine electronics service to yacht operators.
• Class and Flag State Certification Service Certification and compliance services for vessels including radio, VDR (Voyage Data Recorder), AIS (Automatic Identification System), and GMDSS (Global Maritime Distress and Safety System) surveys under marine classification societies.
• Radar Service Radar system installation and maintenance services for marine vessels, provided as part of TELNAV's marine electronics service portfolio.
• Tracking Integration Service Vessel tracking and integration services for fleet management and monitoring, sold as a marine electronics service to yacht operators.
• VSAT and 4G Connectivity Service Satellite and cellular connectivity solutions including VSAT and 4G systems for vessels, delivered as part of TELNAV's communications service portfolio.
• SAT TV Solutions Service Satellite television system installation and configuration for vessels, sold to yacht operators as part of TELNAV's marine electronics service portfolio.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Aigean Networks: Aigean Networks provides marine networking hardware and software (Wi-Fi, routing, remote monitoring) for yachts, overlapping with TELNAV's VSAT/4G connectivity and onboard monitoring service offerings.
• Yacht Cloud: Yacht Cloud provides integrated onboard IT, entertainment, and connectivity management for superyachts, intersecting with TELNAV's monitoring, VSAT/4G, and SAT TV service lines.
• Siren Marine: Siren Marine offers remote vessel monitoring and tracking solutions for yachts and boats. It overlaps with TELNAV's tracking integration and marine monitoring service categories.

Broad incumbents

• Garmin Marine: Garmin's marine division produces navigation, radar, sonar, and communication electronics used on yachts. Service partners like TELNAV install and maintain Garmin equipment on superyachts.
• Intellian Technologies: Intellian manufactures marine VSAT, satellite TV, and antenna systems commonly installed and serviced by marine electronics integrators like TELNAV. It is a key equipment supplier in the same workflow.
• KVH Industries: KVH is a major provider of marine satellite communications (VSAT, mini-VSAT) and SAT TV systems, often integrated on the same yachts TELNAV services. It is a vendor partner and adjacent competitor in the marine electronics value chain.
• Raymarine (Teledyne FLIR): Raymarine is a leading manufacturer of marine navigation, radar, sonar, and communication electronics for yachts and commercial vessels. Its equipment is routinely installed and maintained by service companies like TELNAV.

Others

• Inmarsat (Viasat): Inmarsat (now part of Viasat) provides maritime satellite connectivity (Fleet Xpress, FleetBroadband) installed and serviced by marine electronics companies. It is an enabling infrastructure provider rather than a direct competitor.

Regional players

• Bond Technology Management: Bond Technology Management is a marine electronics systems integrator and service provider, focused on commercial vessels and yachts. It is a regional peer offering comparable installation, repair, and AV/IT integration services.
• Junction International (Marine Electronics): Junction International provides marine electronics installation, maintenance, and A/V integration services for yachts, operating as a regional service peer in the same niche as TELNAV.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance12 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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