Ranking builders by average yacht length produces a different picture from ranking total output. SYG compares qualifying builders using its verified public fleet.
Ranking superyacht builders by the average size of their yachts produces a very different picture from ranking them by total output. A yard that builds only a small number of enormous custom yachts can sit above a much more prolific builder whose fleet spans 30 to 80 metres, so average length measures the scale of a yard’s published fleet rather than its production volume or commercial success.
This Superyacht Guide ranking uses the public fleet database on 10 September 2026, excludes residential yachts and yacht liners under the site’s permanent ranking rule, and includes only builders with at least three qualifying public yachts. That minimum sample reduces the distortion that would occur if a yard with one exceptional project were allowed to top the table.
Builders ranked by average yacht length
- Lürssen — average 103.32m across 57 yachts · largest 180.60m
- Oceanco — average 76.36m across 28 yachts · largest 125.00m
- Abeking & Rasmussen — average 72.86m across 19 yachts · largest 118.20m
- Turquoise Yachts — average 64.99m across 33 yachts · largest 99.00m
- Amels — average 61.49m across 89 yachts · largest 120.00m
- Damen Yachting — average 60.86m across 25 yachts · largest 77.00m
- CRN Yachts — average 54.09m across 41 yachts · largest 80.50m
- Benetti Yachts — average 53.77m across 50 yachts · largest 108.00m
- Bilgin Yachts — average 53.77m across 20 yachts · largest 82.00m
- Tankoa Yachts — average 53.28m across 20 yachts · largest 72.00m
- Feadship — average 52.98m across 240 yachts · largest 118.80m
- Royal Huisman — average 52.56m across 25 yachts · largest 85.00m
- Heesen Yachts — average 52.49m across 45 yachts · largest 80.07m
- Rossinavi — average 51.97m across 23 yachts · largest 70.16m
- Perini Navi — average 50.89m across 44 yachts · largest 88.00m
- Codecasa — average 49.08m across 5 yachts · largest 62.00m
- ISA Yachts — average 48.07m across 22 yachts · largest 67.00m
- Admiral Yachts — average 46.70m across 35 yachts · largest 78.00m
- Delta Marine — average 45.78m across 24 yachts · largest 73.15m
- Sanlorenzo — average 45.43m across 6 yachts · largest 73.00m
- Baglietto — average 41.80m across 63 yachts · largest 59.40m
- Cantiere delle Marche — average 33.49m across 25 yachts · largest 46.71m
- Moonen Yachts — average 29.93m across 51 yachts · largest 38.16m
Lürssen leads decisively in the current dataset, with 57 public yachts averaging 103.32 metres and a largest yacht of 180.6 metres. The result reflects the German yard’s long concentration on very large custom projects, where a substantial share of the published fleet sits well above the size range targeted by most production-oriented superyacht builders.
Oceanco follows with 28 yachts averaging 76.36 metres, while Abeking & Rasmussen ranks third at 72.86 metres across 19 yachts. Both yards have broad histories, but their current published fleets are weighted toward substantial custom yachts, which lifts the mean well above builders whose catalogues include many 30–50 metre vessels.
Average size is not the same as largest yacht
A single record-breaking yacht can raise a yard’s profile without necessarily changing its average very much, which is why the ranking also shows sample size and maximum length. Feadship, for example, has a largest yacht of 118.8 metres in the current public dataset but an average of 52.98 metres across 240 yachts because its historical output covers a much wider range of sizes.
Amels provides another useful example. Its 89 qualifying yachts average 61.49 metres and include projects up to 120 metres, reflecting both large custom work and a long Limited Editions history. Damen Yachting averages 60.86 metres across 25 yachts, but the two brands represent different product families and should not simply be merged without changing the methodology.
Average length therefore answers a narrow question: if a reader selects a qualifying yacht at random from a builder’s current public SYG fleet, how large is that yacht on average? It does not measure revenue, gross tonnage, profitability, order-book value, build quality or how many yachts the yard is currently constructing.
The 50–65 metre cluster is crowded
Turquoise Yachts sits fourth at 64.99 metres, followed by Amels and Damen Yachting just above 60 metres. CRN, Benetti, Bilgin, Tankoa, Feadship, Royal Huisman, Heesen and Rossinavi then form a dense group between roughly 52 and 54 metres, demonstrating how much of the established superyacht industry is centred around this size band.
Within that group, the business models differ substantially. Benetti combines large custom yachts with repeatable platforms, Tankoa operates in a relatively concentrated modern range, Royal Huisman specialises heavily in large sailing and custom yachts, and Heesen has built numerous fast and displacement motor yachts around 50 to 60 metres.
Because the ranking is length-based, a high-volume builder with many smaller superyachts can appear below a lower-volume specialist in large custom work. That is not a judgement of quality; it is simply the mathematical consequence of averaging fleets with different size distributions.
Why sample size matters
The minimum of three yachts is intentionally modest so specialist yards remain visible, but readers should still interpret a five-yacht average differently from a 240-yacht average. Codecasa, for example, appears with five qualifying yachts averaging 49.08 metres, while Feadship’s 52.98-metre figure is derived from a much larger historical sample.
A higher minimum sample would make the table more statistically stable but would exclude many respected yards whose verified public fleet data are not yet as complete in the database. Superyacht Guide therefore publishes the yacht count beside the average so readers can see the denominator rather than presenting every figure as equally robust.
Database coverage can also affect the result. If a yard’s older small yachts are well documented but some recent large projects are still being researched, its average may be temporarily depressed; the reverse can happen if the public dataset contains mainly flagship yachts and not the builder’s smaller historical output.
Builder identity also needs care
Shipyard groups can operate multiple brands, and historical mergers or rebrandings can split fleets across names. Amels and Damen Yachting are deliberately shown separately because they are distinct builder records in the SYG database, while Italian and Dutch groups can likewise contain several operating brands whose yachts should not be combined casually.
Country labels also vary historically, particularly “Netherlands” and “The Netherlands,” which must be normalised when doing country-level analysis but do not affect the builder averages themselves. The important point is that each average is calculated from yachts linked to the specific builder entity stored in the live database.
Where builder attribution is missing or uncertain, the yacht is excluded from this particular calculation rather than guessed. That protects the ranking from inflating or reducing a yard’s average through an ambiguous project relationship.
What the ranking reveals
The table confirms a clear distinction between giga-yacht specialists and builders whose strength lies in a broader superyacht range. Lürssen, Oceanco and Abeking & Rasmussen occupy the top three because their published fleets are heavily weighted toward very large custom yachts, while yards such as Baglietto, Cantiere delle Marche and Moonen rank lower because they have built many more yachts in the 25–50 metre segment.
That lower average can be commercially valuable rather than a weakness. A builder focused on 30–45 metre yachts addresses a much larger ownership pool and can often use repeat platforms, while a yard averaging above 75 metres serves a far smaller number of clients through exceptionally complex and expensive projects.
The 10 September 2026 ranking is therefore best used as a scale indicator, not a league table of “best” shipyards. As the Superyacht Guide fleet database expands and builder attributions are refined, averages will change, and the published sample count will remain essential for understanding what each figure actually represents.
