Market data · Yacht prices by size and type, and brokerage market figures

The price tape for yachting

Yacht prices are negotiated in private and announced, if at all, as asking prices — which makes the monthly brokerage record the closest thing the market has to a price index. Read across a year of those months and the pattern is clear: fewer trophy sales at the very top, steady volume in the middle, and a market that rewards newer, larger, well-maintained yachts while older tonnage waits.

Headline figures

Trend column: each figure is compared with its prior period from the same source, with the prior figure shown. Where no prior-period figure from the same source was available, the figure is labeled Baseline (October 2026) — trend tracking starts with the next refresh.

Monthly averages swing wildly — €9.3 million one month, €42.8 million the next — because a single very large sale can double a month's total. That volatility is the point, not a flaw: it shows a thin market at the top where one transaction rewrites the average. Broader context from the same coverage puts 2025 brokerage sales at €7.5 billion, with total value holding firm even as transaction counts eased from pandemic highs, as buyers shifted toward larger, higher-specification vessels. Source: BOAT International figures, via Boating NZ

Changelog

• October 2026: Initial edition — monthly brokerage sales, top sales, the market estimate, and new listings established; trend indicators added to every figure (prior-period figures shown where the same source publishes them; all other figures labeled Baseline (October 2026)).
• October 31, 2026: BOATPro September 2026 added (34 sales, €771.9M, €22.7M average) and Q3 2026 aggregate (€2.36B, up 41.5%); September 2025 restated by BOATPro to 23 sales / €961.1M / €41.8M average.