The Book of Lists is your resource to stay ahead of the competition. Get in-depth information on the largest and most influential businesses in East Tennessee. It is your instant reference tool for finding a company's top local executive, background on a specific industry, and much more. Create a list of sales contacts and general mailings lists, sort by company or geography, and import data directly to your desktop. Start your download now.

Log in here

PRODUCTS PROFILE ADD DATA CONTACT

Shopping Cart (0 items)

HTML View


Prefer PDFs? A printer-friendly PDF of this list is available.
Download PDF file


Prefer Excel? A complete spreadsheet of this list is available.
Download Excel file

Knoxville-Area Boat Manufacturers Ranked According to Number of Local Employees

Rank '12	'11	Company	Phone Website County	Local employees 2011 sales Manufacturing sq. ft.	Brands / popular models	Parent company	Top local executive Est. locally
1	1	Brunswick Boat Group & Sea Ray Boats1 2600 Sea Ray Blvd. Knoxville, TN 37914	865-522-4181 brunswick.com; searay.com Knox	745 NA NA	Arvor, Bayliner, Boston Whaler, Cabo Yachts, Crestliner, Cypress Cay, Harris FloteBote, Hatteras, Lowe, Lund, Meridian, Princecraft, Quicksilver, Rayglass, Sea Ray, Sealine, Suncruiser, Triton Aluminum, Trophy, Uttern, Valiant / Crestliner, Lowe, Lund, Princecraft	Brunswick Corp. Lake Forest, IL	Rob Parmentier President, Sea Ray - Meridian Yachts 2002
2	2	Mastercraft Boat Co. 100 Cherokee Cove Drive Vonore, TN 37885	423-884-2221 mastercraft.com Monroe	3702 NA 190,000	Mastercraft / X-Series	NA NA	Terry McNew President, CEO 1968
3	4	Yamaha-Tennessee Watercraft 2000 Cobia Drive Vonore, TN 37885	423-884-6881 yamaha-motor.com Monroe	3003 NA 193,600	Yamaha 21- and 24-foot sport boats / 242 Limited S, AR 240 High Output, SX210	Yamaha Motor Corp. Cypress, CA	Yoshi Nagami Vice president 1997
3	3	Malibu Boats 5075 Kimberly Way Loudon, TN 37774	865-458-5478 malibuboats.com Loudon	300 $117 million 150,000	Malibu, Axis / Wakesetter 247 LSV, Wakesetter 21.5 VLX, Wakesetter 23 LSV, Response LXi, Axis 22, Malibu MXZ	Malibu Boats Knoxville, TN	Jack Springer CEO 1989
5	5	Skier's Choice4 1717 Henry G. Lane St. Maryville, TN 37801	865-983-9924 skierschoice.com; moomba.com Blount	140 NA 144,000	Supra, Moomba / Launch 24 SSV, Mobius LSV	NA NA	Rick Tinker President 1999

1 Brunswick announced in October the closing of the SeaRay plant in Knoxville and consolidation of production operations in Vonore, TN and Palm Coast, FL.; 2 From Knoxville News Sentinel, Sept. 21, 2012; 3 Information from Monroe County Industrial Directory; 4 Source declined to participate. Information from 2011 survey
Source: Individual company representatives, individual company Web sites. NA=not applicable or not available. Area includes Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier and Union counties. This list and other Knoxville-area market data are available as Excel spreadsheets at www.knoxvillebiz.com. If you notice an error or omission, please contact Angela Akers at 865-342-6424 or lists@knoxvillebiz.com.