Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Passenger ferry operators worldwide
RevenueBase identified 355 passenger ferry operators worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 16,080 professional contacts across them, including 4,415 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Stockholm the largest hub.
This list covers passenger ferry operators worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026. Country and city lists for passenger ferry operators follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest passenger ferry operators worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,321 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “From our early beginnings with just two vessels operating on a single route, today we have grown to be one of the largest and most complex ferry systems in the world, with 37…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,405 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 690 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Caledonian MacBrayne is an award-winning ferry operator sailing to 30 island destinations across the west coast of Scotland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 670 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “City Cruises, part of the Hornblower Group, is a leading global provider of unforgettable dining, sightseeing, charters and private events, live experiences, and essential ferry…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 653 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Scandlines is a modern and innovative ferry operator with a green vision for the future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 521 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “AS Tallink Grupp is one of the leading providers of passenger transport and cargo transport services in the northern part of the Baltic Sea region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 407 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Molslinjen is Denmark's largest domestic ferry company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 383 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fjord1 si kjerneverksemd er ferjetransport, i tillegg driv vi med passasjerbåt, catering og reiseliv.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 377 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “City Experiences, part of the Hornblower Group, is a global leader in creating amazing water and land experiences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 366 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “İstanbul Deniz Otobüsleri A.Ş.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 361 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Entertainment Cruises believes in the power of a moment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 338 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Leisure and transport conglomerate in the canary islands” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 310 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Uber Boat by Thames Clippers provide commuters and day trippers with a relaxing way to travel around the capital.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 263 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “HUMBLE BEGINNINGS: Starlite started its operations 22 years ago, with its first vessel “M/V Starlite Ferry”.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 250 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fjord Line was founded in 1993.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 247 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “As Britain's Best Ferry Operator, we provide an award-winning service between the Isle of Wight and mainland UK, bringing 4.2 million people together every year.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 208 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Candela Technology is pioneering the future of waterborne public transport with electric hydrofoil ferries that combine zero emissions, high speed, and exceptional energy…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 186 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Fullers360 has deep roots in Auckland maritime travel and has been the leading ferry provider in Auckland for over 40 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 176 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Şehir Hatları İdaresi 19.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 135 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Spirit of Tasmania is one of Australia’s most iconic travel experiences, operating sailings across Bass Strait between Geelong and Devonport on Tasmania’s north coast.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 123 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Liberty Lines, fondata nel 1993, è il leader mondiale nel trasporto marittimo veloce per passeggeri, con una flotta di oltre 30 navi HSC e 3,5 milioni di passeggeri trasportati…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 110 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Up through the 1800's, ferries were the only way to get to and around Manhattan.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 109 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company is the oldest continually operating passenger shipping company in the world, having begun operations in 1830.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 91 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1926, Riverside Marine is a leading marine operator, 100% Australian owned and operated private company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 91 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “More than one million passengers set sail to Catalina Island each year on board Catalina Express.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: passenger ferry operators. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names passenger ferry operators.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of passenger ferry operators, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name passenger ferry operators. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Passenger ferry operators worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among passenger ferry operators, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for passenger ferry operators are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “passenger ferry operators”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names passenger ferry operators), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among passenger ferry operators, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 4,415 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Passenger ferry operators by location
2 lists · largest firstEvery Passenger ferry operators list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names passenger ferry operators, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many passenger ferry operators are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 355 passenger ferry operators worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
BC Ferries, headquartered in Victoria, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most passenger ferry operators?
The United States leads with 49 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (26). Every passenger ferry operators list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most passenger ferry operators?
Stockholm leads with 5 headquartered companies, followed by Athens (4) and Auckland (4).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 4,415 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 355 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.