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Top 25 Ship building companies worldwide

RevenueBase identified 1,534 ship building companies worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 86,658 professional contacts across them, including 15,192 with verified work emails and 0 with mobile numbers. Italy is the largest market and Istanbul the largest hub.

This list covers ship building companies 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 17, 2026. Country and city lists for ship building companies 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 17, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
1,534Companies
86,658Contacts tracked
15,192Verified emails
0Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest ship building companies worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 1,534 ship building companies worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to ship building companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceNewport News, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202610001+7,430 contacts →

Partial evidence

“For 137 years, the ships built at Newport News Shipbuilding, like the American shipbuilders who built them, have served our nation in peace and war, in times of adversity and in…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2Indirect evidenceGorinchem, NetherlandsHQ checked Sep 17, 202610001+4,210 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Oceans, seas, lakes and rivers offer growing possibilities in the areas of trade, food, energy and recreation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3Indirect evidence6002 Ålesund, NorwayHQ checked Sep 17, 20265,001-10,0002,451 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“VARD is one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4Indirect evidenceSaint-nazaire, FranceHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,0002,004 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Installée sur la façade Atlantique, Chantiers de l’Atlantique est une entreprise de construction maritime (paquebots, sous-stations…) et de services aux flottes.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5Indirect evidenceErnakulam, IndiaHQ checked Sep 17, 202610001+1,999 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Cochin Shipyard was incorporated in the year 1972 as a fully owned Government of India company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6Partial evidenceBath, ME, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 20265,001-10,0001,696 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Bath Built Is Best Built" Part of General Dynamics Marine Systems, Bath Iron Works is a full service shipyard specializing in the design, building and support of complex surface…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,0001,484 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“General Dynamics NASSCO traces its beginnings to the working waterfront of beautiful and historic San Diego Bay.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8Indirect evidenceHenderson, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 17, 20265,001-10,0001,430 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Austal is an Australian shipbuilder and global defence prime contractor which designs, constructs and sustains some of the world’s most advanced commercial and defence vessels.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9Indirect evidenceSao José Do Norte, BrazilHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,0001,112 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Somos o EBR – Estaleiros do Brasil Ltda.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10Indirect evidenceNiterói, BrazilHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,0001,019 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“O MAIS EXPERIENTE ESTALEIRO DO BRASIL O Mauá é o mais experiente e tradicional estaleiro em operação no Brasil com atividades desde 1845.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11Indirect evidenceYalova, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,0001,007 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Tersan Shipyard Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12Partial evidenceTurku, FinlandHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000933 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Meyer Turku Oy shipyard is specialized in the construction of very demanding, innovative, and environmentally efficient cruise ships, car ferries, and special vessels.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13Indirect evidencePapenburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000856 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Innovation and Technology MEYER WERFT GmbH based in Papenburg was founded in 1795.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14Indirect evidenceLockport, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20265,001-10,000853 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Bollinger Shipyards is the leading provider of quality new construction, repair and conversion products and services to both the military and commercial marine industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15Indirect evidencePlymouth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000848 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“On this page Distinction in Detail We established our home in Plymouth, on the edge of the English Channel, in 1965.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16Indirect evidenceYalova, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 17, 20265,001-10,000814 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Established in 2007, Sefine Shipyard swiftly rose to prominence, becoming a leading force in the maritime sector in a remarkably short time.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17Indirect evidenceBatam, IndonesiaHQ checked Sep 17, 20265,001-10,000696 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“PT.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
18Indirect evidenceAbu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000660 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“ADSB is the regional leader in the new build, repair, maintenance, refit and conversion of naval and commercial vessels.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
19Indirect evidenceVirginia Beach, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000627 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Fleet Support Group has more than 2,500 employees in over 35 locations across the globe, providing maintenance, modernization, unmanned systems development, engineering…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
20Partial evidenceIstanbul, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000605 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Gemak Group is proud of being in service to over ship owners and managers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
21Indirect evidenceYalova, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000520 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Besiktas Shipyard was established in 2007 in Yalova Turkey as an investment of Besiktas Group.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
22Indirect evidencePhiladelphia, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000486 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Trusted U.S.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
23Partial evidenceYalova, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000461 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Cemre Shipyard, with modern facilities, is one of the leading new building shipyards located in Turkey.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
24Indirect evidenceLévis, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000453 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Davie is more than just Canada’s largest shipbuilder; in fact it is more than just a shipbuilder.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
25Indirect evidenceBatam, IndonesiaHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000440 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“KTU Shipyard built its first shipyard at Sagulung, Batam in and Sekupang, Batam in 2005.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026

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Ship building companies worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026
17.5%Verified-email coverage
56.5Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
3.5%Largest-city concentration · Istanbul
Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
417
11-50
514
51-200
318
201-500
137
501-1,000
58
1,001-5,000
62
5,001-10,000
7
10001+
8

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 ship building companies, 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
18 countries, largest first: Italy, the United States, the Netherlands, Türkiye, India, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Indonesia, Poland and 8 more. Country and city lists for ship building companies are linked below.
What qualifies
Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “ship building companies”. 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 ship building companies), 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 ship building companies, 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, 15,192 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 17, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Ship building companies by location

18 lists · largest first

Every Ship building companies list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

Countries

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 ship building companies, 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 ship building companies are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 1,534 ship building companies 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?

Newport News Shipbuilding, A Division Of HII, headquartered in Newport News, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most ship building companies?

Italy leads with 196 companies, followed by the United States (181) and the Netherlands (174). Every ship building companies list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most ship building companies?

Istanbul leads with 53 headquartered companies, followed by Tuzla (29) and Gdansk (24).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 17, 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.