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Top 22 Passenger shipping companies based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 60 passenger shipping companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 53,022 professional contacts across them, including 3,953 with verified work emails. Miami is the largest hub.
This list covers passenger shipping companies headquartered in the United States, 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.
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 22 largest passenger shipping companies based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14,731 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(NYSE: NCLH) is a leading global cruise company which operates Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 13,336 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Princess is the world’s leading premium cruise line operating a fleet of modern ships visiting over 380 destinations around the globe on more than 160 itineraries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 7,754 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For more than 150 years, Holland America Line has been a recognized leader in cruising, taking our guests to exotic destinations around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 7,641 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Royal Caribbean is the world’s largest cruise line building on a proud history of innovation as we continue to redefine what a vacation can be.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 1,853 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Recognized Worldwide for Diverse and Dynamic Marine Transportation Solutions Founded as Edison Chouest Boat Rental in Galliano, Louisiana, in 1960, the Edison Chouest Offshore…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 1,023 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Join a dynamic and fast-growing company that's making waves in the cruise industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 670 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 413 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “SMS is an industry leader that has been providing all passenger logistics services including port agency, turnaround services and shore excursions worldwide for well over 20 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 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 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 361 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Entertainment Cruises believes in the power of a moment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 232 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “There is another way to travel-slower, more authentic and guided by the wind and the natural rhythm of the sea.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 213 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At American Queen Voyages™, we firmly believe that our employees drive the ongoing success of our company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 99 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Keystone Shipping is a U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 76 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “A symbol of Pittsburgh's river renaissance, the Gateway Clipper Fleet has grown from a one boat, 100 passenger operation to the five boat, 1500 passenger fleet of today.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 52 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 40 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Belle Chasse Marine Transportation, LLC located in 5813 Citrus Blvd, Harahan, LA, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fort Lauderdale Water Taxi has been an icon in South Florida for over 30 years, offering year-round service, private charters, venue options, and special event transportation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “StarLite Cruises, a diverse line of passenger vessels, is an enterprise with five vessels that cruise the intracoastal waterways of coastal Florida.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At E Squared Marine Service, LLC, our vision is to continuously grow as a leader in the marine transportation industry through outstanding regulatory and compliance improvements.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “American Tugs, LLC is a maritime company based in La Conner, WA, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “NY Waterway is the fastest and most convenient way to NYC, whether you're commuting to work, heading to NYC for dinner or to take in a Broadway Show” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Maritime Operators & Managers for Passenger and Bulk Cargo Vessels” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 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 shipping companies. 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 shipping companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of passenger shipping companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name passenger shipping companies. 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 shipping companies based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 17, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 60 companies.
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 shipping 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.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “passenger shipping 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 passenger shipping 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 passenger shipping companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- 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, 3,953 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
- 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.
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 shipping 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 passenger shipping companies are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 60 passenger shipping companies headquartered in the United States 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?
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings LTD, headquartered in Miami, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most passenger shipping companies?
Miami leads with 8 headquartered companies, followed by Fort Lauderdale (3) and Orlando (3).
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 3,953 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 60 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 17, 2026.
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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.
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