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Top 25 Ship leasing companies based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 77 ship leasing companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 2,700 professional contacts across them, including 1,214 with verified work emails. Houston is the largest hub.
This list covers ship leasing 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 22, 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 25 largest ship leasing companies based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 774 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “GATX Corporation (NYSE: GATX) empowers our customers to propel the world forward.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 226 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Exmar Offshore Group Houston is the American branch of Exmar (Euronext: EXM), a descendant of the Compagnie Maritime Belge (Euronext: CMB) maritime group founded in 1895 in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 186 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Operating since 1979, Textainer is one of the world’s largest intermodal container lessors with more than 4 million (TEU) in our owned and managed fleet.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 170 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Launched in 2010, Air Lease Corporation (ALC) is an aircraft leasing company based in Los Angeles, California that has airline customers throughout the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 119 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “CAI International Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 101 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “SeaCube Container Leasing Ltd, and its associated companies acquire, own, manage and lease containers which are essential intermodal equipment used in global containerized cargo…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 96 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 69 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Azorra is a relationship-driven aircraft lessor that provides leasing, financing, fleet transition and asset management solutions to aircraft investors, financiers and airline…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 52 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Merrimak Capital Company Leading Global Leasing Solutions with Award-Winning Customer Service Our Company, Our Services Merrimak Capital Company is the industry's largest…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Pangaea is a global provider of comprehensive maritime logistics and transportation solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Maritime Partners, LLC is a privately held company leading the way in maritime assets, vessel leasing solutions, and construction financing in the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Operating one of the largest and most diverse fleets on the water, Navig8 Chemicals is consolidating the industrial chemicals shipping sector for the benefit of owners and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1905, Biehl is a full service agency handling the needs of various maritime interests including ship owners / operators, charterers and cargo interests.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in April of 2009, True North Chartering has spent the past decade as a leader in the tanker brokerage sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since our inception in 1979, we have focused on expanding our platform beyond the traditional core activities of the Spot Tanker Chartering and Sale/Purchase business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Committed to leading the container leasing industry through continuous investment in our business and by surpassing the expectations of our customers, investors, and employees.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Quincannon Associates is a dedicated leader of innovation in the global shipping industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “WNG Capital LLC is an aircraft leasing company whose global operations are based out of its offices in Dallas and Dublin.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1982, Landry & Kling Global Ship Solutions pioneered meetings and incentives at sea, and today, we are the global leader in ship charter logistics and dockside…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in 2016, Bravo Ship Management is a specialist in Technical Management, Crew Management and Maritime Consultancy to Shipowners globally.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Charles R.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Consistently ranked as a top-5 lessor since 2021 Global Tank Container Survey from ITCO, the International Tank Container Organisation, we are your committed partner for standard…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Safesea Group is a global force in the Shipping and Logistics Transportation sector providing end-to-end solutions for any type of cargo.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Okto Marine is a leading shipbrokerage firm specializing in tanker, dry bulk, and offshore markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1995, Nord-Sud Shipping is a family owned vessel agency located at Mile 147 of the Mississippi River at Grandview Anchorage.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 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: ship leasing 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 ship leasing companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of ship leasing companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name ship leasing 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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Ship leasing companies based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 22, 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 77 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 ship leasing 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 “ship leasing 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 leasing 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 leasing 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, 1,214 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 22, 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 ship leasing 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 leasing companies are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 77 ship leasing 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?
GATX, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most ship leasing companies?
Houston leads with 9 headquartered companies, followed by New York (5) and San Francisco (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 1,214 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 77 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 22, 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.