Turnover: 0.9 million EUR (2022)

Country: France

Beneteau acquires yacht charter application

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Wiziboat approaches the Vendée coast 27/05/2024

  • - Wiziboat creation date: 2017
  • - Number of permanent employees: 4
  • - Number of freelancers: 12
  • - Number of bases in 2023: 32
  • - Number of boats available: 91
  • - Growth of subscriber community: from 700 in 2021 to nearly 1,000 in 2023
  • - Sales before partnership with Beneteau: 800,000 euros
  • - Sales forecast for the end of 2024: between 1.3 and 1.4 million euros

Wiziboat: Beneteau changes gear in subscription-based boat rental 05/07/2023

  • Beneteau has acquired Cannes-based start-up Wiziboat, which offers boat rental services to private individuals via an app.
  • Wiziboat has 700 subscribers, 22 bases and 70 motorboats.
  • Wiziboat has been listed on Euronext Access since 2021.
  • Wiziboat's estimated sales for the 2022-2023 season are 900,000 euros, up 30%.
  • Beneteau has acquired a 74% stake in Wiziboat Beneteau also has a 49% stake in US company Your Boat Club, which offers a similar boat-sharing service; it has 1,000 subscribers.
  • In France, Beneteau has been testing the "boat club" concept since 2019 in Les Sables-d'Olonne with 45 members.
  • Beneteau plans to offer this service to its 500 European dealers.

Studies mentioning this company

The recreational boating market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Grand Large Yachting
  • Multiplast
  • Click & Boat
  • BoatSetter
  • Quo Vadis Plaisance
  • Beneteau (Groupe)
  • Chantiers Jeanneau (Groupe Beneteau)
  • Bénéteau Rent (Groupe Beneteau)
  • Fountaine Pajot
  • Sillinger
  • SamBoat.fr
  • Catana
  • Wauquiez
  • Wichard Groupe
  • Marsaudon Composites
  • Wiziboat
  • Yacht Concept - L'Arsenal
  • Navigare Yachting
  • Dufour Yachts (Fountaine Pajot)
  • Bavaria Yacht
  • Naviwatt
  • Temo
  • Plastimo
  • Accastillage Diffusion
  • Uship
  • NV equipement
  • Hunyvers
  • Alubat Shipyard
  • Nicols Yacht
  • T Top Nautisme
  • Privilège Marine
  • CDK Technologies
The boat rental market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Travelopia, Sunsail, Le Boat, The Moorings
  • Moorings France (Moorings Group)
  • Filovent
  • Dream Yacht Charter (Beneteau Groupe)
  • Bénéteau Rent (Groupe Beneteau)
  • Lagoon Catamaran (Construction Navale Bordeaux)
  • Globe Sailor
  • Quo Vadis Plaisance
  • Les Canalous
  • Le Boat (Travelopia)
  • Nautal
  • SamBoat.fr
  • Locaboat Holidays - Nicols Yacht
  • Click & Boat
  • Nauticoncept
  • Boataround
  • Voile et Vent
  • Wiziboat
  • Océans Evasion (Click & Boat)
  • GlobeSailor
  • Nicols Yacht
  • Catlante Catamarans