Makocraft has been recognised in InsightAce Analytic’s newly released Fishing Boat Market Size, Revenue and Forecast Report 2026–2035 — listed among the leading players in the global fishing boat industry, alongside builders from North America, Europe, Scandinavia and Australia.

For a company that builds boats in Australia, for Australian conditions, it’s a result worth acknowledging.

What the report found

The report puts the global fishing boat market at US$470.14 billion in 2025, forecast to reach US$1,014.42 trillion… US$1.01 trillion by 2035 — growth of 8.2% per year across the decade.

Three findings stood out to us:

Boats between 5 and 6 metres are the fastest-growing segment. The report identifies this size range as the strongest growth category in the market, driven by buyers who want a boat that balances capability with practicality — one they can tow behind the family car, launch single-handed and store at home without hiring a berth.

Buyers want versatility. The research points to demand for boats that handle freshwater and coastal work equally well, with layouts that suit fishing one weekend and family time the next.

Running costs matter. Ownership cost is named as the single biggest brake on the market — fuel, servicing, storage and upkeep. Buyers are gravitating toward boats that are efficient to run and straightforward to maintain.

Why it matters for Australian boat owners

None of this is news to anyone who’s launched a boat off a Queensland ramp at first light.

The trailerable 5–6 metre plate and pressed aluminium boat has been the backbone of Australian recreational fishing for decades — because it suits the way we actually fish. Estuaries and creeks one weekend, offshore reef the next. Long tows to remote ramps. Oyster racks, sand bars, rock ledges and the odd hard landing.

That’s the segment the global market is now growing fastest in. It’s also the segment Makocraft has built its name on.

Aluminium is a big part of the reason. It takes a hit and keeps going. It doesn’t punish you at the fuel bowser the way heavier hulls do. And it holds its value, because a well-built alloy hull has a long working life ahead of it.

What we’re focused on next

Recognition in a market report is a marker, not a finish line. Our focus stays where it’s always been:

  • Build quality — sound welds, proper structure, boats that last.
  • Layouts that work — deck space, storage and fishing features arranged around how people actually use the boat.
  • Dealer support — a network that knows the product and looks after owners after the sale.
  • Australian made and owned — designed and built here, for the water we fish.

Thank you

This recognition belongs to the people building these boats, the dealers who stand behind them, and every owner who’s put a Makocraft in the water and told a mate about it.

Looking for your next boat? Browse the Makocraft range or find your nearest dealer.

Source: InsightAce Analytic, Fishing Boat Market Size, Revenue, Forecast Report 2026–2035.