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Building of ships and floating structures (PKD 30.11.Z)

This subclass includes:

  • manufacture of civil vessels (excluding sports and recreational boats) and floating structures:
    • passenger ships, ferries, merchant ships, tankers, tugs,
    • fishing vessels, fishing boats, factory ships and other vessels for processing or preserving fishery products,
    • hovercraft, except hovercraft intended for recreational purposes,
    • floating or submersible drilling platforms,
  • manufacture of floating craft, for example:
    • floating docks, pontoons, caissons, floating piers, buoys, floats, barges, lightships, floating cranes, inflatable rafts intended for purposes other than recreation and the like,
  • manufacture of sections for vessels and floating structures,
  • manufacture of underwater drones,
  • factory conversion of vessels,
  • installation of technical interior equipment of vessels.

This subclass excludes:

  • manufacture of parts of vessels, other than basic hull assemblies:
    • manufacture of sails, classified in 13.96.Z,
    • manufacture of propellers for vessels, classified in 25.99.Z,
    • manufacture of anchors of cast iron or steel, classified in 25.99.Z,
    • manufacture of engines for vessels and floating structures, classified in 28.11.Z,
  • manufacture of navigational instruments, classified in 26.51.Z,
  • manufacture of lighting equipment for vessels, classified in 27.40.Z,
  • factory overhauls of engines for civil vessels and boats, classified in 28.11.Z,
  • manufacture of amphibious motor vehicles, classified in 29.10.E, 30.40.Z,
  • manufacture of inflatable boats and rafts, recreational or sporting, classified in 30.12.Z,
  • manufacture of yachts, classified in 30.12.Z,
  • building of warships and naval vessels, classified in 30.13.Z,
  • specialised repair and maintenance of civil vessels and other floating structures, classified in 33.15.Z,
  • dismantling of vessels, classified in 38.21.Z,
  • carrying out internal installations (other than technical) in vessels and boats, classified in the appropriate subclasses of group 43.3.

Industry statistics (2025)

Number of companies

Companies (primary PKD)
540
Companies (secondary PKD)
1,894
Companies with financials
285

Legal structure

Legal formShare of companiesNumber of companies
  • Sp. z o.o.88.9%480
  • Sp. k.4.8%26
  • S.A.2.6%14
  • Other1.7%9
  • Sp. j.1.3%7
  • P.S.A.0.4%2
  • Foundation0.4%2

Financial results

Median revenue

Ranking

Median revenue compared with other PKD codes.

Top companies by revenue

#CompanyLegal formRevenueNet profit
1sp. z o.o.$273.18M$1.88M
2S.A.$267.79M$9.90M
3sp. z o.o.$186.03M$20.20M
4sp. z o.o.$62.89M-$36.42M
5sp. z o.o.$53.90M$9.15M
6sp. z o.o.$22.24M$528.50k
7S.A.$19.49M$1.06M
8sp. z o.o.$11.75M$523.25k
9sp. z o.o.$11.57M$492.66k
10S.A.$10.48M-$50.70k

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