MarineMax Reviews · independent customer ratings · live from Google Maps
About the company
MarineMax, Inc. (NYSE: HZO) is one of the largest recreational boat retailers in the United States, founded in 1998 by Bill McGill Jr. and headquartered in Oldsmar, FL. The publicly-traded company reported $2.3B (2025) in revenue and operates dealerships representing major brands including Sea Ray, Boston Whaler, Azimut Yachts, and Aviara.
Beyond retail sales, MarineMax provides service, financing, brokerage, marina operations, and — through its 2021 acquisition of Island Global Yachting (IGY) for $480M — superyacht concierge services worldwide. Our index of Google-listed MarineMax dealerships shows 51 locations across the country.
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Featured editorial · Boatwork
“MarineMax is not uniformly good or bad. Your experience will be determined almost entirely by which location you buy from.”
Boatwork’s 2026 review analyzes MarineMax’s brand portfolio, buying experience, pricing, complaints, and warranty handling — and finds that aggregate review scores hide enormous dealer-by-dealer variability. Company-level ratings sit at 2.9 / 5 on Trustpilot and 3.2 / 5 on Yelp; individual dealerships range from 4.7-star standouts to under-3-star outliers in the same brand network.
Fort Myers, FL · 313 reviews
Cumming, GA · 294 reviews
St. Petersburg, FL · 215 reviews
Clearwater, FL · 207 reviews
Seabrook, TX · 186 reviews
“Bebee was so helpful in taking care of my parts issue.”
Lewisville, TX · 185 reviews
The editorial verdict
Our 2026 MarineMax review breaks down brand portfolio, buying experience, service quality, pricing, and the dealer-by-dealer variability that defines outcomes — independently researched by the Boatwork editorial team.
“I was not the client, my friend was. He bought a brand new Aquilla 32. Spent close to half a million. He asked me to do this for him. After…”
“had some hiccups but they stood behind the repair and all was taken care of. Great team to work with. The sales guys are staller as well as…”
“Doug is a great salesman. He got us into a good looking boat. Thanks Doug”
“Third boat we have purchased from MarineMax, and equally disappointed with the sales and service after purchase. Once they have your…”
“I recently purchased my first boat from Marine Max St. Pete I've never owned a boat so wasn't really sure what I was getting myself into &…”
“Excellent experience! Just purchased a boat from Marine Max and they did a fantastic job from the day I drove on the lot. I was met by…”
“Captain Keith and the whole crew were amazing! This is such a great program. Thanks for doing this”
“Corporate made garbage boats. Cosmetically beautiful but structurally unsound and problematic. Overpriced & under delivered. Spend your…”
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