Welcome to the informational menu for Boating Industry magazine’s Top 100 Awards program. In 2004, Boating Industry unveiled the Top 100 program as an effort to independently rank and recognize the best boat dealers across North America. With the industry's help and support, the Top 100 program has grown to unimaginable heights and celebrated marine retailers across the continent over the years. Today, Boating Industry's Top 100 Awards celebrate the best of the best across the recreational boating industry from retailers to young professionals and much more. As of 2022, the Top 100 Awards expanded to include the Top Dealers, Women Making Waves, 40 Under 40, Movers & Shakers and more. These editorial-based awards programs are designed to recognize and celebrate the best-of-the-best among the recreational boating industry and to share best practices and benchmarking data with the entire universe of marine industry professionals. The Boating Industry Top 100 Awar
The Top Dealers Awards part of Boating Industry's Top 100 Awards is the only independent ranking of boat dealers in North America. The annual list recognizes dealerships that are unsurpassed in business operations, professionalism, marketing tactics, customer service and more. The Boating Industry Top 100 has recognized the top dealers in North America every year since 2005. In order to be considered, dealers must complete one of two applications, which dig into all aspects of a successful marine retailer. These applications, as well as industry nominations and outside research done by the Boating Industry team guide the editorial team to select the Top Dealers every year, including the coveted Dealer of the Year and Best in Class Dealers. What does it take to be recognized as a Boating Industry Top Dealer? Managing a dealership to high levels of customer service, high volume sales and, yes, high profits, is no easy task. Simultaneously creating an atmosphere t
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The recreational boating industry’s elite members celebrated the Boating Industry Top 100 Awards during a black-tie gala on Nov. 7, 2023 on the final evening of the Boating Industry ELEVATE SUMMIT in Dallas, Texas. Entering the 19th year of the Top 100 in 2023, the program continues to honor the best of the best across the entire boating industry, celebrating the 40 Under 40, Women Making Waves and the Top Dealers across North America. “Across every segment of our industry, we continue to navigate new challenges and thrive in unprecedented successes every day. And as our industry has evolved over the years, Boating Industry’s Top 100 Awards program has followed in evolution to recognize individuals and organizations across all segments to celebrate the best of the best,” Boating Industry editor-in-chief and Top 100 program director Adam Quandt said. “From an industry made up of hundreds of thousands, it's honor for all of us to