Auxiliary & Support Vessel Construction
Shipyards building logistics, replenishment, amphibious, and support ships for naval fleets.
Market snapshot
These figures describe Naval Systems & Shipbuilding (5.1.10), the segment that Auxiliary & Support Vessel Construction sits within — not Auxiliary & Support Vessel Construction on its own.
- Market size
- ~$30B
- Growth
- ~3.7%CAGR (2017–22, nominal)
- Companies
- ~490
U.S. Census Bureau 2022 CBP/Economic Census, NAICS 336611 (Ship Building & Repairing).
Business model & economics
Revenue model
Naval shipbuilding and sustainment contracts
Key economics
- Recurring revenue
- High
- EBITDA margin
- Program-margin-driven
- Capex intensity
- High
long-cycle programs and sustainment
Characteristics
- Consolidated around Huntington Ingalls and General Dynamics.
- Naval buildup (submarines, surface combatants, AUKUS).
- Capacity-expansion and workforce challenges.
Geographic concentration
Naval shipbuilding concentrates at the major yards — Mississippi (Ingalls), Maine (Bath Iron Works), Virginia (Newport News), and Connecticut (Electric Boat).
U.S. Census Bureau — 2022 County Business Patterns (employment by state), NAICS 336611. Concentration shown by location quotient.
M&A deal context
Who’s acquiring
- Shipbuilding primes
- Naval-systems & combat-systems strategics
- Supply-chain consolidators
What’s driving deals
- Naval-buildup and submarine-program demand.
- Sustainment and overhaul work.
- Supply-chain and capacity investment.
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