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In the debut of its most recent issue, Boating Industry officially named the 2023 Mover & Shaker of the Year, president of Freedom Boat Club, Cecil Cohn. In addition to the Mover & Shaker of the Year, the most recent issue of Boating Industry profiles this year’s finalists, Bold Moves Award winners and much more. Read all about Cohn and ...

Freedom Boat Club recently announced the planned opening of a 400th club location, which will be in Jupiter, Fla. Since Brunswick’s acquisition of Freedom Boat Club in 2019, the company has grown its footprint by 230 locations, including more than 40 international locations throughout Europe and Australia. “We are excited to celebrate our 400th location – a milestone achievement as ...

Freedom Boat Club has announced its expansion to the Asia-Pacific region. Freedom’s flagship club in market will be located in Sydney, Australia. This announcement represents the seventh country and the 35th international location for Freedom Boat Club. “Regarded as one of the best boating markets in the world, we believe there is an outstanding opportunity to expand Freedom Boat Club across ...

Freedom Boat Club announced that it has acquired the Freedom Boat Club of Tampa Bay franchise operation and territory – the largest territory in the Freedom network. This acquisition includes all 30 current Tampa Bay-based locations, as well as the rights to expand and build new club locations throughout the territory. Located directly north of the Company’s Southwest Florida corporate ...

Freedom Boat Club, a division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), announced its 350th location, doubling of the number of locations in the Freedom network since the company was acquired by Brunswick in May 2019.  Over the past three years, Freedom has added 180 new locations. The 350th location will be in Silkeborg, Denmark – Freedom’s first club location in Scandinavia.  “We are ...

Freedom Boat Club announced its 300th location within the Freedom network. The newest location represents Freedom’s 18th location in the Boston and Cape Cod market co-owned and operated by franchisees Matt Carrick and Matt O’Connor. Additionally, with the acquisition of Fanautic Club, earlier this year , the total number of boat club locations across Brunswick now adds up to to 324 ...

Freedom Boat Club held its annual franchise conference last week to celebrate another year of record growth for the business. Since Freedom joined the Brunswick family in May 2019, it has experienced unprecedented expansion now serving nearly 70,000 members across nearly 300 locations. Freedom’s total footprint now also includes Fanautic Club, the largest boat club operator in Spain, acquired in July ...

Freedom Boat Club has acquired its Freedom Boat Club of Connecticut franchise operation and territory from the current owners. The acquisition includes all current Connecticut-based locations, as well as the rights to expand and build new club locations in the territory. Currently, there are seven Freedom Boat Club locations across the Connecticut coastline from Stamford to Mystic, with plans for continued ...

Executing on its strategy to expand across the Upper-Midwest, Freedom Boat Club, a division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC) and the world’s largest boat club operator, today announced the official opening of its first location in Fox Lake in Illinois and plans to open another downtown Chicago location in Diversey Harbor later this summer.  Already this year, Freedom Boat Club ...

Freedom Boat Club, a division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), announced that it has acquired the Freedom Boat Club of New York franchise operation and territory.  This announcement comes just four weeks after Freedom announced that it had acquired the franchise operation and territory rights in the Chicago market. The scope of the transaction includes six New York area locations covering Long ...