Freedom Boat Club of Spain announces new locations
Brunswick Corporation-owned boat club operator Freedom Boat Club is opening two new locations in Spain as the company continues its European expansion.
The new locations, in Bilbao-Getxo and Almería-Almerimar, are its 14th and 15th locations in Spain. The new locations are both slated to open for the 2024 boating season and will be franchise-owned and operated.
“Spain continues to be a strategic market of growth for the Freedom brand,” says Arturo Gutierrez, general manager of Freedom Boat Club, EMEA. “After initially entering the market in 2021, we have experienced tremendous growth and engagement from the local boating community in response to our best-in-class boating subscription model. We are thrilled to add both locations to our portfolio and look forward to our continued momentum.”
Representing Freedom’s first location in Spain’s North Atlantic region, the Bilbao-Getxo location will be located at Puerto Deportivo de Getxo. It will be operated by franchise owner, Igor Asensio, who has more than two decades of business and leadership experience.
Freedom’s Bilbao-Getxo location is at the entrance of the port of Bilbao, next to the Ereaga beach of Getxo.
Freedom’s new location in Almería-Almerimar, in the province of Almería, Spain, is Freedom’s 18th location on the Mediterranean coast from Marseille (France) to Benalmádena (Spain), including the island of Mallorca in the Balearic Islands. The new location will be at Puerto Deportivo de Almerimar. The franchise will be owned and managed by Serafin Canton and Manuel Rodríguez, who have operated businesses in the region for the past 20 years.
Both locations are planned to open in early Spring 2024 to kick off Spain’s boating season. Brunswick says the locations will feature new boats from Quicksilver equipped with Mercury Marine engines and Navico technology.
In August 2023, Freedom Boat Club announced the opening of its 400th location in Jupiter, Florida. Freedom Boat Club has recently seen substantial growth across Europe, Australia and the US.
Main image courtesy of Freedom Boat Club.
