Crest Marine builds pontoon boats in the Owosso area. Its boats include models with different pontoon configurations, layouts and propulsion options.[1]
Crest's own history dates its boatbuilding origins to 1957 and identifies Owosso as the community where the business began and continues to build boats.[1]
Employment recorded in the 2023 housing assessment
The Shiawassee County Housing Market Assessment, prepared by Real Property Research Group for the Shiawassee Economic Development Partnership, lists Crest Marine with employment of 250 in Table 9 on printed page 30. The table credits SEDP for its employer information. This is a historical figure reported in the 2023 study, which does not specify a separate employment census date, full-time-equivalent measure or allocation among worksites.[2]
On printed page 32, the assessment reports that Crest Marine had recently completed an $11 million expansion. It describes a small addition to employment without giving a precise number.[2]
History to document
This short article is a starting point for a fuller company history. Further research will document:
- The early company, factory sites and ownership changes.
- The development of pontoon and tritoon models.
- Boatbuilding employment and the business’s local role.
References
- 1. Crest Pontoon Boats: company and manufacturing ↗. Crest Marine. Accessed October 30, 2026.
- 2. Shiawassee County Housing Market Assessment (effective September 15, 2023). Real Property Research Group, Inc., prepared for Shiawassee Economic Development Partnership. Accessed October 30, 2026.