The Balearic Islands maintained their leading position as the main market for recreational boat registrations in Spain in 2025, despite a year-on-year decrease in activity, according to a market report prepared by ANEN using data from the Directorate General of the Merchant Marine. Of the 1,418 boat rental registrations nationwide, the Balearic Islands accounted for 321 vessels for this activity. Thus, the Balearic Islands lead the national market and concentrate nearly a quarter of the total charter market, despite experiencing a 23.2% drop. Following the Balearic Islands are Barcelona, ​​with 194 registered units, and Alicante, with 171.

The Balearic Government will approve an amendment to the Decree on Nautical Charters to prohibit tourist boat rentals and thus halt the new state regulations that, starting in mid-August, will allow private boat rentals for three months a year.

The Catalan government has reiterated its "outright" rejection of the Spanish government's authorization of the tourist rental of private recreational boats for three months of the year and is studying "all legal and administrative avenues" to prevent its implementation in the Balearic Islands.