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Short-term rentals in Westerland (Sylt)

Westerland (Sylt) has 9,982 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 3,143 on Airbnb and 6,839 on Booking.com. That makes it the largest of 618 short-term rental markets across Germany, with 69% of its listings on Booking.com. 90% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 29%, led by Travanto Ferienwohnungen (910 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
9,982
Market rank
#1 / 618
National share
2.1%
Named professional operators
26

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Westerland (Sylt)

In Westerland (Sylt), Booking.com leads with 6,839 listings (69%), 2.2× the 3,143 on Airbnb (31%).

Where the listings are in Westerland (Sylt)

The dots are a representative sample of tracked short-term rentals — Airbnb in red and Booking.com in blue. Zoom and pan to explore the market, or open the full report for filters, operator overlays, and the listing-level view.

Airbnb Booking.com 250 sampled locations from 9,982 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Westerland (Sylt)

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 92% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 84% on Airbnb. The 26 named professional operators run 5,521 local listings between them, and the three largest — Travanto Ferienwohnungen, SECRA Bookings GmbH and Sylter Appartement Service GmbH — account for 40% of that. The other 3,423 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
90%
Median market
29%
Single-listing hosts
3%

Listings by operator portfolio size

Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.

  • Single listing 317
  • 2–5 listings 324
  • 6–25 listings 397
  • 26+ (professional) 8,944

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 80% of Westerland (Sylt)'s classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (18%).

  • Apartments & flats 7,993
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 1,844
  • Hotels & hostels 75
  • B&Bs & guest houses 40
  • Private & shared rooms 21
  • Unique & outdoor 9

Largest operators in Westerland (Sylt)

Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked Germany listings. Together, the table and directory cover every professional operator we track in this market.

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Largest operators in Westerland (Sylt), ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Travanto Ferienwohnungen 910 4.68 / 5 8.2 / 10 18,128
2 SECRA Bookings GmbH 711 4.70 / 5 8.4 / 10 83,689
3 Sylter Appartement Service GmbH 601 4.67 / 5 8.5 / 10 487
4 Appartementvermittlung Familie Clausen GmbH 377 4.69 / 5 8.1 / 10 412
5 C - A Sylt Ferienwohnung GmbH 368 4.56 / 5 8.1 / 10 5,034
6 Sylt-ER GmbH 368 4.62 / 5 8.2 / 10 368
7 König Appartement | Sylt GmbH 325 — 8.2 / 10 515
8 fineline Ferienagentur Sylt - GmbH 320 4.71 / 5 8.4 / 10 643
9 Port54° Urlaubsagentur und Verwaltungs GmbH & Co. KG 228 4.56 / 5 8.3 / 10 8,931
10 Stephan RUDLOFF Immobilien & Ferienwohnungen auf SYLT 183 — 8.3 / 10 106

The other 16 professional operators in Westerland (Sylt)

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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Germany and count Westerland (Sylt) among their markets. See the full interactive Westerland (Sylt) market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.

How Westerland (Sylt) compares

Westerland (Sylt) ranks first of 618 tracked markets in Germany, with 2.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Westerland (Sylt) market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Westerland (Sylt)?

Westerland (Sylt) has 9,982 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 3,143 on Airbnb and 6,839 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Westerland (Sylt)?

The largest professional operator in Westerland (Sylt) is Travanto Ferienwohnungen, with 910 local listings.

How professionalised is the Westerland (Sylt) short-term rental market?

90% of Westerland (Sylt)'s listings (8,944 of 9,982) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 618 markets across Germany (29%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 92% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 84% on Airbnb. The 26 named professional operators run 5,521 local listings between them, and the three largest — Travanto Ferienwohnungen, SECRA Bookings GmbH and Sylter Appartement Service GmbH — account for 40% of that. The other 3,423 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Westerland (Sylt)?

In Westerland (Sylt), Booking.com leads with 6,839 listings (69%), 2.2× the 3,143 on Airbnb (31%).

How many professional operators run listings in Westerland (Sylt)?

26 named professional operators run listings in Westerland (Sylt). The full roster is listed on this page, and the interactive market report maps every listing.

About this data

Figures come from myDataValue's cross-platform market snapshot of 9,982 public short-term rental listings in Westerland (Sylt), matching Airbnb and Booking.com supply to the operators who run it. Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings on Airbnb or Booking.com across Germany. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .

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