Short-term rentals in Westerland (Sylt)
Westerland (Sylt) is the largest short-term rental market across Germany: 10,004 listings, 69% on Booking.com. 87% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 26%, led by Travanto Ferienwohnungen (888 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 10,004
- Market rank
- #1 / 618
- National share
- 2.1%
- Named professional operators
- 25
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Westerland (Sylt)
In Westerland (Sylt), Booking.com leads with 6,861 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.
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 76% on Airbnb. The 25 named professional operators run 5,213 local listings between them, and the three largest — Travanto Ferienwohnungen, SECRA Bookings GmbH and Sylter Appartement Service GmbH — account for 42% of that. The other 3,516 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 87%
- Median market
- 26%
- 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.
Listings by property type
Apartments & flats make up 80% of Westerland (Sylt)'s classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (19%).
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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| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travanto Ferienwohnungen | 888 | 4.67 / 5 | 8.2 / 10 | 16,477 |
| 2 | SECRA Bookings GmbH | 690 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 84,545 |
| 3 | Sylter Appartement Service GmbH | 589 | 4.67 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 449 |
| 4 | Appartementvermittlung Familie Clausen GmbH | 382 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 403 |
| 5 | Sylt-ER GmbH | 355 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 364 |
| 6 | C - A Sylt Ferienwohnung GmbH | 342 | 4.58 / 5 | 8.2 / 10 | 5,073 |
| 7 | König Appartement | Sylt GmbH | 328 | 4.75 / 5 | 8.2 / 10 | 526 |
| 8 | Könemann GmbH | 296 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 711 |
| 9 | Port54° Urlaubsagentur und Verwaltungs GmbH & Co. KG | 218 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 8,068 |
| 10 | D & A Ferien-Vermietung Bau und Garten GmbH | 161 | 4.84 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 560 |
The other 15 professional operators in Westerland (Sylt)
Local listings
- GB Sylt GmbH 149 listings
- Klangwald Sylt HOUSE (EST. 2017) 145 listings
- Rose & Rose Apartmentvermietungs- und verwaltungsges. mbH 125 listings
- Litzkow Sylt Ferienvermietung GmbH 101 listings
- Belvilla by OYO 79 listings
- Oltmann & Bengsch GmbH & Co. KG 79 listings
- DS Destination Solutions GmbH 77 listings
- Sylt - Service & Boldt 72 listings
- BENEN-DIKEN-HOF GmbH & Co. KG 48 listings
- Söl-Service GmbH 36 listings
- e-domizil GmbH 26 listings
- Ihr-Nordseeurlaub Ferienvermietung GmbH 12 listings
- Holiday Home AG 8 listings
- Ferien an der Nordsee GmbH & Co. KG 4 listings
- Landfolk A/S 3 listings
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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Binz 9,321 listings
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Berlin 7,916 listings
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Grömitz 7,822 listings
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Scharbeutz 7,369 listings
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Zingst 7,038 listings
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Heringsdorf 6,885 listings
Photo credits
- Binz: Photo: Binz strand mit kurhaus ds wv 08 2010 by Dirk Schmidt (Celsius auf Wikivoyage) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Berlin: Photo: Cityscape Berlin by Thomas Wolf · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Grömitz: Photo: Grömitz, die Seebrücke 3 by Malchen53 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Scharbeutz: Photo: Scharbeutz-Bastille-Am Hang by Zampoletto at German Wikipedia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Zingst: Photo: Stadt Zingst by Stephan Grund · CC BY-SA 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Heringsdorf: Photo: Heringsdorf Seeschloss by Klapi · CC BY 2.5 pl · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Westerland (Sylt) market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Westerland (Sylt)?
Westerland (Sylt) has 10,004 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 3,143 on Airbnb and 6,861 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 888 local listings.
How professionalised is the Westerland (Sylt) short-term rental market?
87% of Westerland (Sylt)'s listings (8,729 of 10,004) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 618 markets across Germany (26%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 92% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 76% on Airbnb. The 25 named professional operators run 5,213 local listings between them, and the three largest — Travanto Ferienwohnungen, SECRA Bookings GmbH and Sylter Appartement Service GmbH — account for 42% of that. The other 3,516 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 6,861 listings (69%), 2.2× the 3,143 on Airbnb (31%).
How many professional operators run listings in Westerland (Sylt)?
25 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 10,004 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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