Short-term rentals in Hvar
Hvar has 2,705 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 1,871 on Airbnb and 834 on Booking.com. That ranks it 24th of 153 short-term rental markets across Croatia, with 69% of its listings on Airbnb. 18% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 51%, led by NOVASOL AS (34 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 2,705
- Market rank
- #24 / 153
- National share
- 1.0%
- Named professional operators
- 10
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Hvar
In Hvar, Airbnb leads with 1,871 listings (69%), 2.2× the 834 on Booking.com (31%).
Where the listings are in Hvar
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 Hvar
Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 18% of Airbnb listings and 19% of Booking.com listings. The 10 named professional operators run 99 local listings between them, and the three largest — NOVASOL AS, Direct Booker d.o.o and Belvilla by OYO — account for 61% of that. The other 401 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 18%
- Median market
- 51%
- Single-listing hosts
- 28%
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 69% of Hvar's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (13%).
Largest operators in Hvar
Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked Croatia listings. The table covers every professional operator we track in this market.
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| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NOVASOL AS | 34 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 51,721 |
| 2 | Direct Booker d.o.o | 14 | 4.75 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 66,231 |
| 3 | Belvilla by OYO | 12 | 4.67 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 8,189 |
| 4 | Orgon Travel Agency - Luxury Croatian Villas | 12 | 4.92 / 5 | 9.6 / 10 | 465 |
| 5 | Cult Travel | 10 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.5 / 10 | 2,467 |
| 6 | Luxe Villas Collection | 5 | 4.95 / 5 | 9.6 / 10 | 504 |
| 7 | ADRIA DATABANKA, s.r.o. | 4 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 392 |
| 8 | Orvas Villas | 4 | 4.92 / 5 | 9.4 / 10 | 789 |
| 9 | Darijo - VIP Holiday Booker | 3 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.4 / 10 | 834 |
| 10 | Sun Spalato Property Management | 1 | 4.67 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 2,254 |
Browse the full Croatia operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Croatia and count Hvar among their markets. See the full interactive Hvar market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Hvar compares
Hvar ranks 24th of 153 tracked markets in Croatia, with 1.0% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Labin 4,186 listings
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Orebić 3,908 listings
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Baška 3,155 listings
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Podstrana 2,480 listings
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Šibenik 2,276 listings
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Mali Lošinj 2,125 listings
Photo credits
- Labin: Photo: Labin by A. Rehazek (user Senne ) · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Orebić: Photo: Panorama Orebića1140358 by Quahadi Añtó 11:23, 15 January 2011 (UTC) · CC BY 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Baška: Photo: Croatia Baska bay by Olaf1541 · CC BY 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Podstrana: Photo: Podstrana Split 20210710 090931 by Romanm · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Šibenik: Photo: View of Šibenik by Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Mali Lošinj: Photo: Mali Losinj 01 by K. Korlevic · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Hvar market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Hvar?
Hvar has 2,705 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 1,871 on Airbnb and 834 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Hvar?
The largest professional operator in Hvar is NOVASOL AS, with 34 local listings.
How professionalised is the Hvar short-term rental market?
18% of Hvar's listings (500 of 2,705) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 153 markets across Croatia (51%). Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 18% of Airbnb listings and 19% of Booking.com listings. The 10 named professional operators run 99 local listings between them, and the three largest — NOVASOL AS, Direct Booker d.o.o and Belvilla by OYO — account for 61% of that. The other 401 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Hvar?
In Hvar, Airbnb leads with 1,871 listings (69%), 2.2× the 834 on Booking.com (31%).
How many professional operators run listings in Hvar?
10 named professional operators run listings in Hvar. 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 2,705 public short-term rental listings in Hvar, 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 Croatia. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .
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