Short-term rentals in Rab
Rab has 6,207 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 3,529 on Airbnb and 2,678 on Booking.com. That ranks it 15th of 153 short-term rental markets across Croatia, with 57% of its listings on Airbnb. 60% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 51%, led by NOVASOL AS (451 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
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- Tracked listings
- 6,207
- Market rank
- #15 / 153
- National share
- 2.4%
- Named professional operators
- 19
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Rab
In Rab, Airbnb leads with 3,529 listings (57%), versus 2,678 on Booking.com (43%).
Where the listings are in Rab
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 Rab
Airbnb supply is more professionalised than Booking.com's: 65% of Airbnb listings sit with operators of that size, against 54% on Booking.com. The 19 named professional operators run 896 local listings between them, and the three largest — NOVASOL AS, Holiday Home AG and Belvilla by OYO — account for 72% of that. The other 2,829 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 60%
- Median market
- 51%
- Single-listing hosts
- 18%
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 79% of Rab's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (12%).
Largest operators in Rab
Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked Croatia 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 | NOVASOL AS | 451 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 51,721 |
| 2 | Holiday Home AG | 113 | 4.78 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 64,099 |
| 3 | Belvilla by OYO | 80 | 4.67 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 8,189 |
| 4 | Direct Booker d.o.o | 73 | 4.75 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 66,231 |
| 5 | Istria Star Villas | 51 | 4.73 / 5 | 9.2 / 10 | 1,695 |
| 6 | Villas Guide | 50 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.4 / 10 | 1,703 |
| 7 | Skylight Energy d.o.o. | 15 | 4.70 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 2,413 |
| 8 | Happy.Rentals | 14 | 4.67 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 2,467 |
| 9 | Novalja Travel d.o.o. | 10 | 4.36 / 5 | 7.6 / 10 | 366 |
| 10 | Travelnest | 10 | 4.66 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 1,839 |
The other 9 professional operators in Rab
Local listings
- Your.Rentals 8 listings
- Davorowski Holiday Homes 5 listings
- Ventus Travel Agency 5 listings
- Adriatic Luxury Villas 4 listings
- Ventus Travel 2 listings
- Zadar Villas 2 listings
- Darijo - VIP Holiday Booker 1 listing
- Premium Tourist Agency 2 UG 1 listing
- Vista Travels Agency 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Croatia and count Rab among their markets. See the full interactive Rab market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Rab compares
Rab ranks 15th of 153 tracked markets in Croatia, with 2.4% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Rijeka 6,781 listings
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Biograd na Moru 6,407 listings
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Vir 6,224 listings
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Novalja 6,157 listings
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Zagreb 6,139 listings
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Malinska 5,446 listings
Photo credits
- Rijeka: Photo: Rijeka-view-2 by László Szalai ( Beyond silence ) · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Biograd na Moru: Photo: Biograd-na-more-1 by japus · CC BY 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Vir: Photo: Croatia - Vir - Castle by Cro-Cop · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Novalja: Photo: Novalja by JoeTimBlackMax · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Zagreb: Photo: Zagreb (29255640143) by Nick Savchenko from Kiev, Ukraine · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Malinska: Photo: Croatia 04 by eowoniel · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Rab market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Rab?
Rab has 6,207 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 3,529 on Airbnb and 2,678 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Rab?
The largest professional operator in Rab is NOVASOL AS, with 451 local listings.
How professionalised is the Rab short-term rental market?
60% of Rab's listings (3,725 of 6,207) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 153 markets across Croatia (51%). Airbnb supply is more professionalised than Booking.com's: 65% of Airbnb listings sit with operators of that size, against 54% on Booking.com. The 19 named professional operators run 896 local listings between them, and the three largest — NOVASOL AS, Holiday Home AG and Belvilla by OYO — account for 72% of that. The other 2,829 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Rab?
In Rab, Airbnb leads with 3,529 listings (57%), versus 2,678 on Booking.com (43%).
How many professional operators run listings in Rab?
19 named professional operators run listings in Rab. 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 6,207 public short-term rental listings in Rab, 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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