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Short-term rentals in Rakalj

Rakalj has 452 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 252 on Airbnb and 200 on Booking.com. That ranks it 67th of 153 short-term rental markets across Croatia, with 56% of its listings on Airbnb. 75% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 51%, led by NOVASOL AS (73 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
452
Market rank
#67 / 153
National share
0.2%
Named professional operators
11

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Rakalj

In Rakalj, Airbnb leads with 252 listings (56%), versus 200 on Booking.com (44%).

Where the listings are in Rakalj

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 452 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Rakalj

Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 75% of Airbnb listings and 77% of Booking.com listings. The 11 named professional operators run 122 local listings between them, and the three largest — NOVASOL AS, TAG TRAVEL PULA and Happy.Rentals — account for 79% of that. The other 219 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
75%
Median market
51%
Single-listing hosts
14%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 62
  • 2–5 listings 34
  • 6–25 listings 15
  • 26+ (professional) 341

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 81% of Rakalj's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (17%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 368
  • Apartments & flats 79
  • Private & shared rooms 5

Largest operators in Rakalj

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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Largest operators in Rakalj, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 NOVASOL AS 73 4.69 / 5 8.8 / 10 51,721
2 TAG TRAVEL PULA 15 4.83 / 5 9.3 / 10 970
3 Happy.Rentals 8 4.67 / 5 8.9 / 10 2,467
4 Kompas Villas 5 4.86 / 5 8.9 / 10 110
5 Holiday Home AG 4 4.78 / 5 8.6 / 10 64,099
6 Istria Star Villas 4 4.73 / 5 9.2 / 10 1,695
7 TRAVEL IN Agency 4 4.72 / 5 9.1 / 10 1,078
8 Villas Guide 4 4.87 / 5 9.4 / 10 1,703
9 Belvilla by OYO 2 4.67 / 5 8.4 / 10 8,189
10 Darijo - VIP Holiday Booker 2 4.87 / 5 9.4 / 10 834

The other 1 professional operator in Rakalj

Local listings

Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Croatia and count Rakalj among their markets. See the full interactive Rakalj market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.

How Rakalj compares

Rakalj ranks 67th of 153 tracked markets in Croatia, with 0.2% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Rakalj market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Rakalj?

Rakalj has 452 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 252 on Airbnb and 200 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Rakalj?

The largest professional operator in Rakalj is NOVASOL AS, with 73 local listings.

How professionalised is the Rakalj short-term rental market?

75% of Rakalj's listings (341 of 452) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 153 markets across Croatia (51%). Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 75% of Airbnb listings and 77% of Booking.com listings. The 11 named professional operators run 122 local listings between them, and the three largest — NOVASOL AS, TAG TRAVEL PULA and Happy.Rentals — account for 79% of that. The other 219 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Rakalj?

In Rakalj, Airbnb leads with 252 listings (56%), versus 200 on Booking.com (44%).

How many professional operators run listings in Rakalj?

11 named professional operators run listings in Rakalj. 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 452 public short-term rental listings in Rakalj, 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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