Short-term rentals in Zadar
Zadar has 13,583 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 7,242 on Airbnb and 6,341 on Booking.com. That ranks it 4th of 153 short-term rental markets across Croatia, with listings split almost evenly between Airbnb (53%) and Booking.com (47%). 35% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 51%, led by NOVASOL AS (774 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 13,583
- Market rank
- #4 / 153
- National share
- 5.2%
- Named professional operators
- 30
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Zadar
In Zadar, supply is split almost evenly: 7,242 listings on Airbnb (53%) and 6,341 on Booking.com (47%).
Where the listings are in Zadar
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 Zadar
Airbnb supply is more professionalised than Booking.com's: 39% of Airbnb listings sit with operators of that size, against 31% on Booking.com. The 30 named professional operators run 1,953 local listings between them, and the three largest — NOVASOL AS, adria rentals and Zadar Villas — account for 61% of that. The other 2,811 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 35%
- Median market
- 51%
- Single-listing hosts
- 35%
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 72% of Zadar's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (21%).
Largest operators in Zadar
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.
Scroll sideways to see all columns.
| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NOVASOL AS | 774 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 51,721 |
| 2 | adria rentals | 230 | 4.78 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 10,393 |
| 3 | Zadar Villas | 181 | 4.91 / 5 | 9.6 / 10 | 2,108 |
| 4 | Direct Booker d.o.o | 103 | 4.75 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 66,231 |
| 5 | 5* Booking Adria | 102 | 4.90 / 5 | 9.2 / 10 | 1,032 |
| 6 | Belvilla by OYO | 94 | 4.67 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 8,189 |
| 7 | Nadria Travel | 72 | 4.44 / 5 | 9.5 / 10 | 193 |
| 8 | Book Adriatic nekretnine d.o.o. | 65 | 4.93 / 5 | 9.7 / 10 | 1,465 |
| 9 | Tourist Adria Group | 57 | 4.86 / 5 | 9.4 / 10 | 575 |
| 10 | Holiday Home AG | 55 | 4.78 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 64,099 |
The other 20 professional operators in Zadar
Local listings
- Dalmatian Towns d.o.o. 33 listings
- Your.Rentals 24 listings
- Adriatic Luxury Villas 20 listings
- Croatia Holiday Rents 19 listings
- Happy.Rentals 17 listings
- AGENCY CROWONDER- PERFECT HOLIDAY IN CROATIA 16 listings
- Darijo - VIP Holiday Booker 12 listings
- Novalja Travel d.o.o. 12 listings
- Authentic Holiday Croatia 11 listings
- Istria Star Villas 11 listings
- Travelnest 10 listings
- Holidu 8 listings
- Luxe Villas Collection 7 listings
- Rentals Dubrovnik 6 listings
- Villas Guide 5 listings
- Urlaub An Der Ostsee GmbH 3 listings
- Dream Booker d.o.o. 2 listings
- Ferie Home d.o.o. 2 listings
- Orgon Travel Agency - Luxury Croatian Villas 1 listing
- Queen travel agency 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Croatia and count Zadar among their markets. See the full interactive Zadar market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Zadar compares
Zadar ranks 4th of 153 tracked markets in Croatia, with 5.2% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
-
Split 22,680 listings
-
Pula 19,294 listings
-
Crikvenica 14,883 listings
-
Dubrovnik 12,353 listings
-
Makarska 10,752 listings
-
Rovinj 8,627 listings
Photo credits
- Split: Photo: Ferry Port of Split, Croatia (48693924822) by dronepicr · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Pula: Photo: Pula Aerial View by Orlovic · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Crikvenica: Photo: Crkva Uznesenja Blazene Djevice Marije Crikvenica by Roberta F. · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dubrovnik: Photo: The walls of the fortress and View of the old city. panorama by Zysko serhii · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Makarska: Photo: Makarska from port by Hrvoje.Simic · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Rovinj: Photo: Rovinj, Croatia by Florian Hirzinger · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
Browse the full Croatia city directory or the Croatia market report .
Zadar market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Zadar?
Zadar has 13,583 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 7,242 on Airbnb and 6,341 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Zadar?
The largest professional operator in Zadar is NOVASOL AS, with 774 local listings.
How professionalised is the Zadar short-term rental market?
35% of Zadar's listings (4,764 of 13,583) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 153 markets across Croatia (51%). Airbnb supply is more professionalised than Booking.com's: 39% of Airbnb listings sit with operators of that size, against 31% on Booking.com. The 30 named professional operators run 1,953 local listings between them, and the three largest — NOVASOL AS, adria rentals and Zadar Villas — account for 61% of that. The other 2,811 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Zadar?
In Zadar, supply is split almost evenly: 7,242 listings on Airbnb (53%) and 6,341 on Booking.com (47%).
How many professional operators run listings in Zadar?
30 named professional operators run listings in Zadar. 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 13,583 public short-term rental listings in Zadar, 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 .
Spotted an inconsistency, or want fresher data for Zadar? Report a data issue or request an update — corrections land with the next data refresh.