Short-term rentals in Cork
Cork has 578 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 442 on Airbnb and 136 on Booking.com. That ranks it 10th of 83 short-term rental markets across Ireland, with 76% of its listings on Airbnb. 3% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 7%, led by Travelnest (6 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
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Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 578
- Market rank
- #10 / 83
- National share
- 1.8%
- Named professional operators
- 4
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Cork
In Cork, Airbnb leads with 442 listings (76%), 3.3× the 136 on Booking.com (24%).
Where the listings are in Cork
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 Cork
The 4 named professional operators run 13 local listings between them, and the three largest — Travelnest, Houst and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 92% of that. The other 5 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 3%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 49%
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
Private & shared rooms make up 32% of Cork's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (26%).
Largest operators in Cork
Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked Ireland 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 | Travelnest | 6 | 4.80 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 6,817 |
| 2 | Houst | 4 | 4.67 / 5 | 7.6 / 10 | 1,761 |
| 3 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 2 | 4.57 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 524 |
| 4 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 1 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,935 |
Browse the full Ireland operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Cork among their markets. See the full interactive Cork market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Cork compares
Cork ranks 10th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 1.8% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Clifden 664 listings
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Leixlip 621 listings
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Westport 600 listings
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Kilkenny 464 listings
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Kenmare 456 listings
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Sligo 443 listings
Photo credits
- Clifden: Photo: ClifdenOverview by Bert Kaufmann · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Leixlip: Photo: Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland by Magnolia677 · CC BY 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Westport: Photo: Westport bridge IE by Mark Waters · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kilkenny: Photo: Killkenny City by J.Pollock · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kenmare: Photo: Kenmare by Alison at English Wikipedia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sligo: Photo: Sligo-03-Garavogue River-Glasshouse-2017-gje by Gerd Eichmann · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Cork market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Cork?
Cork has 578 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 442 on Airbnb and 136 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Cork?
The largest professional operator in Cork is Travelnest, with 6 local listings.
How professionalised is the Cork short-term rental market?
3% of Cork's listings (18 of 578) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 83 markets across Ireland (7%). The 4 named professional operators run 13 local listings between them, and the three largest — Travelnest, Houst and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 92% of that. The other 5 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Cork?
In Cork, Airbnb leads with 442 listings (76%), 3.3× the 136 on Booking.com (24%).
How many professional operators run listings in Cork?
4 named professional operators run listings in Cork. 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 578 public short-term rental listings in Cork, 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 Ireland. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .
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