Short-term rentals in Dublin
Dublin has 5,041 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 4,054 on Airbnb and 987 on Booking.com. That makes it the largest of 83 short-term rental markets across Ireland, with 80% of its listings on Airbnb. 12% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 7%, led by Houst (73 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 5,041
- Market rank
- #1 / 83
- National share
- 16%
- Named professional operators
- 8
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Dublin
In Dublin, Airbnb leads with 4,054 listings (80%), 4.1× the 987 on Booking.com (20%).
Where the listings are in Dublin
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 Dublin
Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 12% of Airbnb listings and 12% of Booking.com listings. The 8 named professional operators run 274 local listings between them, and the three largest — Houst, City Break Apartments and Especial — account for 71% of that. The other 329 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 12%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 46%
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 35% of Dublin's classified listings, followed by Private & shared rooms (31%).
Largest operators in Dublin
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 | Houst | 73 | 4.67 / 5 | 7.6 / 10 | 1,761 |
| 2 | City Break Apartments | 61 | 4.37 / 5 | 7.9 / 10 | 10,176 |
| 3 | Especial | 60 | 5.00 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Sol Haven Properrties | 41 | 4.56 / 5 | 7.3 / 10 | 900 |
| 5 | Your.Rentals | 20 | 4.64 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 1,583 |
| 6 | Travelnest | 13 | 4.80 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 6,817 |
| 7 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 4 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,935 |
| 8 | Trident Holiday Homes | 2 | 4.48 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 3,864 |
Browse the full Ireland operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Dublin among their markets. See the full interactive Dublin market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Dublin compares
Dublin ranks first of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 16% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Galway 1,618 listings
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Killarney 907 listings
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Doolin 833 listings
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Dingle 777 listings
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Wexford 684 listings
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Clifden 664 listings
Photo credits
- Galway: Photo: Galwaycitycollage by MaxPride11 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Killarney: Photo: Killarney - Street Scene - geograph.org.uk - 661593 by Alan Heardman · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Doolin: Photo: DoolinIreland by Thpohl · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dingle: Photo: Dingle-Skyline-2012 by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Wexford: Photo: Main Street Wexford - geograph.org.uk - 316261 by David Staincliffe · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Clifden: Photo: ClifdenOverview by Bert Kaufmann · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
Browse the full Ireland city directory or the Ireland market report .
Dublin market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Dublin?
Dublin has 5,041 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 4,054 on Airbnb and 987 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Dublin?
The largest professional operator in Dublin is Houst, with 73 local listings.
How professionalised is the Dublin short-term rental market?
12% of Dublin's listings (603 of 5,041) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 83 markets across Ireland (7%). Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 12% of Airbnb listings and 12% of Booking.com listings. The 8 named professional operators run 274 local listings between them, and the three largest — Houst, City Break Apartments and Especial — account for 71% of that. The other 329 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Dublin?
In Dublin, Airbnb leads with 4,054 listings (80%), 4.1× the 987 on Booking.com (20%).
How many professional operators run listings in Dublin?
8 named professional operators run listings in Dublin. 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 5,041 public short-term rental listings in Dublin, 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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