Short-term rentals in Dublin
Dublin is the largest short-term rental market across Ireland: 5,126 listings, 79% on Airbnb. 11% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 7%, led by Houst (75 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 5,126
- Market rank
- #1 / 83
- National share
- 16%
- Named professional operators
- 8
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Dublin
In Dublin, Airbnb leads with 4,052 listings (79%), 3.8× the 1,074 on Booking.com (21%).
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
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 18% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 9% on Airbnb. The 8 named professional operators run 243 local listings between them, and the three largest — Houst, City Break Apartments and Sol Haven Properrties — account for 71% of that. The other 296 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 11%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 47%
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 | 75 | 4.60 / 5 | 7.6 / 10 | 1,317 |
| 2 | City Break Apartments | 62 | 4.40 / 5 | 7.9 / 10 | 9,777 |
| 3 | Sol Haven Properrties | 35 | 4.56 / 5 | 7.3 / 10 | 895 |
| 4 | Especial | 33 | 5.00 / 5 | — | 3 |
| 5 | Travelnest | 15 | 4.83 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 7,009 |
| 6 | Your.Rentals | 15 | 4.77 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 2,095 |
| 7 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 5 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,838 |
| 8 | Trident Holiday Homes | 3 | 4.47 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 3,887 |
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 1,712 listings
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Killarney 909 listings
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Doolin 842 listings
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Dingle 780 listings
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Wexford 683 listings
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Clifden 675 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
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Dublin market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Dublin?
Dublin has 5,126 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 4,052 on Airbnb and 1,074 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Dublin?
The largest professional operator in Dublin is Houst, with 75 local listings.
How professionalised is the Dublin short-term rental market?
11% of Dublin's listings (539 of 5,126) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 83 markets across Ireland (7%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 18% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 9% on Airbnb. The 8 named professional operators run 243 local listings between them, and the three largest — Houst, City Break Apartments and Sol Haven Properrties — account for 71% of that. The other 296 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 4,052 listings (79%), 3.8× the 1,074 on Booking.com (21%).
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 5,126 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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