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Short-term rentals in Kildare

Kildare has 341 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 234 on Airbnb and 107 on Booking.com. That ranks it 25th of 83 short-term rental markets across Ireland, with 69% of its listings on Airbnb. 2% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 7%. The largest named operator, Travelnest, runs 4 local listings. Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
341
Market rank
#25 / 83
National share
1.1%
Named professional operators
3

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Kildare

In Kildare, Airbnb leads with 234 listings (69%), 2.2× the 107 on Booking.com (31%).

Where the listings are in Kildare

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 341 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Kildare

The 3 named professional operators — Travelnest, holidaycottages.co.uk and Sykes Holiday Cottages — run 6 local listings between them. The other listing run by operators with 26 or more listings belongs to an operator without a published profile.

Professional share
2%
Median market
7%
Single-listing hosts
60%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 204
  • 2–5 listings 115
  • 6–25 listings 15
  • 26+ (professional) 7

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 32% of Kildare's classified listings, followed by Private & shared rooms (23%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 109
  • Private & shared rooms 80
  • B&Bs & guest houses 67
  • Apartments & flats 64
  • Unique & outdoor 11
  • Hotels & hostels 10

Largest operators in Kildare

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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Largest operators in Kildare, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Travelnest 4 4.80 / 5 8.9 / 10 6,817
2 holidaycottages.co.uk 1 4.57 / 5 8.4 / 10 524
3 Sykes Holiday Cottages 1 4.61 / 5 8.9 / 10 4,935

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

How Kildare compares

Kildare ranks 25th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 1.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Kildare market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Kildare?

Kildare has 341 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 234 on Airbnb and 107 on Booking.com.

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

Professional operators have only a small footprint in Kildare. The largest local presence is Travelnest, with 4 listings.

How professionalised is the Kildare short-term rental market?

2% of Kildare's listings (7 of 341) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 83 markets across Ireland (7%). The 3 named professional operators — Travelnest, holidaycottages.co.uk and Sykes Holiday Cottages — run 6 local listings between them. The other listing run by operators with 26 or more listings belongs to an operator without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Kildare?

In Kildare, Airbnb leads with 234 listings (69%), 2.2× the 107 on Booking.com (31%).

How many professional operators run listings in Kildare?

3 named professional operators run listings in Kildare. 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 341 public short-term rental listings in Kildare, 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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