Short-term rentals in Westport
Westport is the 10th-largest of 83 short-term rental markets across Ireland: 611 listings, 71% on Airbnb. 4% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 7%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (9 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 611
- Market rank
- #10 / 83
- National share
- 1.9%
- Named professional operators
- 5
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Westport
In Westport, Airbnb leads with 435 listings (71%), 2.5× the 176 on Booking.com (29%).
Where the listings are in Westport
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 Westport
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 8% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 2% on Airbnb. The 5 named professional operators run 24 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Claddagh Living and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 71% of that.
- Professional share
- 4%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 57%
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
Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 44% of Westport's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (25%).
Largest operators in Westport
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 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 9 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,838 |
| 2 | Claddagh Living | 4 | 4.68 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 445 |
| 3 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 4 | 4.62 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 411 |
| 4 | Travelnest | 4 | 4.83 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 7,009 |
| 5 | Shamrock Cottages | 3 | 4.52 / 5 | — | 46 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Westport among their markets. See the full interactive Westport market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Westport compares
Westport ranks 10th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 1.9% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Clifden 675 listings
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Leixlip 632 listings
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Cork 616 listings
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Kilkenny 474 listings
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Kenmare 460 listings
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Sligo 458 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
- Cork: Photo: Centre, Cork, Ireland - panoramio (5) by K.ristof · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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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Westport market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Westport?
Westport has 611 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 435 on Airbnb and 176 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Westport?
The largest professional operator in Westport is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 9 local listings.
How professionalised is the Westport short-term rental market?
4% of Westport's listings (23 of 611) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 83 markets across Ireland (7%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 8% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 2% on Airbnb. The 5 named professional operators run 24 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Claddagh Living and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 71% of that.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Westport?
In Westport, Airbnb leads with 435 listings (71%), 2.5× the 176 on Booking.com (29%).
How many professional operators run listings in Westport?
5 named professional operators run listings in Westport. 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 611 public short-term rental listings in Westport, 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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