Short-term rentals in Westport
Westport has 600 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 435 on Airbnb and 165 on Booking.com. That ranks it 9th of 83 short-term rental markets across Ireland, with 73% of its listings on Airbnb. 5% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 7%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (7 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 600
- Market rank
- #9 / 83
- National share
- 1.9%
- Named professional operators
- 5
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Westport
In Westport, Airbnb leads with 435 listings (73%), 2.6× the 165 on Booking.com (27%).
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
Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 4% of Airbnb listings and 7% of Booking.com listings. The 5 named professional operators run 21 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Claddagh Living and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 71% of that. The other 6 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 5%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 55%
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 | 7 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,935 |
| 2 | Claddagh Living | 4 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 321 |
| 3 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 4 | 4.57 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 524 |
| 4 | Travelnest | 4 | 4.80 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 6,817 |
| 5 | Love Connemara Cottages | 2 | 4.75 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 1,602 |
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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 9th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 1.9% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Wexford 684 listings
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Clifden 664 listings
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Leixlip 621 listings
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Cork 578 listings
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Kilkenny 464 listings
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Kenmare 456 listings
Photo credits
- 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
- 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
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Westport market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Westport?
Westport has 600 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 435 on Airbnb and 165 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Westport?
The largest professional operator in Westport is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 7 local listings.
How professionalised is the Westport short-term rental market?
5% of Westport's listings (27 of 600) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 83 markets across Ireland (7%). Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 4% of Airbnb listings and 7% of Booking.com listings. The 5 named professional operators run 21 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Claddagh Living and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 71% of that. The other 6 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Westport?
In Westport, Airbnb leads with 435 listings (73%), 2.6× the 165 on Booking.com (27%).
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 600 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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