Short-term rentals in Wicklow
Wicklow is the 16th-largest of 83 short-term rental markets across Ireland: 417 listings, 75% on Airbnb. 5% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 7%, led by Trident Holiday Homes (8 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 417
- Market rank
- #16 / 83
- National share
- 1.3%
- Named professional operators
- 5
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Wicklow
In Wicklow, Airbnb leads with 314 listings (75%), 3× the 103 on Booking.com (25%).
Where the listings are in Wicklow
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 Wicklow
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 13% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 3% on Airbnb. The 5 named professional operators run 19 local listings between them, and the three largest — Trident Holiday Homes, holidaycottages.co.uk and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 89% of that. The other 2 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
- 60%
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 43% of Wicklow's classified listings, followed by B&Bs & guest houses (17%).
Largest operators in Wicklow
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 | Trident Holiday Homes | 8 | 4.47 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 3,887 |
| 2 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 6 | 4.62 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 411 |
| 3 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 3 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,838 |
| 4 | Shamrock Cottages | 1 | 4.52 / 5 | — | 46 |
| 5 | Travelnest | 1 | 4.83 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 7,009 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Wicklow among their markets. See the full interactive Wicklow market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Wicklow compares
Wicklow ranks 16th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 1.3% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Sligo 458 listings
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Buncrana 436 listings
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Limerick 428 listings
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Killorglin 412 listings
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Cobh 401 listings
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Tralee 372 listings
Photo credits
- 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
- Buncrana: Photo: Buncrana - geograph - 746502 by Ross · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Limerick: Photo: King John's Castle Limerick (13th century) by MonikaKub · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Killorglin: Photo: Killorglin Main Street - geograph.org.uk - 16036 by Pam Brophy · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cobh: Photo: Cobh waterfront by J.Pollock · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Tralee: Photo: The Rose Garden , Town Park, Tralee - geograph.org.uk - 332932 by Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Wicklow market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Wicklow?
Wicklow has 417 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 314 on Airbnb and 103 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Wicklow?
The largest professional operator in Wicklow is Trident Holiday Homes, with 8 local listings.
How professionalised is the Wicklow short-term rental market?
5% of Wicklow's listings (21 of 417) 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: 13% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 3% on Airbnb. The 5 named professional operators run 19 local listings between them, and the three largest — Trident Holiday Homes, holidaycottages.co.uk and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 89% of that. The other 2 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Wicklow?
In Wicklow, Airbnb leads with 314 listings (75%), 3× the 103 on Booking.com (25%).
How many professional operators run listings in Wicklow?
5 named professional operators run listings in Wicklow. 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 417 public short-term rental listings in Wicklow, 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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