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Short-term rentals in Funchal

Funchal is the 5th-largest of 124 short-term rental markets across Portugal: 3,615 listings, all on Booking.com. 37% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 13%, led by An Island Apart, Lda (214 listings).

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Tracked listings
3,615
Market rank
#5 / 124
National share
2.2%
Named professional operators
15

Platform coverage in Funchal

Funchal has 3,615 Booking.com listings and none on Airbnb, so the two platforms cannot be compared.

Where the listings are in Funchal

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.

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Market structure in Funchal

The 15 named professional operators run 673 local listings between them, and the three largest — An Island Apart, Lda, Atlantic Holiday and Holiday Rental Madeira — account for 61% of that. The other 681 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
37%
Median market
13%
Single-listing hosts
24%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 881
  • 2–5 listings 799
  • 6–25 listings 581
  • 26+ (professional) 1,354

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 67% of Funchal's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (24%).

  • Apartments & flats 2,440
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 877
  • Hotels & hostels 144
  • B&Bs & guest houses 103
  • Private & shared rooms 35
  • Unique & outdoor 16

Largest operators in Funchal

Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked Portugal listings. Together, the table and directory cover every professional operator we track in this market.

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Largest operators in Funchal, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 An Island Apart, Lda 214 — 8.8 / 10 6,860
2 Atlantic Holiday 116 — 8.7 / 10 2,155
3 Holiday Rental Madeira 81 — 8.8 / 10 729
4 A Home in Madeira, Lda. 68 — 9.1 / 10 1,073
5 Lucasholiday rentals 43 — 8.9 / 10 1,938
6 Feels Like Home 33 4.44 / 5 8.0 / 10 53,634
7 We Host Madeira 30 — 8.8 / 10 439
8 Your Key Madeira 21 — 8.9 / 10 572
9 homerez.com 18 4.56 / 5 8.3 / 10 4,095
10 Pestana Hotel Group 14 — 8.6 / 10 80,995

The other 5 professional operators in Funchal

Local listings

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

How Funchal compares

Funchal ranks 5th of 124 tracked markets in Portugal, with 2.2% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Funchal market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Funchal?

Funchal has 3,615 short-term rental listings as of August 2026, all on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Funchal is An Island Apart, Lda, with 214 local listings.

How professionalised is the Funchal short-term rental market?

37% of Funchal's listings (1,354 of 3,615) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 124 markets across Portugal (13%). The 15 named professional operators run 673 local listings between them, and the three largest — An Island Apart, Lda, Atlantic Holiday and Holiday Rental Madeira — account for 61% of that. The other 681 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Funchal?

Funchal has 3,615 Booking.com listings and none on Airbnb, so the two platforms cannot be compared.

How many professional operators run listings in Funchal?

15 named professional operators run listings in Funchal. 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 3,615 public short-term rental listings in Funchal, 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 Portugal. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .

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