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Short-term rentals in Portimão

Portimão is the 4th-largest of 124 short-term rental markets across Portugal: 14,327 listings, 61% on Airbnb. 28% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 13%, led by Rental Valley (251 listings).

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Tracked listings
14,327
Market rank
#4 / 124
National share
8.8%
Named professional operators
48

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Portimão

In Portimão, Airbnb leads with 8,670 listings (61%), versus 5,657 on Booking.com (39%).

Where the listings are in Portimão

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 14,327 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Portimão

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 37% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 23% on Airbnb. The 48 named professional operators run 2,043 local listings between them, and the three largest — Rental Valley, Elite Rentals and Benagil Holidays — account for 28% of that. The other 2,031 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
28%
Median market
13%
Single-listing hosts
28%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 3,988
  • 2–5 listings 3,353
  • 6–25 listings 2,912
  • 26+ (professional) 4,074

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 65% of Portimão's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (25%).

  • Apartments & flats 9,292
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 3,603
  • B&Bs & guest houses 555
  • Private & shared rooms 431
  • Hotels & hostels 288
  • Unique & outdoor 136
  • Other 22

Largest operators in Portimão

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 Portimão, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Rental Valley 251 4.66 / 5 8.4 / 10 10,921
2 Elite Rentals 215 4.75 / 5 8.8 / 10 2,279
3 Benagil Holidays 116 4.80 / 5 9.1 / 10 858
4 René Kalkbrenner Lda 88 4.84 / 5 9.0 / 10 668
5 TLC Property Management & Rentals 73 4.81 / 5 8.9 / 10 815
6 Algarve Golden Properties 72 4.60 / 5 8.3 / 10 939
7 Travelnest 69 4.49 / 5 7.9 / 10 3,326
8 Algarve Holiday Lets 68 4.81 / 5 8.6 / 10 398
9 Seewest Lda 66 4.57 / 5 8.6 / 10 2,431
10 Villa Plus Limited 66 4.53 / 5 8.3 / 10 933

The other 38 professional operators in Portimão

Local listings

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

How Portimão compares

Portimão ranks 4th of 124 tracked markets in Portugal, with 8.8% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Portimão market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Portimão?

Portimão has 14,327 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 8,670 on Airbnb and 5,657 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Portimão is Rental Valley, with 251 local listings.

How professionalised is the Portimão short-term rental market?

28% of Portimão's listings (4,074 of 14,327) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 124 markets across Portugal (13%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 37% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 23% on Airbnb. The 48 named professional operators run 2,043 local listings between them, and the three largest — Rental Valley, Elite Rentals and Benagil Holidays — account for 28% of that. The other 2,031 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Portimão?

In Portimão, Airbnb leads with 8,670 listings (61%), versus 5,657 on Booking.com (39%).

How many professional operators run listings in Portimão?

48 named professional operators run listings in Portimão. 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 14,327 public short-term rental listings in Portimão, 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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