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Short-term rentals in Belfast

Belfast is the 8th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 4,331 listings, 63% on Airbnb. 12% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Central Belfast Apartments (84 listings).

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Tracked listings
4,331
Market rank
#8 / 597
National share
0.7%
Named professional operators
18

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Belfast

In Belfast, Airbnb leads with 2,719 listings (63%), versus 1,612 on Booking.com (37%).

Where the listings are in Belfast

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 4,331 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Belfast

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 18% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 9% on Airbnb. The 18 named professional operators run 257 local listings between them, and the three largest — Central Belfast Apartments, Pass the Keys and Travelnest Ltd — account for 73% of that. The other 272 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
12%
Median market
39%
Single-listing hosts
38%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 1,665
  • 2–5 listings 1,325
  • 6–25 listings 812
  • 26+ (professional) 529

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 42% of Belfast's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (34%).

  • Apartments & flats 1,811
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 1,486
  • Private & shared rooms 511
  • B&Bs & guest houses 296
  • Hotels & hostels 147
  • Unique & outdoor 78
  • Other 2

Largest operators in Belfast

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

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Largest operators in Belfast, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Central Belfast Apartments 84 4.67 / 5 8.9 / 10 4,623
2 Pass the Keys 84 4.75 / 5 8.1 / 10 62,567
3 Travelnest Ltd 20 4.56 / 5 8.0 / 10 95,073
4 Travel Lets 13 4.43 / 5 8.7 / 10 1,056
5 HelloGuest Limited 10 4.71 / 5 8.1 / 10 7,597
6 Escape Ordinary Group Ltd 9 4.85 / 5 8.8 / 10 3,042
7 Sykes Holiday Cottages 7 4.70 / 5 8.9 / 10 179,990
8 Belvilla by OYO 5 4.29 / 5 6.8 / 10 8,441
9 Cumbrian Cottage Holidays 4 4.87 / 5 9.1 / 10 78,520
10 Staybridge Suites 4 4.58 / 5 8.3 / 10 1,020,187

The other 8 professional operators in Belfast

Local listings

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

How Belfast compares

Belfast ranks 8th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.7% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Belfast market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Belfast?

Belfast has 4,331 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 2,719 on Airbnb and 1,612 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Belfast is Central Belfast Apartments, with 84 local listings.

How professionalised is the Belfast short-term rental market?

12% of Belfast's listings (529 of 4,331) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (39%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 18% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 9% on Airbnb. The 18 named professional operators run 257 local listings between them, and the three largest — Central Belfast Apartments, Pass the Keys and Travelnest Ltd — account for 73% of that. The other 272 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Belfast?

In Belfast, Airbnb leads with 2,719 listings (63%), versus 1,612 on Booking.com (37%).

How many professional operators run listings in Belfast?

18 named professional operators run listings in Belfast. 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 4,331 public short-term rental listings in Belfast, 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 the United Kingdom. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .

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