Short-term rentals in Ballina
Airbnb dominates local supply with 68% of tracked listings, 2.1× the Booking.com inventory. Sykes Holiday Cottages is the largest professional operator in Ballina, with 17 local listings.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 285
- Market rank
- #42 / 83
- National share
- 0.9%
- Professional operators
- 5
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Ballina
In Ballina, Airbnb leads with 194 tracked listings (68%), 2.1× the 91 on Booking.com (32%).
Where the listings are in Ballina
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 Ballina
8% of Ballina's tracked listings (23 of 285) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, in line with the median of 83 tracked markets across Ireland (7%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 15% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 5% on Airbnb. The 5 indexed professional operators run 25 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Trident Holiday Homes and Shamrock Cottages — account for 88% of that.
- Professional share
- 8%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 64%
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 50% of Ballina's classified listings, followed by B&Bs & guest houses (14%).
Largest operators in Ballina
Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked Ireland listings. Together, the table and directory cover 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 | 17 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,838 |
| 2 | Trident Holiday Homes | 3 | 4.47 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 3,887 |
| 3 | Shamrock Cottages | 2 | 4.52 / 5 | — | 46 |
| 4 | Your.Rentals | 2 | 4.77 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 2,095 |
| 5 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 1 | 4.62 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 411 |
All 5 professional operators in Ballina
Local listings
- Sykes Holiday Cottages 17 listings
- Trident Holiday Homes 3 listings
- Shamrock Cottages 2 listings
- Your.Rentals 2 listings
- holidaycottages.co.uk 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Ballina among their markets. Published profile URLs remain stable across data refreshes. See the full interactive Ballina market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Ballina compares
Ballina ranks 42nd of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 0.9% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Bundoran 299 listings
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Donegal 291 listings
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Oughterard 291 listings
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Ennis 284 listings
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Dunmore East 281 listings
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Killybegs 272 listings
Photo credits
- Bundoran: Photo: Bundoran2 by Chmee2 or Mates · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Donegal: Photo: DonegalTown by Kanchelskis · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Oughterard: Photo: Oughterard - Uachtar Ard - geograph.org.uk - 1255097 by Trish Steel · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ennis: Photo: Ennis by Bogman · CC BY-SA 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dunmore East: Photo: Irl DunmoreEast harbour by Paul O'Farrell · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Killybegs: Photo: Killybegs Harbour 2007 08 21 by Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Ballina market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Ballina?
Ballina has 285 tracked short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 194 on Airbnb and 91 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Ballina?
The largest professional operator in Ballina is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 17 local listings.
How professionalised is the Ballina short-term rental market?
8% of Ballina's tracked listings (23 of 285) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, in line with the median of 83 tracked markets across Ireland (7%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 15% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 5% on Airbnb. The 5 indexed professional operators run 25 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Trident Holiday Homes and Shamrock Cottages — account for 88% of that.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Ballina?
In Ballina, Airbnb leads with 194 tracked listings (68%), 2.1× the 91 on Booking.com (32%).
How many professional operators run listings in Ballina?
5 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Ballina. 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 285 public short-term rental listings in Ballina, 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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