Short-term rentals in Carlow
Airbnb dominates local supply with 69% of tracked listings, 2.2× the Booking.com inventory. Professional operators have only a small footprint in Carlow: the largest, Sykes Holiday Cottages, runs 2 local listings.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 329
- Market rank
- #29 / 83
- National share
- 1.0%
- Professional operators
- 3
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Carlow
In Carlow, Airbnb leads with 227 tracked listings (69%), 2.2× the 102 on Booking.com (31%).
Where the listings are in Carlow
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 Carlow
2% of Carlow's tracked listings (5 of 329) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 83 tracked markets across Ireland (7%). The 3 indexed professional operators — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Trident Holiday Homes and Shamrock Cottages — run 5 local listings between them.
- Professional share
- 2%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 61%
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 45% of Carlow's classified listings, followed by B&Bs & guest houses (19%).
Largest operators in Carlow
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 | 2 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,838 |
| 2 | Trident Holiday Homes | 2 | 4.47 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 3,887 |
| 3 | Shamrock Cottages | 1 | 4.52 / 5 | — | 46 |
All 3 professional operators in Carlow
Local listings
- Sykes Holiday Cottages 2 listings
- Trident Holiday Homes 2 listings
- Shamrock Cottages 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Carlow among their markets. Published profile URLs remain stable across data refreshes. See the full interactive Carlow market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Carlow compares
Carlow ranks 29th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 1.0% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Kildare 341 listings
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Cavan 338 listings
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Carrick-on-Shannon 336 listings
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Youghal 328 listings
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Schull 322 listings
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Bantry 317 listings
Photo credits
- Kildare: Photo: St Brigid's Cathedral Kildare - geograph.org.uk - 250948 by Vivienne Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cavan: Photo: Cavan - aerial - 2025-12-26 06 by 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Carrick-on-Shannon: Photo: The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon - geograph.org.uk - 209499 by Brian Shaw · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Youghal: Photo: Youghal town harbour by Will McGoldrick · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Schull: Photo: Schull main street by Kondephy · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bantry: Photo: Bantry From above by Dzjamkokarlis · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Carlow market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Carlow?
Carlow has 329 tracked short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 227 on Airbnb and 102 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Carlow?
Professional operators have only a small footprint in Carlow. The largest local presence is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 2 listings.
How professionalised is the Carlow short-term rental market?
2% of Carlow's tracked listings (5 of 329) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 83 tracked markets across Ireland (7%). The 3 indexed professional operators — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Trident Holiday Homes and Shamrock Cottages — run 5 local listings between them.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Carlow?
In Carlow, Airbnb leads with 227 tracked listings (69%), 2.2× the 102 on Booking.com (31%).
How many professional operators run listings in Carlow?
3 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Carlow. 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 329 public short-term rental listings in Carlow, 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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