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Short-term rentals in Castlebar

Airbnb dominates local supply with 70% of tracked listings, 2.3× the Booking.com inventory. Sykes Holiday Cottages is the largest professional operator in Castlebar, with 11 local listings.

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Photo: Castlebar large view from above by Munifico · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons

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Tracked listings
157
Market rank
#71 / 83
National share
0.5%
Professional operators
2

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Castlebar

In Castlebar, Airbnb leads with 110 tracked listings (70%), 2.3× the 47 on Booking.com (30%).

Where the listings are in Castlebar

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 153 sampled locations from 157 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Castlebar

8% of Castlebar's tracked listings (12 of 157) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, in line with the median of 83 tracked markets across Ireland (7%). The 2 indexed professional operators — Sykes Holiday Cottages and Claddagh Living — run 13 local listings between them.

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.

  • Single listing 101
  • 2–5 listings 30
  • 6–25 listings 14
  • 26+ (professional) 12

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 46% of Castlebar's classified listings, followed by Private & shared rooms (22%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 72
  • Private & shared rooms 35
  • B&Bs & guest houses 25
  • Apartments & flats 10
  • Unique & outdoor 8
  • Hotels & hostels 7

Largest operators in Castlebar

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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Largest operators in Castlebar, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 11 4.61 / 5 8.9 / 10 4,838
2 Claddagh Living 2 4.68 / 5 8.3 / 10 445

All 2 professional operators in Castlebar

Local listings

Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Castlebar among their markets. Published profile URLs remain stable across data refreshes. See the full interactive Castlebar market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.

How Castlebar compares

Castlebar ranks 71st of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 0.5% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Castlebar market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Castlebar?

Castlebar has 157 tracked short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 110 on Airbnb and 47 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Castlebar is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 11 local listings.

How professionalised is the Castlebar short-term rental market?

8% of Castlebar's tracked listings (12 of 157) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, in line with the median of 83 tracked markets across Ireland (7%). The 2 indexed professional operators — Sykes Holiday Cottages and Claddagh Living — run 13 local listings between them.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Castlebar?

In Castlebar, Airbnb leads with 110 tracked listings (70%), 2.3× the 47 on Booking.com (30%).

How many professional operators run listings in Castlebar?

2 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Castlebar. 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 157 public short-term rental listings in Castlebar, 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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