Short-term rentals in Cork
Airbnb dominates local supply with 72% of tracked listings, 2.6× the Booking.com inventory. Travelnest is the largest professional operator in Cork, with 14 local listings.
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- Tracked listings
- 616
- Market rank
- #9 / 83
- National share
- 1.9%
- Professional operators
- 4
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Cork
In Cork, Airbnb leads with 444 tracked listings (72%), 2.6× the 172 on Booking.com (28%).
Where the listings are in Cork
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 Cork
4% of Cork's tracked listings (25 of 616) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 83 tracked markets across Ireland (7%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 11% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 1% on Airbnb. The 4 indexed professional operators run 22 local listings between them, and the three largest — Travelnest, Houst and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 95% of that.
- Professional share
- 4%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 48%
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
Private & shared rooms make up 31% of Cork's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (27%).
Largest operators in Cork
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 | Travelnest | 14 | 4.83 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 7,009 |
| 2 | Houst | 5 | 4.60 / 5 | 7.6 / 10 | 1,317 |
| 3 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 2 | 4.62 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 411 |
| 4 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 1 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,838 |
All 4 professional operators in Cork
Local listings
- Travelnest 14 listings
- Houst 5 listings
- holidaycottages.co.uk 2 listings
- Sykes Holiday Cottages 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Cork among their markets. Published profile URLs remain stable across data refreshes. See the full interactive Cork market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Cork compares
Cork ranks 9th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 1.9% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Wexford 683 listings
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Clifden 675 listings
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Leixlip 632 listings
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Westport 611 listings
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Kilkenny 474 listings
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Kenmare 460 listings
Photo credits
- Wexford: Photo: Main Street Wexford - geograph.org.uk - 316261 by David Staincliffe · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Clifden: Photo: ClifdenOverview by Bert Kaufmann · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Leixlip: Photo: Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland by Magnolia677 · CC BY 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Westport: Photo: Westport bridge IE by Mark Waters · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kilkenny: Photo: Killkenny City by J.Pollock · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kenmare: Photo: Kenmare by Alison at English Wikipedia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Cork market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Cork?
Cork has 616 tracked short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 444 on Airbnb and 172 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Cork?
The largest professional operator in Cork is Travelnest, with 14 local listings.
How professionalised is the Cork short-term rental market?
4% of Cork's tracked listings (25 of 616) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 83 tracked markets across Ireland (7%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 11% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 1% on Airbnb. The 4 indexed professional operators run 22 local listings between them, and the three largest — Travelnest, Houst and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 95% of that.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Cork?
In Cork, Airbnb leads with 444 tracked listings (72%), 2.6× the 172 on Booking.com (28%).
How many professional operators run listings in Cork?
4 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Cork. 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 616 public short-term rental listings in Cork, 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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