Short-term rentals in Kildare
Airbnb dominates local supply with 67% of tracked listings, 2.1× the Booking.com inventory. Professional operators have only a small footprint in Kildare: the largest, Travelnest, runs 4 local listings.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 341
- Market rank
- #26 / 83
- National share
- 1.0%
- Professional operators
- 3
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Kildare
In Kildare, Airbnb leads with 230 tracked listings (67%), 2.1× the 111 on Booking.com (33%).
Where the listings are in Kildare
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 Kildare
2% of Kildare's tracked listings (7 of 341) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 83 tracked markets across Ireland (7%). The 3 indexed professional operators — Travelnest, Shamrock Cottages and Sykes Holiday Cottages — run 6 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 32% of Kildare's classified listings, followed by Private & shared rooms (23%).
Largest operators in Kildare
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 | 4 | 4.83 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 7,009 |
| 2 | Shamrock Cottages | 1 | 4.52 / 5 | — | 46 |
| 3 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 1 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,838 |
All 3 professional operators in Kildare
Local listings
- Travelnest 4 listings
- Shamrock Cottages 1 listing
- Sykes Holiday Cottages 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Kildare among their markets. Published profile URLs remain stable across data refreshes. See the full interactive Kildare market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Kildare compares
Kildare ranks 26th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 1.0% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Belmullet 350 listings
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Dungloe 349 listings
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Clonakilty 341 listings
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Cavan 338 listings
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Carrick-on-Shannon 336 listings
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Carlow 329 listings
Photo credits
- Belmullet: Photo: Belmullet festival by Bugfingers · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dungloe: Photo: Anclochanliath by MaxPride · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Clonakilty: Photo: Clonakilty2 by Chmee2 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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
- Carlow: Photo: Liberty Tree Carlow by Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Kildare market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Kildare?
Kildare has 341 tracked short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 230 on Airbnb and 111 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Kildare?
Professional operators have only a small footprint in Kildare. The largest local presence is Travelnest, with 4 listings.
How professionalised is the Kildare short-term rental market?
2% of Kildare's tracked listings (7 of 341) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 83 tracked markets across Ireland (7%). The 3 indexed professional operators — Travelnest, Shamrock Cottages and Sykes Holiday Cottages — run 6 local listings between them.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Kildare?
In Kildare, Airbnb leads with 230 tracked listings (67%), 2.1× the 111 on Booking.com (33%).
How many professional operators run listings in Kildare?
3 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Kildare. 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 341 public short-term rental listings in Kildare, 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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