Short-term rentals in Waterford
Airbnb dominates local supply with 67% of tracked listings, 2× the Booking.com inventory. Professional operators have only a small footprint in Waterford: the largest, Sykes Holiday Cottages, runs 4 local listings.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 307
- Market rank
- #35 / 83
- National share
- 0.9%
- Professional operators
- 3
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Waterford
In Waterford, Airbnb leads with 206 tracked listings (67%), 2× the 101 on Booking.com (33%).
Where the listings are in Waterford
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 Waterford
2% of Waterford's tracked listings (7 of 307) 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, holidaycottages.co.uk and Shamrock Cottages — run 7 local listings between them.
- Professional share
- 2%
- Median market
- 7%
- Single-listing hosts
- 55%
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 44% of Waterford's classified listings, followed by Private & shared rooms (19%).
Largest operators in Waterford
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 | 4 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,838 |
| 2 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 2 | 4.62 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 411 |
| 3 | Shamrock Cottages | 1 | 4.52 / 5 | — | 46 |
All 3 professional operators in Waterford
Local listings
- Sykes Holiday Cottages 4 listings
- holidaycottages.co.uk 2 listings
- Shamrock Cottages 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Ireland and count Waterford among their markets. Published profile URLs remain stable across data refreshes. See the full interactive Waterford market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Waterford compares
Waterford ranks 35th of 83 tracked markets in Ireland, with 0.9% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Bantry 317 listings
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Letterkenny 312 listings
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Killaloe 310 listings
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Mullingar 306 listings
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Navan 304 listings
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Skibbereen 304 listings
Photo credits
- Bantry: Photo: Bantry From above by Dzjamkokarlis · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Letterkenny: Photo: Letterkenny Town View by DevelopedMadness~commonswiki · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Killaloe: Photo: Killaloe, County Clare with the Shannon in the foreground by Chris55 at English Wikipedia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Mullingar: Photo: Mullingar Town Centre - geograph.org.uk - 5027677 by Shaun Nolan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Navan: Photo: MarketSquareNavan by Jtdirl at English Wikipedia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Skibbereen: Photo: New Bridge Skibbereen - geograph.org.uk - 498403 by Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Waterford market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Waterford?
Waterford has 307 tracked short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 206 on Airbnb and 101 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Waterford?
Professional operators have only a small footprint in Waterford. The largest local presence is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 4 listings.
How professionalised is the Waterford short-term rental market?
2% of Waterford's tracked listings (7 of 307) 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, holidaycottages.co.uk and Shamrock Cottages — run 7 local listings between them.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Waterford?
In Waterford, Airbnb leads with 206 tracked listings (67%), 2× the 101 on Booking.com (33%).
How many professional operators run listings in Waterford?
3 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Waterford. 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 307 public short-term rental listings in Waterford, 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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