Short-term rentals in Belfast
Local supply skews to Airbnb, with 2× the Booking.com inventory. Its largest professional operator, Pass the Keys, runs 86 listings locally.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 4,116
- Market rank
- #9 / 598
- National share
- 0.7%
- Professional operators
- 17
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Belfast
In Belfast, Airbnb leads with 2,756 tracked listings (67%), versus 1,360 on Booking.com (33%).
Where the listings are in Belfast
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.
What the Belfast short-term rental supply looks like
Listings by property type
How Belfast's tracked listings split across property types on each platform.
Listings by operator portfolio size
Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.
Largest operators in Belfast
Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked United Kingdom 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 | Pass the Keys | 86 | 4.75 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 59,990 |
| 2 | Central Belfast Apartments | 85 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 4,683 |
| 3 | Travelnest Ltd | 24 | 4.53 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 83,730 |
| 4 | Travel Lets | 11 | 4.43 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 931 |
| 5 | Escape Ordinary Group Ltd | 9 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.2 / 10 | 2,894 |
| 6 | HelloGuest Limited | 8 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 7,329 |
| 7 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 8 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 163,699 |
| 8 | My Property Host | 6 | 4.28 / 5 | 7.5 / 10 | 15,438 |
| 9 | Staybridge Suites | 5 | 4.59 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 1,022,964 |
| 10 | Studio Apartment | 4 | 5.00 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 399,218 |
All 17 professional operators in Belfast
Local listings
- Pass the Keys 86 listings
- Central Belfast Apartments 85 listings
- Travelnest Ltd 24 listings
- Travel Lets 11 listings
- Escape Ordinary Group Ltd 9 listings
- HelloGuest Limited 8 listings
- Sykes Holiday Cottages 8 listings
- My Property Host 6 listings
- Staybridge Suites 5 listings
- Studio Apartment 4 listings
- Adagio Aparthotel 3 listings
- Guest Ready 2 listings
- Your.Rentals 2 listings
- ALSENED LTD 1 listing
- Cottages.com 1 listing
- holidaycottages.co.uk 1 listing
- UniFlx 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Belfast among their markets. Published profile URLs remain stable across data refreshes. See the full interactive Belfast market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Belfast compares
Belfast ranks 9th of 598 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.7% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Brighton & Hove 5,239 listings
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Bristol 5,035 listings
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Cardiff 4,263 listings
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York 4,070 listings
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Glasgow 3,872 listings
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Leeds 3,617 listings
Photo credits
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- Leeds: Photo: Leeds Montage by Lad 2011 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Belfast market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Belfast?
Belfast has 4,116 tracked short-term rental listings as of 2026-06-07: 2,756 on Airbnb and 1,360 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Belfast?
The largest professional operator in Belfast is Pass the Keys, with 86 local listings.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Belfast?
Airbnb is bigger in Belfast, with 2,756 listings against 1,360 on Booking.com.
How many professional operators run listings in Belfast?
17 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Belfast. 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 4,116 public short-term rental listings in Belfast, 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 the United Kingdom. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .
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