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As of 4 November 2026, 7,877 holiday rentals & guesthouses companies are based in Australia; 10 are hiring right now and Surfers Paradise has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 7,877
- Hiring now
- 10 · 3 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Holiday house & cottage rentals · 3,009
- Top city
- Surfers Paradise · 81
- Parent market
- Hospitality & travel · 35,127
Holiday rentals & guesthouses in Australia, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Holiday house & cottage rentals | 3,009 | 38% |
| Campsites & holiday parks | 1,766 | 22% |
| Holiday apartment rentals | 1,476 | 19% |
| City short stay apartments | 787 | 10% |
| Farm stay holiday accommodation | 652 | 8% |
| Holiday villa rentals | 604 | 8% |
| Holiday rental agencies & managers | 336 | 4% |
| Bed & breakfast & guesthouses | 291 | 4% |
| Rural guesthouses & country inns | 275 | 3% |
| Hotels | 243 | 3% |
| Ski chalet rentals | 141 | 2% |
| Accommodation booking aggregators | 117 | 1% |
| Other hotels inns & holiday accommodation | 101 | 1% |
| Motels & motor inns | 87 | 1% |
| Hostels & budget lodging | 56 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 4,094 · 1 |
| 2-10 employees | 3,567 · 1 |
| 11-50 employees | 156 · 3 |
| 51-200 employees | 44 · 4 |
| 201-500 employees | 10 · 0 |
| 501-1000 employees | 4 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 2 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Surfers Paradise | 81 | 1% |
| Melbourne | 57 | 1% |
| Byron Bay | 53 | 1% |
| Sunrise Beach | 51 | 1% |
| Low Isles | 49 | 1% |
| Brinsmead | 45 | 1% |
| Bright | 35 | 0% |
| Jindabyne | 35 | 0% |
| Mooloolaba | 32 | 0% |
| Halls Gap | 30 | 0% |
| Broadbeach | 29 | 0% |
| Margaret River | 28 | 0% |
The biggest holiday rentals & guesthouses companies in Australia
The largest companies of the segment, by headcount; job boards and portals left out.
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The stack of holiday rentals & guesthouses in Australia
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Other segments of hospitality & travel in Australia
Hospitality & travel in Australia, the whole market →
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Boating & watersports · 1,764 →
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7,877 holiday rentals & guesthouses companies are based in Australia; 10 are hiring right now and Surfers Paradise has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/hospitality_travel/australia/holiday_rentals_and_guesthouses)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Holiday rentals & guesthouses in Australia: questions
How many holiday rentals & guesthouses companies are there in Australia?
7,877 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Hospitality & travel → Holiday rentals & guesthouses → leaf niches such as holiday house & cottage rentals, campsites & holiday parks, holiday apartment rentals. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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