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Best Airbnb Management Companies in Montreal (2026)

Source: AirROI Reviewed by , Founder @ AirROI

The short answer

Montreal Airbnb Management in Brief

In the 12 months to September 2026, Denstays ran 72 of Montreal's 6,800 active Airbnb listings, and Simplissimmo ran 69. AirROI identified 36 Airbnb management companies running five or more Montreal listings.

"Similar owner-run homes" are homes whose owner runs only that one Montreal listing, with no co-host, the same bedrooms and room type, listed all year and open on 240+ nights, booked on 60+ of them, with 5+ reviews. Revenue is what each home earned on Airbnb, estimated from booked nights and rates; stays sold on other sites or direct aren't counted.

Revenue, occupancy and nightly rates across the whole market are in the Montreal Airbnb market report .

The ranking

Montreal Airbnb Management Companies, Ranked

Companies are ranked by the active Montreal listings they run, as host or as co-host on an owner's account. "Lead vs similar" shows how much more a company's homes earned than owner-run Montreal homes with the same number of bedrooms and room type, where they earned more, so a company of big houses isn't flattered by their size.

Management companies with the most listings in Montreal

Ranked by active Montreal listings run as host or co-host in the 12 months to September 2026.

Management companies with the most listings in Montreal
#CompanyListings
DenstaysRosemont–La Petite-Patrie · Le Plateau-Mont-Royal★ 4.86 · +138% vs similar homes72
SimplissimmoCo-hosts · Ville-Marie · Le Plateau-Mont-Royal★ 4.66 · +26% vs similar homes69
TeamCHECKiNCo-hosts · Le Plateau-Mont-Royal · Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve★ 4.84 · +75% vs similar homes66
4Host-MeCo-hosts · Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve · Le Plateau-Mont-Royal★ 4.70 · +24% vs similar homes55
5SkybmanagementCo-hosts · Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce · Le Plateau-Mont-Royal★ 4.5949
6Unique Stays MontréalLe Plateau-Mont-Royal · Ville-Marie★ 4.86 · +92% vs similar homes45
7Prime Location Stay40
8Mercer Hospitality★ 4.7223
9We Rent For YouLe Sud-Ouest · Le Plateau-Mont-Royal★ 4.69 · +13% vs similar homes22
10WERFY Inc.Co-hosts · Le Sud-Ouest · Le Plateau-Mont-Royal★ 4.70 · +13% vs similar homes20
11MTLVacationRentalsLe Plateau-Mont-Royal · Outremont★ 4.88 · +113% vs similar homes18
12Nomade VA TeamCo-hosts · Ville-Marie★ 4.84 · +226%† vs similar homes18
13Leon & Sam Hosting★ 4.8217
14The PacificCo-hosts · Le Plateau-Mont-Royal · Ville-Marie★ 4.7915
15Lift HotelCo-hosts★ 4.5914
16Montreal StayLe Sud-Ouest · Ville-Marie★ 4.59 · +27% vs similar homes14
17Cecilia James Hosting TCo-hosts★ 4.8012
18Guest Experience TeamCo-hosts★ 4.64 · +314%† vs similar homes12
19Ton Stay12
20ComfyStay KSA Co-HostCo-hosts★ 4.7111
21Bakan GroupVille-Marie★ 4.6010
22U by Me CollectionVille-Marie★ 4.7010
23JD PropertiesCo-hosts · Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie · Le Plateau-Mont-Royal★ 4.869
24Kozy Stays8
25Mike & Sam Hosting★ 4.818

Best-rated Airbnb management companies in Montreal

Average guest rating across each company's rated listings, weighted by reviews, among companies with at least 10 rated listings and 100 reviews.

Best-rated Airbnb management companies in Montreal
#CompanyAverage rating
MTLVacationRentalsLe Plateau-Mont-Royal · Outremont★ 4.88 · +113% vs similar homes4.88
Unique Stays MontréalLe Plateau-Mont-Royal · Ville-Marie★ 4.86 · +92% vs similar homes4.86
DenstaysRosemont–La Petite-Patrie · Le Plateau-Mont-Royal★ 4.86 · +138% vs similar homes4.86
4TeamCHECKiNCo-hosts · Le Plateau-Mont-Royal · Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve★ 4.84 · +75% vs similar homes4.84
5Nomade VA TeamCo-hosts · Ville-Marie★ 4.84 · +226%† vs similar homes4.84
6Leon & Sam Hosting★ 4.824.82
7Cecilia James Hosting TCo-hosts★ 4.804.80
8The PacificCo-hosts · Le Plateau-Mont-Royal · Ville-Marie★ 4.794.79
9Mercer Hospitality★ 4.724.72
10ComfyStay KSA Co-HostCo-hosts★ 4.714.71
11U by Me CollectionVille-Marie★ 4.704.70
12Host-MeCo-hosts · Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve · Le Plateau-Mont-Royal★ 4.70 · +24% vs similar homes4.70
13WERFY Inc.Co-hosts · Le Sud-Ouest · Le Plateau-Mont-Royal★ 4.70 · +13% vs similar homes4.70
14We Rent For YouLe Sud-Ouest · Le Plateau-Mont-Royal★ 4.69 · +13% vs similar homes4.69
15SimplissimmoCo-hosts · Ville-Marie · Le Plateau-Mont-Royal★ 4.66 · +26% vs similar homes4.66

Management companies whose homes most out-earn similar Montreal listings

Each company's year-round homes against owner-run Montreal homes with the same bedrooms and room type, among companies with at least 15 such homes.

Management companies whose homes most out-earn similar Montreal listings
#CompanyLead vs similar
DenstaysRosemont–La Petite-Patrie · Le Plateau-Mont-Royal★ 4.86 · +138% vs similar homes+138%
MTLVacationRentalsLe Plateau-Mont-Royal · Outremont★ 4.88 · +113% vs similar homes+113%
Unique Stays MontréalLe Plateau-Mont-Royal · Ville-Marie★ 4.86 · +92% vs similar homes+92%
4TeamCHECKiNCo-hosts · Le Plateau-Mont-Royal · Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve★ 4.84 · +75% vs similar homes+75%
5SimplissimmoCo-hosts · Ville-Marie · Le Plateau-Mont-Royal★ 4.66 · +26% vs similar homes+26%
6Host-MeCo-hosts · Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve · Le Plateau-Mont-Royal★ 4.70 · +24% vs similar homes+24%
7Nomade VA TeamCo-hosts · Ville-Marie★ 4.84 · +226%† vs similar homes+226%†
How to read this table

Shortlist

The Best Airbnb Management Companies in Montreal, by Home Size

A company that runs studios well may not suit a four-bedroom house. For each size, these are the Montreal companies whose homes of that size out-earn owner-run homes of the same size by enough to cover a 20% fee (25% or more), on at least five year-round homes of that size, rated 4.7 or higher over 100 or more reviews. Leads of 150% or more are left out: that's more than management usually explains.

Studios and 1 bedroom

  1. Unique Stays Montréal 32 homes · rated 4.86
    +92%
  2. The Pacific 5 homes · rated 4.79 · small sample
    +113%
  3. TeamCHECKiN 9 homes · rated 4.84 · small sample
    +84%

2 bedrooms

  1. Denstays 22 homes · rated 4.86
    +119%
  2. TeamCHECKiN 23 homes · rated 4.84
    +69%

3 bedrooms

  1. MTLVacationRentals 7 homes · rated 4.88 · small sample
    +98%
  2. Denstays 8 homes · rated 4.86 · small sample
    +97%
  3. Host-Me 5 homes · rated 4.70 · small sample
    +53%

4 bedrooms or more

No company has 5 or more year-round 4+ bedroom homes to compare yet.

Each figure is revenue against owner-run homes with the same bedrooms and room type, on the company's year-round homes of that size only. "Small sample" marks a figure on five to nine homes: a lead to follow up, not a result. It says what the company's homes earned, not what yours will.

Fees

What an Airbnb Manager Costs in Montreal

Few management companies publish their fees. Of the 180 companies AirROI checked in 11 major Airbnb markets in September 2026, 17 publish a rate, from 10% to 30% of booking revenue with a median starting rate of 17%, and 102 quote only on request. Expect to ask each Montreal company you shortlist for a quote.

Get the rate in writing along with what it's charged on: some companies take their share of the nightly rate only, others of everything the guest pays, cleaning fee included. With the company-run median Montreal cleaning fee of C$99, a 20% rate that also applies to cleaning takes another C$20 from every stay. Ask too what's billed on top (linen, repairs, a setup fee) and how much notice ends the contract.

At the median starting rate, rounded to 15%, a manager has to lift revenue by 18% to leave an owner where they started, and 77% of company-run Montreal homes earned at least that much more than the owner-run median for their size, against 38% of owner-run homes with no manager at all.

What a fee costs a year on a median Montreal home

What a fee costs a year on a median Montreal home
HomeMedian revenue15% fee20% fee25% fee30% fee
1 bedroomC$20,000C$3,000C$4,000C$5,000C$6,000
2 bedroomsC$35,900C$5,385C$7,180C$8,975C$10,770
3 bedroomsC$50,200C$7,530C$10,040C$12,550C$15,060
4 bedroomsC$86,700C$13,005C$17,340C$21,675C$26,010
5+ bedroomsC$124,000C$18,600C$24,800C$31,000C$37,200

The fee on the median booking revenue of entire homes listed all 12 months, at common rates. A company's quote for your home can differ; ask for the full rate card in writing.

The numbers

Is an Airbnb Manager Worth It in Montreal?

Across Montreal, listings run by companies earned 80% more than owner-run listings with the same number of bedrooms and room type over the 12 months to September 2026, with nightly rates 45% higher and occupancy 6% higher.

A company charging a share of revenue pays for itself on revenue alone when it lifts income by more than the share: a 20% fee needs a 25% lift, and 6 of the 12 Montreal companies with enough homes to compare clear it. The table shows how many company-run homes clear each bar:

Company-run homes that earn enough to cover each fee

  • Company-run
  • Owner-run
  • 15% fee needs +18% 77%
  • 20% fee needs +25% 73%
  • 25% fee needs +33% 70%
  • 30% fee needs +43% 67%
  • 35% fee needs +54% 64%

A home "earns it" when its revenue over the 12 months to September 2026 beat the owner-run median for homes of the same room type and bedroom count by at least the lift shown. Homes listed all year only.

How we compared

Read the 20% row. 73% of company-run Montreal homes earned at least 25% more than the owner-run median for their size, enough to pay that fee and still leave the owner ahead. 35% of owner-run homes cleared the same mark with no manager at all, so a company-run home is 38 percentage points more likely to clear the bar, beyond the ±9 points that chance alone could produce on these numbers. Ask any manager to show you homes of its own that clear it.

Company-run homes out-earn similar owner-run ones whichever account they sit on: those a company co-hosts on the owner's own Airbnb account earned 58% more than similar owner-run homes, and those on a company's own account 102% more. Of all 375 year-round company-run Montreal homes, 191 stay on the owner's own account, with the company as co-host. Owners who keep the listing on their own account keep its reviews if they change manager.

Results vary by company, and the ranking shows the companies whose homes lead similar ones. Managers also choose the homes they take on, so part of any lead reflects the homes, and the comparison matches homes by room type and bedrooms only, not by street or finish. It counts Airbnb bookings only.

Profiles

The Top-Ranked and Best-Performing Companies, Profiled

The six top-ranked companies; the one beyond them whose homes most out-earn similar ones (by the 25% or more a 20% fee needs, across 15 or more year-round homes, rated 4.7 or higher over 100 or more reviews); and the next three top-ranked with enough homes to compare: what each runs, where, and how its homes compare with similar owner-run Montreal homes. Leads of 150% or more are flagged: they say as much about the homes as the management. Each card's revenue, per-night and nights figures are medians across its homes, so the last two don't multiply to the first.

The six top-ranked

  • Denstays

    #1 by listings Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal

    Best results in Montreal Out-earns similar homes by enough to cover a 20% fee

    Denstays runs 72 active Montreal Airbnb listings, and guests rate its homes 4.86 over 13,800 reviews.

    Active listings
    72
    +2 in a year
    Guest rating
    4.86
    13,800 reviews
    Nightly rate
    C$310
    median
    vs similar homes
    +138%
    revenue, 72 homes compared
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    Denstays in figures
  • Simplissimmo

    #2 by listings Ville-Marie, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Co-hosts on owners' accounts

    Out-earns similar homes by enough to cover a 20% fee

    Simplissimmo runs 69 active Montreal Airbnb listings.

    Active listings
    69
    Guest rating
    4.66
    4,250 reviews
    Nightly rate
    C$240
    median
    vs similar homes
    +26%
    revenue, 47 homes compared
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    Simplissimmo in figures
  • TeamCHECKiN

    #3 by listings Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Co-hosts on owners' accounts

    Out-earns similar homes by enough to cover a 20% fee

    TeamCHECKiN runs 66 active Montreal Airbnb listings, and guests rate its homes 4.84 over 8,680 reviews.

    Active listings
    66
    Guest rating
    4.84
    8,680 reviews
    Nightly rate
    C$255
    median
    vs similar homes
    +75%
    revenue, 53 homes compared
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    TeamCHECKiN in figures
  • 4

    Host-Me

    #4 by listings Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Co-hosts on owners' accounts

    Out-earns similar owner-run homes

    Host-Me runs 55 active Montreal Airbnb listings, and guests rate its homes 4.70 over 4,270 reviews.

    Active listings
    55
    Guest rating
    4.70
    4,270 reviews
    Nightly rate
    C$195
    median
    vs similar homes
    +24%
    revenue, 30 homes compared
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    Host-Me in figures
  • 5

    Skybmanagement

    #5 by listings Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Co-hosts on owners' accounts

    Skybmanagement runs 49 active Montreal Airbnb listings.

    Active listings
    49
    Nightly rate
    C$135
    median
    Year-round homes
    34
    listed all 12 months
    What it runs
    Account
    Skybmanagement in figures
  • 6

    Unique Stays Montréal

    #6 by listings Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, Ville-Marie

    Out-earns similar homes by enough to cover a 20% fee

    Unique Stays Montréal runs 45 active Montreal Airbnb listings, and guests rate its homes 4.86 over 7,130 reviews.

    Active listings
    45
    Guest rating
    4.86
    7,130 reviews
    Nightly rate
    C$190
    median
    vs similar homes
    +92%
    revenue, 44 homes compared
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    Unique Stays Montréal in figures

Top performers: homes that out-earn similar ones by enough to cover a 20% fee

  • 11

    MTLVacationRentals

    #11 by listings Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, Outremont

    Best rated in Montreal Out-earns similar homes by enough to cover a 20% fee

    MTLVacationRentals runs 18 active Montreal Airbnb listings, and guests rate its homes 4.88 over 3,630 reviews.

    Active listings
    18
    +1 in a year
    Guest rating
    4.88
    3,630 reviews
    Nightly rate
    C$495
    median
    vs similar homes
    +113%
    revenue, 17 homes compared
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    MTLVacationRentals in figures

The next ranked

  • 9

    We Rent For You

    #9 by listings Le Sud-Ouest, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal

    Fastest growing in Montreal Out-earns similar owner-run homes

    We Rent For You runs 22 active Montreal Airbnb listings.

    Active listings
    22
    +5 in a year
    Guest rating
    4.69
    2,030 reviews
    Nightly rate
    C$255
    median
    vs similar homes
    +13%
    revenue, 14 homes compared
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    We Rent For You in figures
  • 10

    WERFY Inc.

    #10 by listings Le Sud-Ouest, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Co-hosts on owners' accounts

    Out-earns similar owner-run homes

    WERFY Inc. runs 20 active Montreal Airbnb listings.

    Active listings
    20
    Guest rating
    4.70
    1,930 reviews
    Nightly rate
    C$240
    median
    vs similar homes
    +13%
    revenue, 14 homes compared
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    WERFY Inc. in figures
  • 12

    Nomade VA Team

    #12 by listings Ville-Marie Co-hosts on owners' accounts

    Earns far more than similar homes

    Nomade VA Team runs 18 active Montreal Airbnb listings, and guests rate its homes 4.84 over 1,950 reviews.

    Active listings
    18
    Guest rating
    4.84
    1,950 reviews
    Nightly rate
    C$435
    median
    vs similar homes
    +226%
    revenue, 16 homes compared
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    Nomade VA Team in figures

Checklist

Before You Sign: Seven Things to Check with a Montreal Manager

Benchmarks

What Montreal Airbnbs Earn: Benchmarks to Test a Manager's Pitch

A manager's projection is only as good as the homes it is compared with. These are the typical results for Montreal entire homes listed for all 12 months, by bedroom count, over the 12 months to September 2026, in Canadian dollars.

What Montreal entire homes earned a year, by bedroom count

What Montreal Airbnbs Earn: Benchmarks to Test a Manager's Pitch
HomeMedianTop quarter overTo net the median after 20%
1 bedroom 1,750 homesC$20,000C$43,500C$25,000
2 bedrooms 1,170 homesC$35,900C$67,400C$44,880
3 bedrooms 545 homesC$50,200C$100,000C$62,750
4 bedrooms 185 homesC$86,700C$148,000C$108,380
5+ bedrooms 104 homesC$124,000C$224,000C$155,000

Booking revenue of entire homes listed all 12 months. A quarter of homes earned less than the bottom-quarter figure and a quarter more than the top-quarter one. The last column is what a home has to earn for a 20% fee to leave its owner the median.

A projection above the top-quarter line for your size of home (C$67,400 for a two-bedroom) should come with the comparable homes the company already runs. The fee changes the sum: on a two-bedroom earning the median C$35,900, a 20% fee comes to C$7,180 a year and leaves its owner C$28,720, so to leave you with the median a manager has to bring in C$44,880.

Before comparing managers' fees, see what the home itself could earn: the Airbnb revenue calculator gives a revenue range for one Montreal address from comparable listings.

Estimate what your Montreal home could earn

Market structure

Who Runs Montreal's Airbnb Market

Hosts with a single listing run 20% of Montreal's Airbnbs. Accounts with 20 or more listings, companies, individuals and hotels alike, run 29%. These bands count Airbnb accounts, not brands, so a company with several accounts can sit in more than one. The share Airbnb flags as professionally managed rose from 9% to 14% over the year.

Accounts with 20 or more listings run 29% of Montreal's Airbnbs

Share of Montreal's 6,800 active listings, by how many listings their operator runs in the city

  • Hosts with one listing 20% · 1,360 operators
  • 2–4 listings 20% · 556 operators
  • 5–19 listings 31% · 275 operators
  • 20–99 listings 29% · 67 operators

39% of Montreal's listings name at least one co-host. Many management companies work that way: the listing, its reviews and its payouts stay on the owner's account, and the company runs it as co-host. The profiles above show how much of each company's portfolio runs on owners' accounts. Airbnb's own "professional host" flag covers 14% of listings; it marks hosts who run several homes, companies or not, so it isn't the same measure as the company share.

Where they work

Where Montreal's Management Companies Operate

The share of each neighborhood's active listings run by management companies and other business accounts.

Where Montreal's Management Companies Operate
NeighborhoodActive listingsShare run by companies
Ville-Marie1,56012%
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal1,11016%
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce4439%
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie35013%
Le Sud-Ouest3138%
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve30011%
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension1844%
Ahuntsic-Cartierville12613%
Verdun880%
LaSalle512%

Neighborhood · active listings · share run by management companies and other businesses

Rules

Rules a Montreal Manager Has to Follow

The rules follow the property, whoever runs it. Short-term renting in Montreal is allowed, but only in your own home: Montreal lets hosts rent their principal residence to tourists from 10 June to 10 September, with a $350 City host permit and a CITQ registration number.

The Montreal Airbnb regulations page covers the permit, fees, operating limits and taxes, each linked to its official source. A manager that takes on your home should handle the permit and tax filings, and the contract should say who does what.

Montreal Airbnb regulations Permit, fees, limits and taxes

FAQ

Montreal Airbnb Management: Frequently Asked Questions

Which Airbnb management companies run the most listings in Montreal?

Denstays runs 72 active Montreal Airbnb listings in AirROI's data for the 12 months to September 2026, and Simplissimmo (69) and TeamCHECKiN (66) also run many.

How many Airbnb management companies operate in Montreal?

In the 12 months to September 2026, 22 management companies ran 10 or more active Montreal listings, and 36 ran 5 or more. Many smaller managers work as co-hosts on owners' accounts; they are counted on every listing they co-host.

What share of Montreal Airbnbs are professionally managed?

Airbnb's own "professional host" flag, which also covers individuals who run several homes, is on 14%, against 9% a year earlier. 39% list at least one co-host.

Do professionally managed Airbnbs earn more in Montreal?

Yes, on average. In the 12 months to September 2026, Montreal homes run by companies with 10 or more listings earned 80% more than owner-run homes with the same number of bedrooms and room type (294 company-run and 161 owner-run year-round homes), according to AirROI. Company by company, 11 of the 12 with 10 or more year-round homes to compare out-earned similar homes, and 6 by the 25% or more that a 20% fee needs, not counting 2 whose lead of 150% or more is more than management usually explains. Company-run homes also charge 45% more a night than owner-run homes of the same size. Managers also choose which homes they take on, so part of any gap reflects the homes themselves.

Is it worth hiring an Airbnb manager in Montreal?

Often: the typical company-run Montreal home earned 80% more than a similar owner-run one in the 12 months to September 2026, enough to cover a fee of up to about 45%. 6 of the 12 Montreal companies with 10 or more year-round homes out-earn similar owner-run homes by the 25% or more a 20% fee needs, led by Denstays (+138%), MTLVacationRentals (+113%) and Unique Stays Montréal (+92%). 73% of company-run Montreal homes earned 25% or more above the owner-run median for their size, enough to cover a 20% fee, against 35% of owner-run homes with no manager. A manager also buys back the time hosting takes: guest messages, cleaning, pricing and upkeep.

How much do Airbnb management companies charge in Montreal?

Few management companies publish their fees. Of the 180 companies AirROI checked in 11 major Airbnb markets in September 2026, 17 publish a rate, from 10% to 30% of booking revenue with a median starting rate of 17%, and 102 quote only on request. So ask each Montreal company for its rate in writing, and whether it's a share of nightly revenue only or of cleaning fees too. What a fee has to earn is fixed: a 20% fee needs a 25% lift in revenue to leave you where you started, and a 30% fee needs 43%. In Montreal, the typical company-run home's lead over similar owner-run ones would cover a fee of up to about 45%.

What are the best Airbnb management companies in Montreal?

On AirROI's data for the 12 months to September 2026, the Montreal companies whose homes most out-earn similar owner-run homes are Denstays (+138% across 72 homes, rated 4.86), MTLVacationRentals (+113% across 17 homes, rated 4.88) and Unique Stays Montréal (+92% across 44 homes, rated 4.86). That counts companies with 15 or more year-round homes, an average guest rating of 4.7 or higher over 100 or more reviews, and a lead of at least 25%, enough to cover a 20% fee. Nomade VA Team shows an even larger lead, 150% or more, which also reflects the homes it runs: their size, finish and location count alongside the management. No single measure makes a company best for your home: check that it runs homes like yours, in your area, before you sign.

How much does a 2-bedroom Airbnb make in Montreal?

The median 2-bedroom entire home in Montreal earned C$35,900 in the 12 months to September 2026, and the top quarter earned C$67,400 or more, at a median 53% occupancy.

Which Montreal Airbnb management companies have the best guest ratings?

Among Montreal management companies with at least 10 rated listings and 100 reviews, MTLVacationRentals (4.88), Denstays (4.86) and Unique Stays Montréal (4.86) had the highest average guest ratings in the 12 months to September 2026.

What is an Airbnb co-host, and how common are they in Montreal?

A co-host helps run a listing that stays on the owner's Airbnb account, from messaging guests to pricing and cleaning, so the listing, its reviews and its payouts stay with the owner if the manager changes. A listing on a company's own account belongs to the company, and its reviews usually don't move with the home. 39% of Montreal's active listings name at least one co-host, and several of the companies above run most of their homes that way.

Do I need a permit if a company manages my Montreal Airbnb?

Yes: the rules apply to the property whoever runs it. Short-term renting in Montreal is allowed, but only in your own home: Montreal lets hosts rent their principal residence to tourists from 10 June to 10 September, with a $350 City host permit and a CITQ registration number. The Montreal Airbnb regulations page has the permit steps, fees and taxes.

How are these Montreal management companies ranked?

By the number of active Montreal Airbnb listings each company runs, as host or co-host, in the 12 months to September 2026. Individual hosts who don't trade as a business are not named.

Method

How This Ranking Works

The ranking counts active Airbnb listings in Montreal over the 12 months to September 2026, on the same definition as AirROI's Montreal market report, so the totals match. A listing counts toward its host account and toward every co-host named on it, because many companies run homes on the owner's own account. A company that runs several Airbnb accounts under one brand appears once, with the accounts combined.

The full method: classification, comparisons and fees

Accounts are classified from their names, and the Montreal accounts with the most listings were checked by hand. Only property-management businesses are ranked, under the name they trade as; individual hosts who don't trade as a business count in every market figure but are never named, and neither are accounts with a generic name, such as "Property" or "Concierge", that can't be tied to a company. Hotels and serviced-apartment operators that list their own rooms are left out, and so are companies that mostly take stays of a month or more, because they compete with rentals rather than holiday lets.

"Lead vs similar" compares each of a company's homes with the median owner-run Montreal home of the same bedroom count and room type, and reports the median of those comparisons. The figure is shown where a company's homes earn more than similar ones. A lower figure isn't shown: on Airbnb data alone it mostly reflects listings that are new or re-listed and still building reviews, or homes that differ in ways a bedroom count misses, rather than the management. Only homes listed for the whole 12 months and open to bookings on at least 240 nights, booked on 60 or more, with 5 or more reviews count, on both sides, so a company that added homes mid-year isn't marked down for their short first year, a listing that sits idle or is too new to have reviews doesn't stand for its company, and an owner who rents out their own home a few weekends a year doesn't set the benchmark. Companies with fewer than five such homes show a dash, and those with fewer than ten show "few": too few to compare fairly, so their figures are never quoted. The ranking by revenue needs at least 15. The shortlist by home size needs five homes of a size and marks a figure on fewer than ten as a small sample. The ± bands treat homes as independent; homes run by one company resemble each other, so the true uncertainty is somewhat wider. The profiles split revenue into revenue per booked night and nights booked, on the same homes, each against the owner-run median for that measure. A home's revenue is the one times the other, but the three medians don't multiply: among owner-run homes, the ones that charge more tend to book fewer nights, so the median rate times the median nights isn't the median revenue. A company's rating averages its listings' overall Airbnb ratings, weighted by their reviews. Revenue is gross Airbnb booking revenue, estimated from booked nights and rates, before any management fee. Stays a company or owner sells on other sites or direct aren't counted, so a company that sells much of its calendar elsewhere can look weaker here than it is; that applies to owner-run homes too. A home counts toward the company named on it now, so a home that changed manager during the year brings months run by its previous one.

The fee figures pool the rates management companies publish on their own websites, checked by hand in September 2026 in the 11 markets AirROI researched. No company's rate is shown on its own: most quote each home on request, so the page gives the spread of the published rates instead.

Growth counts the listings a company hosts on its own Airbnb accounts now against 12 months earlier. Companies that mostly co-host on owners' accounts show no growth figure, because Airbnb's co-host records from a year ago are incomplete, and accounts with no listings a year ago are marked new rather than ranked for growth.

The page is rebuilt each quarter from the latest listing data. A company that thinks its figures are wrong can write to AirROI, and corrections are checked against the listing data.