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Best Airbnb Management Companies in Johor Bahru (2026)

Source: AirROI Reviewed by , Founder @ AirROI

Companies running 5+ listings
44
Professionally managed listings
1%
Largest company
Stayrene
Revenue, company-run vs owner-run
+42%
Companies out-earning similar homes
12 of 14
Median 2-bedroom revenue
US$5,420

The short answer

Johor Bahru Airbnb Management in Brief

A good manager can pay for itself in Johor Bahru. Of the 14 companies with 10 or more year-round homes to compare, 6 out-earn similar homes by enough to cover a 20% fee, not counting 2 with exceptionally large leads, counted separately.

In the 12 months to September 2026, Johor Bahru's largest Airbnb and short-term rental management company was Stayrene, with 251 of the city's 5,250 active Airbnb listings; ANJU Guesthouse was next with 242. In all, 44 companies ran five or more Johor Bahru listings.

"Similar owner-run homes" are homes whose owner runs only that one Johor Bahru 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 Johor Bahru Airbnb market report .

The ranking

Johor Bahru Airbnb Management Companies, Ranked

Companies are ranked by the active Johor Bahru 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 Johor Bahru 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.

All of the 5 top-ranked companies that host mainly on their own accounts and had listings a year ago grew over the past year.

Largest management companies in Johor Bahru

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

Largest management companies in Johor Bahru
# Company Listings
Stayrene+132 in a yearalso Stayrene Management SDN BHD · Danga Bay · Kampung Ah Siang★ 4.66 · +70% vs similar homes251
ANJU Guesthouse+63 in a yearKampung Ah Siang★ 4.76 · +281%† vs similar homes242
Nest Home Malaysia+53 in a yearKampung Ah Siang · Kota SouthKey★ 4.83 · +54% vs similar homes222
4Rentradise+41 in a yearalso UHA Management · Skudai · Kampung Ah Siang+33% vs similar homes209
5R9 HomeStayCo-hosts · also Homey Hosting, La Cassa Homes, JOM HOME Management · Century Garden · Danga Bay★ 4.69 · +14% vs similar homes205
6MWM Groupalso Gordon by MWM Group, JC by MWM Group · Century Garden · Taman Molek★ 4.59173
7Ourstay+18 in a yearDanga Bay · Kota SouthKey★ 4.69 · +28% vs similar homes91
8Gdragon HomestayCo-hosts · also Everyday Service Enterprise, Gdragon Service Enterprise · Taman Austin Boulevard · Kota SouthKey★ 4.81 · +18% vs similar homes61
9Wan Li Property Management★ 4.7950
10Xin An Homestay★ 4.7443
11Stay+21 in a yearSkudai · Kampung Ah Siang38
12Advante HomesBukit Chagar · Danga Bay+18% vs similar homes35
13DelighthomestayCo-hosts · Century Garden · Skudai★ 4.8129
14K&E STAY ManagementCo-hosts · also CS K&E Stay · Century Garden · Bandar Baru Uda★ 4.91 · +25% vs similar homes26
15Hana Homestay+17 in a yearKampung Ah Siang · Bukit Chagar★ 4.85 · +222%† vs similar homes25
16WL StayCo-hosts · Skudai · Kampung Dato' Hajah Hasnah Ahmad★ 4.6221
17OK HomeStay+15 in a yearCentury Garden★ 4.7819
18Good Life Homestay★ 4.7116
19SKS Pavillion SuitesKim Teng Park · Bukit Chagar★ 4.5616
20U Co-MeSkudai · Century Garden★ 4.69 · +127% vs similar homes16
21Doogahome HomestayDanga Bay★ 4.8014
22MinnensHomesCo-hosts · also Minnens Homes · Tampoi★ 4.6713
23Trex Home & House Management★ 4.5813
24Han Lin Homestay★ 4.8412
25The One HostingCentury Garden · Kampung Ah Siang★ 4.6812

Fastest-growing management companies in Johor Bahru

Listings added over the past 12 months on each company's own Airbnb accounts, among companies running at least 10 today. Companies that mostly co-host on owners' accounts are left out, because Airbnb's co-host records from a year ago are incomplete.

Fastest-growing management companies in Johor Bahru
# Company Listings added
Stayrenealso Stayrene Management SDN BHD · Danga Bay · Kampung Ah Siang★ 4.66 · +70% vs similar homes+132
ANJU GuesthouseKampung Ah Siang★ 4.76 · +281%† vs similar homes+63
Nest Home MalaysiaKampung Ah Siang · Kota SouthKey★ 4.83 · +54% vs similar homes+53
4Rentradisealso UHA Management · Skudai · Kampung Ah Siang+33% vs similar homes+41
5StaySkudai · Kampung Ah Siang+21
6OurstayDanga Bay · Kota SouthKey★ 4.69 · +28% vs similar homes+18
7Hana HomestayKampung Ah Siang · Bukit Chagar★ 4.85 · +222%† vs similar homes+17
8OK HomeStayCentury Garden★ 4.78+15
9Doogahome HomestayDanga Bay★ 4.80+8
10WP HomestayDanga Bay · Larkin★ 4.59+6
112F HomestaySkudai · Century Garden★ 4.87+6
12Homehostr Airbnb ManagementCentury Garden · Taman Sri Stulang★ 4.78+6

Best-rated Airbnb management companies in Johor Bahru

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 Johor Bahru
# Company Average rating
K&E STAY ManagementCo-hosts · also CS K&E Stay · Century Garden · Bandar Baru Uda★ 4.91 · +25% vs similar homes4.91
2F HomestaySkudai · Century Garden★ 4.874.87
Hana HomestayKampung Ah Siang · Bukit Chagar★ 4.85 · +222%† vs similar homes4.85
4Nest Home MalaysiaKampung Ah Siang · Kota SouthKey★ 4.83 · +54% vs similar homes4.83
5Gdragon HomestayCo-hosts · also Everyday Service Enterprise, Gdragon Service Enterprise · Taman Austin Boulevard · Kota SouthKey★ 4.81 · +18% vs similar homes4.81
6DelighthomestayCo-hosts · Century Garden · Skudai★ 4.814.81
7Doogahome HomestayDanga Bay★ 4.804.80
8Wan Li Property Management★ 4.794.79
9Homehostr Airbnb ManagementCentury Garden · Taman Sri Stulang★ 4.784.78
10OK HomeStayCentury Garden★ 4.784.78
11ANJU GuesthouseKampung Ah Siang★ 4.76 · +281%† vs similar homes4.76
12Xin An Homestay★ 4.744.74
13Good Life Homestay★ 4.714.71
14OurstayDanga Bay · Kota SouthKey★ 4.69 · +28% vs similar homes4.69
15R9 HomeStayCo-hosts · also Homey Hosting, La Cassa Homes, JOM HOME Management · Century Garden · Danga Bay★ 4.69 · +14% vs similar homes4.69

Management companies whose homes most out-earn similar Johor Bahru listings

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

Management companies whose homes most out-earn similar Johor Bahru listings
# Company Lead vs similar
Stayrenealso Stayrene Management SDN BHD · Danga Bay · Kampung Ah Siang★ 4.66 · +70% vs similar homes+70%
Nest Home MalaysiaKampung Ah Siang · Kota SouthKey★ 4.83 · +54% vs similar homes+54%
Rentradisealso UHA Management · Skudai · Kampung Ah Siang+33% vs similar homes+33%
4OurstayDanga Bay · Kota SouthKey★ 4.69 · +28% vs similar homes+28%
5K&E STAY ManagementCo-hosts · also CS K&E Stay · Century Garden · Bandar Baru Uda★ 4.91 · +25% vs similar homes+25%
6Gdragon HomestayCo-hosts · also Everyday Service Enterprise, Gdragon Service Enterprise · Taman Austin Boulevard · Kota SouthKey★ 4.81 · +18% vs similar homes+18%
7Advante HomesBukit Chagar · Danga Bay+18% vs similar homes+18%
8R9 HomeStayCo-hosts · also Homey Hosting, La Cassa Homes, JOM HOME Management · Century Garden · Danga Bay★ 4.69 · +14% vs similar homes+14%
9ANJU GuesthouseKampung Ah Siang★ 4.76 · +281%† vs similar homes+281%†
10Hana HomestayKampung Ah Siang · Bukit Chagar★ 4.85 · +222%† vs similar homes+222%†
How to read this table

Shortlist

The Best Airbnb Management Companies in Johor Bahru, by Home Size

A company that runs studios well may not suit a four-bedroom house. For each size, these are the Johor Bahru 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. Nest Home Malaysia 25 homes · rated 4.83
    +70%
  2. K&E STAY Management 6 homes · rated 4.91 · small sample
    +96%

2 bedrooms

No company yet has enough highly rated year-round 2-bedroom homes with a 25% lead to list here; the ranking above covers every company.

3 bedrooms

  1. Nest Home Malaysia 40 homes · rated 4.83
    +105%

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 Johor Bahru

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 Johor Bahru 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 Johor Bahru cleaning fee of US$18, a 20% rate that also applies to cleaning takes another US$4 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 62% of company-run Johor Bahru 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 Johor Bahru home

What a fee costs a year on a median Johor Bahru home
Home Median revenue 15% fee 20% fee 25% fee 30% fee
1 bedroom US$4,030US$605US$806US$1,008US$1,209
2 bedrooms US$5,420US$813US$1,084US$1,355US$1,626
3 bedrooms US$7,660US$1,149US$1,532US$1,915US$2,298
4 bedrooms US$12,500US$1,875US$2,500US$3,125US$3,750
5+ bedrooms US$25,600US$3,840US$5,120US$6,400US$7,680

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 Johor Bahru?

At the median, company-run Johor Bahru listings earned 61% more than owner-run ones over the 12 months to September 2026. Much of that is the homes: companies run bigger places. Matched by bedroom count and room type, company-run listings earned 42% more than owner-run ones, with nightly rates 25% 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 14 Johor Bahru 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% 62%
  • 20% fee needs +25% 58%
  • 25% fee needs +33% 54%
  • 30% fee needs +43% 50%
  • 35% fee needs +54% 47%

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. 58% of company-run Johor Bahru 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. 25% of owner-run homes cleared the same mark with no manager at all, so a company-run home is 33 percentage points more likely to clear the bar, beyond the ±12 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 15% more than similar owner-run homes, though R9 HomeStay alone runs about half of the co-hosted homes, and those on a company's own account 55% more. Of all 866 year-round company-run Johor Bahru homes, 164 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 Johor Bahru 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

  • Stayrene

    #1 by listings Danga Bay, Kampung Ah Siang

    Largest in Johor Bahru Out-earns similar homes by enough to cover a 20% fee

    Stayrene is Johor Bahru's largest Airbnb management company, with 251 active listings.

    Active listings
    251
    +132 in a year
    Guest rating
    4.66
    7,210 reviews
    Nightly rate
    US$84
    median
    vs similar homes
    +70%
    revenue, 110 homes compared
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    Stayrene in figures
  • ANJU Guesthouse

    #2 by listings Kampung Ah Siang

    Earns far more than similar homes

    ANJU Guesthouse is Johor Bahru's 2nd largest Airbnb management company, with 242 active listings, and guests rate its homes 4.76 over 12,400 reviews.

    Active listings
    242
    +63 in a year
    Guest rating
    4.76
    12,400 reviews
    Nightly rate
    US$220
    median
    vs similar homes
    +281%
    revenue, 108 homes compared
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    ANJU Guesthouse in figures
  • Nest Home Malaysia

    #3 by listings Kampung Ah Siang, Kota SouthKey

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

    Nest Home Malaysia is Johor Bahru's 3rd largest Airbnb management company, with 222 active listings, and guests rate its homes 4.83 over 18,100 reviews.

    Active listings
    222
    +53 in a year
    Guest rating
    4.83
    18,100 reviews
    Nightly rate
    US$81
    median
    vs similar homes
    +54%
    revenue, 138 homes compared
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    Nest Home Malaysia in figures
  • 4

    Rentradise

    #4 by listings Skudai, Kampung Ah Siang

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

    Rentradise is Johor Bahru's 4th largest Airbnb management company, with 209 active listings.

    Active listings
    209
    +41 in a year
    Nightly rate
    US$69
    median
    vs similar homes
    +33%
    revenue, 93 homes compared
    Instant book
    74%
    of its listings
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    Rentradise in figures
  • 5

    R9 HomeStay

    #5 by listings Century Garden, Danga Bay Co-hosts on owners' accounts

    Out-earns similar owner-run homes

    R9 HomeStay is Johor Bahru's 5th largest Airbnb management company, with 205 active listings.

    Active listings
    205
    Guest rating
    4.69
    24,100 reviews
    Nightly rate
    US$77
    median
    vs similar homes
    +14%
    revenue, 136 homes compared
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    R9 HomeStay in figures
  • 6

    MWM Group

    #6 by listings Century Garden, Taman Molek

    Earns more per booked night than similar homes

    MWM Group is Johor Bahru's 6th largest Airbnb management company, with 173 active listings.

    Active listings
    173
    Nightly rate
    US$53
    median
    Year-round homes
    49
    listed all 12 months
    Instant book
    81%
    of its listings
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    MWM Group in figures

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

  • 14

    K&E STAY Management

    #14 by listings Century Garden, Bandar Baru Uda Co-hosts on owners' accounts

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

    K&E STAY Management runs 26 active Johor Bahru Airbnb listings, and guests rate its homes 4.91 over 2,880 reviews.

    Active listings
    26
    Guest rating
    4.91
    2,880 reviews
    Nightly rate
    US$44
    median
    vs similar homes
    +25%
    revenue, 19 homes compared
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    K&E STAY Management in figures

The next ranked

  • 7

    Ourstay

    #7 by listings Danga Bay, Kota SouthKey

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

    Ourstay runs 91 active Johor Bahru Airbnb listings.

    Active listings
    91
    +18 in a year
    Guest rating
    4.69
    2,220 reviews
    Nightly rate
    US$95
    median
    vs similar homes
    +28%
    revenue, 22 homes compared
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    Ourstay in figures
  • 8

    Gdragon Homestay

    #8 by listings Taman Austin Boulevard, Kota SouthKey Co-hosts on owners' accounts

    Out-earns similar owner-run homes

    Gdragon Homestay runs 61 active Johor Bahru Airbnb listings, and guests rate its homes 4.81 over 5,200 reviews.

    Active listings
    61
    Guest rating
    4.81
    5,200 reviews
    Nightly rate
    US$41
    median
    vs similar homes
    +18%
    revenue, 51 homes compared
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    Gdragon Homestay in figures
  • 11

    Stay

    #11 by listings Skudai, Kampung Ah Siang

    Stay runs 38 active Johor Bahru Airbnb listings.

    Active listings
    38
    +21 in a year
    Nightly rate
    US$37
    median
    Year-round homes
    10
    listed all 12 months
    Instant book
    89%
    of its listings
    What it runs
    Account
    Stay in figures

Checklist

Before You Sign: Seven Things to Check with a Johor Bahru Manager

Benchmarks

What Johor Bahru 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 Johor Bahru entire homes listed for all 12 months, by bedroom count, over the 12 months to September 2026, in US dollars.

What Johor Bahru entire homes earned a year, by bedroom count

What Johor Bahru Airbnbs Earn: Benchmarks to Test a Manager's Pitch
Home Median Top quarter over To net the median after 20%
1 bedroom 769 homes US$4,030US$7,260US$5,040
2 bedrooms 986 homes US$5,420US$9,580US$6,780
3 bedrooms 933 homes US$7,660US$13,800US$9,580
4 bedrooms 236 homes US$12,500US$21,000US$15,630
5+ bedrooms 77 homes US$25,600US$44,200US$32,000

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 (US$9,580 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 US$5,420, a 20% fee comes to US$1,084 a year and leaves its owner US$4,336, so to leave you with the median a manager has to bring in US$6,780.

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

Estimate what your Johor Bahru home could earn

Market structure

Who Runs Johor Bahru's Airbnb Market

Hosts with a single listing run 9% of Johor Bahru's Airbnbs. Accounts with 20 or more listings, companies, individuals and hotels alike, run 57%. 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 held at 1% over the year.

Accounts with 20 or more listings run 57% of Johor Bahru's Airbnbs

Share of Johor Bahru's 5,250 active listings, by how many listings their operator runs in the city

  • Hosts with one listing 9% · 448 operators
  • 2–4 listings 10% · 217 operators
  • 5–19 listings 24% · 158 operators
  • 20–99 listings 28% · 43 operators
  • 100 or more 29% · 11 operators

51% of Johor Bahru'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 1% 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 Johor Bahru's Management Companies Operate

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

Where Johor Bahru's Management Companies Operate
Neighborhood Active listings Share run by companies
Kampung Ah Siang 50138%
Danga Bay 35839%
Century Garden 33137%
Skudai 24044%
Taman Austin Boulevard 15925%
Kota SouthKey 15456%
Bukit Chagar 9755%
Austin Heights 8616%
Kampung Bakar Batu 6433%
Kampung Wadi Hana 4544%

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

FAQ

Johor Bahru Airbnb Management: Frequently Asked Questions

What is the largest Airbnb management company in Johor Bahru?

Stayrene runs 251 active Johor Bahru Airbnb listings, more than any other company in AirROI's data for the 12 months to September 2026, ahead of ANJU Guesthouse (242) and Nest Home Malaysia (222).

How many Airbnb management companies operate in Johor Bahru?

In the 12 months to September 2026, 29 management companies ran 10 or more active Johor Bahru listings, and 44 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 Johor Bahru Airbnbs are professionally managed?

Airbnb's own "professional host" flag, which also covers individuals who run several homes, is on 1%, against 1% a year earlier. 51% list at least one co-host.

Do professionally managed Airbnbs earn more in Johor Bahru?

Yes, on average. In the 12 months to September 2026, Johor Bahru homes run by companies with 10 or more listings earned 42% more than owner-run homes with the same number of bedrooms and room type (662 company-run and 53 owner-run year-round homes), according to AirROI. Company by company, 12 of the 14 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 25% 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 Johor Bahru?

Often: the typical company-run Johor Bahru home earned 42% more than a similar owner-run one in the 12 months to September 2026, enough to cover a fee of up to about 30%. 6 of the 14 Johor Bahru 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 Nest Home Malaysia (+54%) and K&E STAY Management (+25%). 58% of company-run Johor Bahru homes earned 25% or more above the owner-run median for their size, enough to cover a 20% fee, against 25% 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 Johor Bahru?

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 Johor Bahru 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 Johor Bahru, the typical company-run home's lead over similar owner-run ones would cover a fee of up to about 30%.

What are the best Airbnb management companies in Johor Bahru?

On AirROI's data for the 12 months to September 2026, the Johor Bahru companies whose homes most out-earn similar owner-run homes are Nest Home Malaysia (+54% across 138 homes, rated 4.83) and K&E STAY Management (+25% across 19 homes, rated 4.91). 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. ANJU Guesthouse and Hana Homestay show even larger leads, 150% or more, which also reflect the homes they run: 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 Johor Bahru?

The median 2-bedroom entire home in Johor Bahru earned US$5,420 in the 12 months to September 2026, and the top quarter earned US$9,580 or more, at a median 26% occupancy.

Which Johor Bahru Airbnb management companies have the best guest ratings?

Among Johor Bahru management companies with at least 10 rated listings and 100 reviews, K&E STAY Management (4.91), 2F Homestay (4.87) and Hana Homestay (4.85) had the highest average guest ratings in the 12 months to September 2026.

Which Airbnb management companies are growing fastest in Johor Bahru?

Stayrene (+132 listings), ANJU Guesthouse (+63 listings), Nest Home Malaysia (+53 listings) added the most listings on their own Airbnb accounts over the past year.

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

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. 51% of Johor Bahru's active listings name at least one co-host, and several of the companies above run most of their homes that way.

How are these Johor Bahru management companies ranked?

By the number of active Johor Bahru 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 Johor Bahru over the 12 months to September 2026, on the same definition as AirROI's Johor Bahru 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 Johor Bahru 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 Johor Bahru 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.