Best Airbnb Management Companies in Kuala Lumpur (2026)
The right manager can pay for itself in Kuala Lumpur. Of the 34 companies with 10 or more year-round homes to compare, 6 out-earn similar homes by enough to cover a 20% fee, not counting 3 with exceptionally large leads, counted separately.
In the 12 months to September 2026, NaiBnB ran 469 of Kuala Lumpur's 18,400 active Airbnb listings, and Guestonic ran 331. AirROI identified 120 Airbnb management companies running five or more Kuala Lumpur listings.
"Similar owner-run homes" are homes whose owner runs only that one Kuala Lumpur 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.
Companies are ranked by the active Kuala Lumpur 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 Kuala Lumpur 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.
Of the 5 top-ranked companies that host mainly on their own accounts, 3 grew over the past year.
Management companies with the most listings in Kuala Lumpur
Ranked by active Kuala Lumpur listings run as host or co-host in the 12 months to September 2026.
Management companies with the most listings in Kuala Lumpur
#
Company
Listings
Rating
Lead vs similar
NaiBnB+279 in a yearSentul · Tiong Nam Settlement★ 4.70 · +32% vs similar homes
Fastest-growing management companies in Kuala Lumpur
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 Kuala Lumpur
#
Company
Listings added
Listings now
Rating
Lead vs similar
NaiBnBSentul · Tiong Nam Settlement★ 4.70 · +32% vs similar homes
Management companies whose homes most out-earn similar Kuala Lumpur listings
Each company's year-round homes against owner-run Kuala Lumpur homes with the same bedrooms and room type, among companies with at least 15 such homes.
Management companies whose homes most out-earn similar Kuala Lumpur listings
#
Company
Lead vs similar
Homes compared
Rating
HeyStayalso HeyStay Yong · Bukit Bintang · Pudu★ 4.75 · +80% vs similar homes
+80%
45
4.75
Plush ServicesBukit Bintang · Brickfields★ 4.66 · +51% vs similar homes
+51%
53
4.66
JM HomeStayCheras · Pudu★ 4.82 · +36% vs similar homes
+36%
15
4.82
4
NaiBnBSentul · Tiong Nam Settlement★ 4.70 · +32% vs similar homes
KAITE HomestayBukit Bintang★ 4.87 · +270%† vs similar homes
+270%†
36
4.87
13
Support TeamCo-hosts · Bukit Bintang · Pudu★ 4.95 · +190%† vs similar homes
+190%†
34
4.95
How to read this table
Shortlist
The Best Airbnb Management Companies in Kuala Lumpur, by Home Size
A company that runs studios well may not suit a four-bedroom house. For each size, these are the Kuala Lumpur 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.
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 Kuala Lumpur
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 Kuala Lumpur 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 Kuala Lumpur cleaning fee of US$17, a 20% rate that also applies to cleaning takes another US$3 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 36% of company-run Kuala Lumpur homes earned at least that much more than the owner-run median for their size.
What a fee costs a year on a median Kuala Lumpur home
What a fee costs a year on a median Kuala Lumpur home
Home
Median revenue
15% fee
20% fee
25% fee
30% fee
1 bedroom
US$3,930
US$590
US$786
US$983
US$1,179
2 bedrooms
US$5,740
US$861
US$1,148
US$1,435
US$1,722
3 bedrooms
US$7,700
US$1,155
US$1,540
US$1,925
US$2,310
4 bedrooms
US$10,500
US$1,575
US$2,100
US$2,625
US$3,150
5+ bedrooms
US$35,500
US$5,325
US$7,100
US$8,875
US$10,650
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 Kuala Lumpur?
What an owner takes home depends on the company: 18 of the 34 Kuala Lumpur companies with enough homes to compare out-earn similar owner-run homes.
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 34 Kuala Lumpur 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
15% fee needs +18% 36%
20% fee needs +25% 33%
25% fee needs +33% 29%
30% fee needs +43% 26%
35% fee needs +54% 23%
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. 33% of company-run Kuala Lumpur 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. Ask any manager to show you homes of its own that clear it.
Homes a company co-hosts on the owner's own Airbnb account earned 5% more than similar owner-run homes. Of all 1,685 year-round company-run Kuala Lumpur homes, 441 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 two 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 two top-ranked with enough homes to compare: what each runs, where, and how its homes compare with similar owner-run Kuala Lumpur homes. 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
NaiBnB
#1 by listings
Sentul, Tiong Nam Settlement
Fastest growing in Kuala Lumpur Out-earns similar homes by enough to cover a 20% fee
NaiBnB runs 469 active Kuala Lumpur Airbnb listings.
Active listings
469
+279 in a year
Guest rating
4.70
26,300 reviews
Nightly rate
US$57
median
vs similar homes
+32%
revenue, 237 homes compared
What it runs
Mostly 1- and 2-bedroom apartments and condos in Sentul, Tiong Nam Settlement and Bukit Bintang.
Results
Its 237 year-round homes earn 32% more than similar owner-run Kuala Lumpur homes, with revenue per booked night 28% higher and nights booked 14% higher.
Account
11 Airbnb accounts: 445 on its own accounts, 24 co-hosted on owners' accounts.
Out-earns similar homes by enough to cover a 20% fee
Feel Home Malaysia runs 237 active Kuala Lumpur Airbnb listings, and guests rate its homes 4.73 over 9,840 reviews.
Active listings
237
+76 in a year
Guest rating
4.73
9,840 reviews
Nightly rate
US$69
median
vs similar homes
+25%
revenue, 142 homes compared
What it runs
Mostly 2- and 3-bedroom apartments and condos in Cheras, Pudu and Pantai Dalam.
Results
Its 142 year-round homes earn 25% more than similar owner-run Kuala Lumpur homes, with revenue per booked night 11% higher and nights booked 16% higher.
Account
193 on its own account, 44 co-hosted on owners' accounts.
#8 by listings
Pudu, Overseas Union Garden
Co-hosts on owners' accounts
Customer Services 2 runs 122 active Kuala Lumpur Airbnb listings.
Active listings
122
Guest rating
4.65
2,660 reviews
Nightly rate
US$59
median
Year-round homes
42
listed all 12 months
What it runs
Mostly 2-bedroom apartments and condos in Pudu and Overseas Union Garden.
Account
All co-hosted on owners' own accounts. Also on Airbnb as Dehoz Suites and Asdeh Suites and KaMi Mont Kiara Residence & and Dehoz Suites KL, on the same homes.
Before You Sign: Seven Things to Check with a Kuala Lumpur Manager
Benchmarks
What Kuala Lumpur 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 Kuala Lumpur entire homes listed for all 12 months, by bedroom count, over the 12 months to September 2026, in US dollars.
What Kuala Lumpur entire homes earned a year, by bedroom count
What Kuala Lumpur Airbnbs Earn: Benchmarks to Test a Manager's Pitch
Home
Bottom quarter under
Median
Top quarter over
To net the median after 20%
1 bedroom4,520 homes
US$1,570
US$3,930
US$7,990
US$4,910
2 bedrooms3,550 homes
US$2,520
US$5,740
US$11,300
US$7,180
3 bedrooms1,690 homes
US$2,900
US$7,700
US$15,000
US$9,630
4 bedrooms265 homes
US$4,830
US$10,500
US$19,600
US$13,130
5+ bedrooms94 homes
US$13,500
US$35,500
US$53,400
US$44,380
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$11,300 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$5,740, a 20% fee comes to US$1,148 a year and leaves its owner US$4,592, so to leave you with the median a manager has to bring in US$7,180.
Before comparing managers' fees, see what the home itself could earn: the Airbnb income calculator gives a revenue range for one Kuala Lumpur address from comparable listings.
Hosts with a single listing run 6% of Kuala Lumpur's Airbnbs. Accounts with 20 or more listings, companies, individuals and hotels alike, run 63%. 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 1% to 3% over the year.
Accounts with 20 or more listings run 63% of Kuala Lumpur's Airbnbs
Share of Kuala Lumpur's 18,400 active listings, by how many listings their operator runs in the city
Hosts with one listing6%· 1,160 operators
2–4 listings10%· 737 operators
5–19 listings21%· 473 operators
20–99 listings38%· 227 operators
100 or more25%· 32 operators
55% of Kuala Lumpur'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 3% 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 Kuala Lumpur's Management Companies Operate
The share of each neighborhood's active listings run by management companies and other business accounts.
Where Kuala Lumpur's Management Companies Operate
Neighborhood
Active listings
Share run by companies
Bukit Bintang
3,560
15%
Cheras
1,350
31%
Kampung Datuk Keramat
817
18%
Pudu
633
35%
Taman Duta
488
51%
Brickfields
449
58%
Sentul
419
32%
Kampung Bharu
343
28%
Pantai Dalam
309
19%
Mont Kiara
206
4%
Neighborhood · active listings · share run by management companies and other businesses
Rules
Rules a Kuala Lumpur Manager Has to Follow
The rules follow the property, whoever runs it. Short-term renting in Kuala Lumpur is allowed only in limited cases: Kuala Lumpur's Local Plan 2040 allows Homestay or Airbnb in commercial and mixed-development zones and some villages, but not in residential zones.
The Kuala Lumpur 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.
Kuala Lumpur Airbnb Management: Frequently Asked Questions
Which Airbnb management companies run the most listings in Kuala Lumpur?
NaiBnB runs 469 active Kuala Lumpur Airbnb listings in AirROI's data for the 12 months to September 2026, and Guestonic (331) and Cobnb (248) also run many.
How many Airbnb management companies operate in Kuala Lumpur?
In the 12 months to September 2026, 73 management companies ran 10 or more active Kuala Lumpur listings, and 120 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 Kuala Lumpur Airbnbs are professionally managed?
Airbnb's own "professional host" flag, which also covers individuals who run several homes, is on 3%, against 1% a year earlier. 55% list at least one co-host.
Do professionally managed Airbnbs earn more in Kuala Lumpur?
Many do, and it depends on the company: 18 of the 34 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 3 whose lead of 150% or more is more than management usually explains. Results vary with the homes each company takes on, so ask a manager for figures on homes like yours.
Is it worth hiring an Airbnb manager in Kuala Lumpur?
It can be, with the right company. 6 of the 34 Kuala Lumpur 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 HeyStay (+80%), JM HomeStay (+36%) and Feel Home Malaysia (+25%). 33% of company-run Kuala Lumpur homes earned 25% or more above the owner-run median for their size, enough to cover a 20% fee. A manager also buys back the time hosting takes: guest messages, cleaning, pricing and upkeep.
How much do Airbnb management companies charge in Kuala Lumpur?
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 Kuala Lumpur 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%.
What are the best Airbnb management companies in Kuala Lumpur?
On AirROI's data for the 12 months to September 2026, the Kuala Lumpur companies whose homes most out-earn similar owner-run homes are HeyStay (+80% across 45 homes, rated 4.75), JM HomeStay (+36% across 15 homes, rated 4.82) and Feel Home Malaysia (+25% across 142 homes, rated 4.73). 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. Janice’s Homestay Customer Service, Support Team and KAITE 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 Kuala Lumpur?
The median 2-bedroom entire home in Kuala Lumpur earned US$5,740 in the 12 months to September 2026, and the top quarter earned US$11,300 or more, at a median 32% occupancy.
Which Kuala Lumpur Airbnb management companies have the best guest ratings?
Among Kuala Lumpur management companies with at least 10 rated listings and 100 reviews, Hazel@Happy Homes (4.96), Support Team (4.95) and Cosmostay-KL HOMESTAY (4.94) had the highest average guest ratings in the 12 months to September 2026.
Which Airbnb management companies are growing fastest in Kuala Lumpur?
NaiBnB (+279 listings), Feel Home Malaysia (+76 listings), Guestonic (+62 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 Kuala Lumpur?
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. 55% of Kuala Lumpur'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 Kuala Lumpur Airbnb?
Yes: the rules apply to the property whoever runs it. Short-term renting in Kuala Lumpur is allowed only in limited cases: Kuala Lumpur's Local Plan 2040 allows Homestay or Airbnb in commercial and mixed-development zones and some villages, but not in residential zones. The Kuala Lumpur Airbnb regulations page has the permit steps, fees and taxes.
How are these Kuala Lumpur management companies ranked?
By the number of active Kuala Lumpur 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 Kuala Lumpur over the 12 months to September 2026, on the same definition as AirROI's Kuala Lumpur 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 Kuala Lumpur 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 Kuala Lumpur 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.