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Best Airbnb Management Companies in Canterbury (2026)
Care Property Stays runs more active Airbnb listings in Canterbury than any other management company in AirROI's data: 316 in the 12 months to September 2026. Care Property Stays also ranks first for guest ratings among Canterbury companies with 25+ listings and 500+ reviews, at 4.85 over 19,728 reviews. No company runs more than 6.7% of Canterbury's Airbnb listings, and the ten largest together run 18%.
Airbnb listings only. Companies with fewer than 5 listings are not counted, so every count is a floor. Market data: Canterbury Airbnb market.
- Management companies running 10+ listings
- 14
- Active Airbnb listings
- 4,725
- Listings run by companies
- 22%
Ranking
Who Are the Best Airbnb Management Companies in Canterbury?
By active Airbnb listings, the largest Airbnb management companies in Canterbury are Care Property Stays (316), Hanmer Holiday Homes (143), and Discover Tekapo Accommodations (72). By guest rating, Care Property Stays ranks first at 4.85 over 19,728 reviews, ahead of Discover Tekapo Accommodations (4.84) and Lake Tekapo Holiday Homes (4.81). The table ranks the 22 largest; switch the order to see the best rated.
Largest Airbnb management companies in Canterbury
Ranked by active Airbnb listings run as host or co-host in Canterbury.
| # | Company | Listings |
|---|---|---|
| Care Property StaysChristchurch, Banks Peninsula Community, Prebbleton · ★ 4.853 markets · +17 in a year | 316 | |
| Hanmer Holiday HomesHanmer Springs1 market · +27 in a year | 143 | |
| Discover Tekapo AccommodationsLake Tekapo · ★ 4.841 market | 72 | |
| 4 | Hasslefree AccommodationChristchurch · ★ 4.771 market | 66 |
| 5 | BookaHomeChristchurch, Banks Peninsula Community, Tai Tapu · ★ 4.803 markets | 60 |
| 6 | Close To HomeKaikōura, Hanmer Springs · ★ 4.742 markets | 60 |
| 7 | BachcareBanks Peninsula Community, Christchurch, Hanmer Springs · ★ 4.706 markets | 44 |
| 8 | Stay @ TekapoLake Tekapo, Christchurch · ★ 4.722 markets | 39 |
| 9 | Lake Tekapo Holiday HomesLake Tekapo · ★ 4.811 market | 39 |
| 10 | Perfect StaysChristchurch, Banks Peninsula Community · ★ 4.872 markets | 24 |
| 11 | Universal Hotel ManagementLake Tekapo · ★ 4.711 market | 21 |
| 12 | Twizel GetawaysTwizel1 market | 17 |
| 13 | North South Holiday ParkChristchurch1 market | 16 |
| 14 | The MAC Property TeamChristchurch · ★ 4.881 market | 11 |
| 15 | Stay At ChristchurchChristchurch1 market | 9 |
| 16 | DistanceLake Tekapo · ★ 4.761 market | 9 |
| 17 | KTD Property ServicesChristchurch · ★ 4.751 market | 8 |
| 18 | Plux StaysPrebbleton, Christchurch · ★ 4.992 markets | 8 |
| 19 | Long - Plux StaysPrebbleton, Christchurch · ★ 4.992 markets | 8 |
| 20 | Tiaki BnBChristchurch · ★ 4.811 market | 6 |
| 21 | Timaru TOP 10 Holiday ParkTimaru · ★ 4.731 market | 6 |
| 22 | Growcott Freer ManagementChristchurch · ★ 4.931 market | 6 |
Best-rated Airbnb management companies in Canterbury
Average guest rating across each company's rated listings, weighted by reviews, among companies with 25 or more listings and 500 or more reviews.
| # | Company | Average rating |
|---|---|---|
| Care Property StaysChristchurch19,728 reviews | 4.85 | |
| Discover Tekapo AccommodationsLake Tekapo8,587 reviews | 4.84 | |
| Lake Tekapo Holiday HomesLake Tekapo3,251 reviews | 4.81 | |
| 4 | BookaHomeChristchurch3,025 reviews | 4.80 |
| 5 | Hasslefree AccommodationChristchurch7,144 reviews | 4.77 |
| 6 | Close To HomeKaikōura4,086 reviews | 4.74 |
| 7 | Stay @ TekapoLake Tekapo3,304 reviews | 4.72 |
| 8 | BachcareBanks Peninsula Community654 reviews | 4.70 |
How to read this table
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Where
Where in Canterbury Do Management Companies Run the Most Homes?
In Canterbury, companies run the most Airbnb listings in Christchurch, Lake Tekapo, and Hanmer Springs. Each city below links to its Airbnb market data. The counts add up the 22 ranked companies' largest cities, so they are floors.
Companies run the most homes in Christchurch, Lake Tekapo, and Hanmer Springs
Listings the ranked companies run in each city, 12 months to September 2026. Each company adds its three largest cities, so counts are floors.
| # | City | Run by the ranked companies |
|---|---|---|
| Christchurch | 524 | |
| Lake Tekapo | 177 | |
| Hanmer Springs | 164 | |
| 4 | Kaikōura | 48 |
| 5 | Banks Peninsula Community | 27 |
| 6 | Twizel | 17 |
| 7 | Prebbleton | 11 |
| 8 | Timaru | 6 |
Fees
How Much Does an Airbnb Manager Charge in Canterbury?
AirROI does not publish or estimate any single company's fee, so ask for the rate card in writing. AirROI has not checked fees for any Canterbury company, so these figures pool the 180 companies it checked in 11 major Airbnb markets: 102 quote only on request, and the 17 that publish a rate charge 10% to 30% of booking revenue.
- Median starting fee, worldwide
- 17%
- Published fee range
- 10%–30%
- Quote only on request
- 102 of 180
In Christchurch, the average Airbnb earned US$19,200 over the 12 months to September 2026. A 17% fee on that is about US$3,260 a year.
The fee a year on the average Airbnb in Christchurch
- At 15%
- US$2,870
- At 20%
- US$3,830
- At 25%
- US$4,790
- At 30%
- US$5,750
AirROI compares company-run and owner-run homes in the cities it has management pages for, none of them in Canterbury. See whether an Airbnb manager is worth it in New Zealand.
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Market
How Many Airbnb Management Companies Are There in Canterbury?
14 companies that manage homes for owners run 10 or more active Airbnb listings in Canterbury, and 22 run 5 or more, in AirROI's data for the 12 months to September 2026. Hosts with no business account run 78% of all listings.
The ten largest companies run 18% of Airbnb listings in Canterbury, and the largest runs 6.7%
Share of 4,725 active Airbnb listings by who runs them, 12 months to September 2026
- The largest company 6.7%
- The next nine largest 12%
- Other companies and business accounts 4.0%
- Hosts with no business account 78%
Method
About This Data
- Listings
- Active Airbnb listings over the 12 months to September 2026: open to bookings through the year, each counted once per company for its host and for every co-host. Airbnb only: homes listed only on Vrbo, Booking.com or a company's own site are not counted.
- Companies
- A company's Airbnb accounts with 5 or more active listings are joined into one company, so counts and shares are floors. Companies that manage homes for owners are ranked; hotels, resorts and booking platforms are counted in the totals but not ranked.
- Ratings
- Airbnb's guest rating, averaged across a company's listings and weighted by their reviews. Shown from 4.7 over 100 or more reviews; the best-rated order needs 25+ listings and 500+ reviews.
- Growth
- Listings added on a company's own Airbnb accounts over 12 months, for companies that ran 10 or more a year ago. Co-hosted listings from a year ago are not fully recorded, and a takeover or a rename shows as growth.
- Fees
- Published owner terms on company websites, checked September 29, 2026, pooled across the companies checked. No company's fee is shown.
- Independence
- No company can pay to be listed or ranked, and nothing is self-reported. The ranking is updated every quarter; this edition on October 20, 2026, the next in January 2027.